Sleeping problems! :(

[SoulKiss]

other cure

MOAR SECKS!!!

Originally Posted by soulkiss

other cure

moar secks!!!

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http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=172115

600+ 's advice helped me.

I now try and keep a fairly regular bedtime so I get into a rhythm as opposed to throwing my sleep pattern all over the placed based on my shifts.

It's not easy, though, when they do shizzle like this week:

Weds: 6am-2pm
Thurs: 6am-2pm
Fri: 2pm-10pm
Sat: 9am-7pm

Screws your head up!

Eat, drink, org, drink, do the kids packed lunches, go to bed midnightish. We have BBC News channel on very quietly in the bedroom which sends us both off very quickly. It also means that most odd middle of the night noises don't get noticed so don't wake us up. The only problem is if the power goes out (which it did in the very heavy rain) the room suddenly goes very quiet and THAT wakes us up!

Exercise works for me

Exercise, a light meal, no caffeine, a good book and something quiet in the background (News 24 at a very low level is best). Works every time for me no matter how much the events of the day are going round my head I can always drop off if I follow the above formula.

Exercise best left to you to decide what suits you best, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?

[Haircut]

Read this it is interesting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

On a side note, back when I was studying for my finals at uni I decided to only finish studying (I only could study later in the day) and go to sleep when I was actually almost falling asleep, I would set the alarm 8 hours forward and go to sleep and wake up without a problem.

Well no proble apart from the fact that I was going to sleep nearly 2 hours later every night meaning I ended up having to " do an all nighter" to reset.

I do believe that some people just need to be awake longer before they are tired and that this does not fit so well with the 9 to 5.

[keith_d]

Some good reminders in there of things I'd forgotten.

Playing high adrenaline games before bed stuffs my sleeping pattern up completely. So if I'm home it's easy stuff like reading the .org before bed.

I don't usually drink coffee, and don't drink much Coke. But avoiding caffeine rich drinks after 9pm makes a lot of sense.

[muzikill]

A walk during your lunch at work every day or in the evening if you may be prone to the 40 winks on the couch scenario when you get in as mentioned earlier.

You dont work shifts do you?

Originally Posted by femaleacid

I tried them once a few years back and they made me have the best deep sleep ever!
I may try them again...

Any particular brand?

Nytol was the brand, got them in boots, tasted foul but really helped me. The herbal type was the ones I got.