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Archie Moses

Archie Moses

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Anyone else have/had problems sleeping? I haven't slept well in a week. Maybe 3 hours of sleep a night at best. What to do?
 
Yes. I have had problems sleeping for years. I needed sleeping pills for awhile. Now I just take tylenol pm. I usally fall asleep good taking a shower then listening to sports talk radio as i fall asleep, I have to have noise
 
Well, is it due to anxiety? If so I don't really know. If you're just having a hard time turning off when it's time for bed I recommend melatonin. The problem most people have with it is that it gives them very vivid and often frustrating dreams that cause you to wake up. So I suggest if you take it take start with a half dose and work your way up to possibly a full dose until you wake up from a dream where you're trying to untie a huge not or something, then back off a little.
 
Try and cut out caffeine 8-12 hours before bed. Establish a nice pattern. Try and go to bed and wake up the same times every day. Try to avoid, TV, internet anything stimulating an hour or so before lights out. Get some exercise if you're not already. The spent energy will definitely help.
 
You may need to be diagnosed. I have also had issues sleeping on and off for years. I found cutting out caffeine (or at least cutting down, especially for a few hours before going to sleep) helps. I also started taking melatonin supplements. They are safe and help your body reset its circadian rhythm. When I am having a tough time sleeping I take one melatonin pill a half hour before I go to bed for a week and that usually sets me right, along with things like relaxation before bed, a hot shower or bath, not exercising for a good 2 hours before bed, and reducing caffeine. I do not recommend tylenol PM as it has benedryl as the sleep agent. It will help you get to sleep but usually interferes with deep cycle sleep rhythms (REM sleep) when your brain recharges the most, so you can wake up groggy and just feeling like you didn't get enough sleep. I only use that route on rare occasions.

Good luck man, I know how frustrating that can be.
 
Does it have anything to do with your brother? I know when we lost my wife's brother, neither of us slept well for a couple weeks.
 
I take the sissy route and swallow an Ambian before I lay down. I sleep like a rock. If I didn't have drugs, I'd be up until 4 every night. I can not shut my brain off when I go to bed, and it's been like that since before I can remember.
 
Chew some Valerian root, get some exercise. What you need is healthy, natural sleep.


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Write down whatever is on your mind to get it off your chest, and then you will be able to sleep like a baby. Maybe this is just a chick thing though.
 
Archie Moses said:
Anyone else have/had problems sleeping? I haven't slept well in a week. Maybe 3 hours of sleep a night at best. What to do?
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Glad to see all my posts on Fanz are finally ****ing you up. Ignore me, dude guy, an' you'll be fine.




Try going to a meditation show and use the guide's routine on yourself.
 
I suck at getting to sleep (as is evident now).

Also, marijuana is wonderful. I say that with 100% sincerity. I wish I didn't have to abstain. It amazes me that alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't. Oh well.

Obviously, avoiding any substance that helps you sleep is ideal, but sometimes you just need the help (whatever route you may choose). I would advise being careful about going down that path, but if you're already physically active, I don't know what healthy thing to tell you.

Good luck.
 
I usually keep the TV on while falling asleep. Either hit play all on a TV-series DVD or just put on a show that isn't too interesting - just for background noise. If I don't have the TV on, the entire week flies through my head at 100 miles per hour and I start planning the next day, etc.
 
Also you didn't specify (or I missed it) if you also keep waking up in the middle of the night and if so why, for me I know my horror dreams often wake me up like this week they've been me being possessed and wake up pretty paranoid and can't get back to sleep.
Like a lot of people said TV works especially comedy shows but sometimes I've found music works best, using small earbud type but whatever kind is comfortable for you.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I suck at getting to sleep (as is evident now).

Also, marijuana is wonderful. I say that with 100% sincerity. I wish I didn't have to abstain. It amazes me that alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't. Oh well.

Obviously, avoiding any substance that helps you sleep is ideal, but sometimes you just need the help (whatever route you may choose). I would advise being careful about going down that path, but if you're already physically active, I don't know what healthy thing to tell you.

Good luck.
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You are right. Marijuana is probably the safest sleeping aid on the market, to be honest.

I've never had trouble sleeping, but I'm guessing you just have a lot of stuff on your mind because of losing your brother, Archie. It will pass.
 
Marty McFly said:
I usually keep the TV on while falling asleep. Either hit play all on a TV-series DVD or just put on a show that isn't too interesting - just for background noise. If I don't have the TV on, the entire week flies through my head at 100 miles per hour and I start planning the next day, etc.
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I find watching a Jazz game puts me to sleep. Boring as hell. No one makes a shot; little effort by most of the players. Don't have to watch to identify which play is being run as there aren't many. Last night after the game I channeled up to stop the DVR and it went to a HS game. There was better quality of play in that game and more discipline than what Deron and the Dolts showed in the 2nd half.
 
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