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Please can anyone give me advice? I don’t get to sleep sometimes until 4 am. I have tried over the counter tablets and they work. But they have possible side effects which I looked up. Does anyone know what I should do for the best Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I wonder if you realise as you get older it is quite common to need less sleep. So long as you don't feel unwell after a spell of bad nights then think about adjusting your routine to either a later bed time of earlier get up time. No electronic devices and that includes tv for at least an hour before bed time, which should be the same every night as visual stimulation is more likely to keep you awake. Reduce the ambient lighting to a minimum. It may also help if you allow your body to cool slightly. Just taking off a layer 15 minutes before you go to bed, is enough. No books, no tv in the bedroom, keep it strictly for sleeping. If you are still wide awake after half an hour get up, and do something non stimulating like listen to a talking book rather than reading. Give it an hour then try again. And set your alarm clock for a sensible rising time say 0700, no matter what time you went to sleep, get up and get on with your day. The idea is to condition your body to a new habit. Can take up to 3 months of sticking to it.
However if it is age related sleep reduction you may have to accept this is your new normal and stop worrying about it.
However if it is age related sleep reduction you may have to accept this is your new normal and stop worrying about it.
bobbie, I go to bed very late, usually between 2 - 4am and the earliest I get up is 8am when my alarm goes off.
If I have to go somewhere early, I stay up, but am yawning for most of the day.
Went to bed at 4am today, up at 8am to open the curtains, back to bed and woke up at about 2pm this afternoon.
Sometimes I get no sleep at all and so I feel I need this extra long sleep at the week-end to make up for it.
The best thing to do is go to bed at the same (reasonable) time every night and get up at the same time every morning, but up to now, I haven't been able to get into that routine.
If I have to go somewhere early, I stay up, but am yawning for most of the day.
Went to bed at 4am today, up at 8am to open the curtains, back to bed and woke up at about 2pm this afternoon.
Sometimes I get no sleep at all and so I feel I need this extra long sleep at the week-end to make up for it.
The best thing to do is go to bed at the same (reasonable) time every night and get up at the same time every morning, but up to now, I haven't been able to get into that routine.
When I was working, I found it difficult yo establish good sleep habits. My desire at the time was lights out usually between 1 and 2 am, and up between 8:30 and 9:30 am. Not possible whrn I need to be up at 6am 3 days a week.
I retired at the end of 2019 and have spent the last 18 months gradually finding what works for me...every day. So now, it's in bed around midnight with lights out before 1am. According to my fitbit I usually get better, sounder sleep when I go to sleep earlier. My alarm goes off at 8:30...I may get up before then...but no later than 9. Supposedly my actual sleep time is 6.5-7 hours.
I retired at the end of 2019 and have spent the last 18 months gradually finding what works for me...every day. So now, it's in bed around midnight with lights out before 1am. According to my fitbit I usually get better, sounder sleep when I go to sleep earlier. My alarm goes off at 8:30...I may get up before then...but no later than 9. Supposedly my actual sleep time is 6.5-7 hours.
That's the sort of thing I'm trying to aim for pasta.
I'd like to be in bed before midnight and get up between 8 - 9 am depending on what I'm doing that day.
Problem is, if I go to bed before midnight I can't get to sleep before my usual bedtime which is usually not before 3am.
I suppose it takes time to get your body clock to get used to a new routine.
I'd like to be in bed before midnight and get up between 8 - 9 am depending on what I'm doing that day.
Problem is, if I go to bed before midnight I can't get to sleep before my usual bedtime which is usually not before 3am.
I suppose it takes time to get your body clock to get used to a new routine.
every medication is different for different people
have been prescribed Melatonin (didn't work for me) nor my neighbour as he was telling me.
That Montmerry cherry thing (didn't work for me either). You may need to ask your GP for a stronger sleeping pill and no you won't get addicted but you may get 6 hours of sleep.
When I think of going to bed I call it "Bed Dread".
"Different doctors different patients die".
have been prescribed Melatonin (didn't work for me) nor my neighbour as he was telling me.
That Montmerry cherry thing (didn't work for me either). You may need to ask your GP for a stronger sleeping pill and no you won't get addicted but you may get 6 hours of sleep.
When I think of going to bed I call it "Bed Dread".
"Different doctors different patients die".