Comments on: Not Sleeping Well

By: Steve Phillips

Steve Phillips — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:03:14 +0000

I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since I retired from Ford motor company at the end of 2005, I wake up 2 hours after going to bed at around 11.pm and lay there generally worrying about the most innocuous thing for an hour or so, gradually drift off then wake after another 2 hours worrying about something else and then usually get up about 4.30 am or 5.
I would kill for a decent 8 hours unbroken sleep, once a week would do to start with.

By: Israel

Israel — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:46:01 +0000

exercise and eat right.

By: Erwin Tan

Erwin Tan — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:28:06 +0000

Same thing happen to me..

I just couldn’t do anything to it. So I went on a marathon and never sleep for 1 day.

I was knocked out the next day but not forgetting to set my alarm to wake me up in the morning.

Guess what? I woke up early in the morning, slept throughout the whole night and my body clock turned back to normal again.

Hope this could help. No guarantees though.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:00:14 +0000

try to walk on fresh air outside from your home. away from computer.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:06:17 +0000

Caffeine restricted to the morning, exercise at some point during the day, alcohol at night. Thinking will keep you awake, if you are thinking about things you plan to do. You need to think of things that have no bearing on yourself, worries or future plans when trying to sleep. If you listen to late night talk radio, George Noory knows how to take take interesting topics and turn them into real snoozers.

By: Shawn Knight

Shawn Knight — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:05:42 +0000

haha I like Leo’s suggestion… well, 1/4 of it

I take some type of sleep aid (Tylenol pm, Unisom) on a regular basis… and I know i need to stop that. I used to be able to fall asleep in like 5 minutes, but now, I will literally lay there, wide-eyes all night.

I usually try to get in bed by midnight or 1… and seem to wake up around 11:25 every morning… kinda strage. But as long as I’m up by noon, it’s works for me.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:14:30 +0000

Exercise, exercise, exercise . . . and sex

By: Christoph

Christoph — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:53:03 +0000

A friend of mine I just talked to suggested Yoga. She finds it very relaxing for body and soul. She sleeps better and is more awake in the mornings and therefore more productive. Probably not for everyone suited, but ….

By: BigMan

BigMan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:26:06 +0000

You drink anything late at night that has caffein? Coffe? Coke? Tea etc?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:03:51 +0000

As Christoph said, do not watch TV, play video games, or use the computer for at least an hour before going to sleep. Recent studies showed that people who interacted with TV screens or computer monitors had a lot of trouble falling asleep quickly, and their sleep was also not as “good.”

Another thing is to make sure you exercise. I use to have trouble going to bed early, but after I started running 6-8 miles a week, eating more fruit, and once I cut TV/games/computer out 1-hour before bed I found myself falling asleep earlier, and sleep well enough and having no problem waking up on my own at 7-8am.

One last tip, read before you go to bed, or try listening to soft music. Reading will make your eyes tired and give you a sensation of being tired, and listening to soft music will help you relax more.

Hope that helps,

Stephen