Not Sleeping Well

Sep
2007
19

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If you may have noticed I haven’t had a lot of good posts lately on the blog. I have a lot of good ideas and a list of blog topics to write on my Netvibes, but I have had a problem for over a week now, I’m not sleeping well at all! The biggest problem is that I am not able to fall asleep when I want to. I’ve been trying to go to bed around 12-1AM so that I am able to wake up around 9-10AM. I go to bed at this time but I just end up lying in bed for 4 hours not being able to fall asleep.

I have tried things like taking Tylenol PM and similar products, but those always make me sleep a hell of a lot longer than I want to and it takes me forever to get up in the morning when I take stuff like that. I also don’t want to become dependent on products like that to fall asleep.

Waking up later in the day has really affected my work schedule and its pissing me off. Also I feel like crap every time I wake up. This makes it harder to get up and is not a good way to start off my day. Because I don’t have a good morning the rest of the day sucks too. I basically feel like crap throughout the entire day and I never end up getting the things I need to do done because I feel unmotivated.

So the reason for me telling you all this is because I wanted to know if any of you had any suggestions that would help me, I would really appreciate it, thanks!

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  • http://btr.michaelkwan.com Michael Kwan

    Believe me, I know the feeling. What has really helped me recently is being “forced” to wake up at a certain hour, whether I really wanted to or not. This is because I’ve been driving my girlfriend to school in the morning and she needs to be there by 9am. After waking up and driving her to school, it’s hard to go back to sleep so I just stay up and start reading email. It’s not the most productive next hour or two, but at least I’m up.

  • http://www.stephenfung.net Stephen

    You ever think it could be diet related? I mean, what do you eat?

  • http://www.oubipaws.org Nick

    I know that feeling – I just switched to 4 ten hour days last week and handling my websites, it’s tough. But I, like you, have sleeping problems where I’ll lay down in bed and try to go to sleep, but can’t get to sleep for 3-4 hours.

    My solution – wear myself out playing the dog, drink tea, read a book when going to sleep, and then I go to sleep pretty quickly. You’d be surprised how little things will help you sleep.

  • http://www.webhostingreport.net Christoph

    There are many things to try. The main thing is: an hour before you go to bed, stop working and eventually read a book or a magazine. Don’t watch TV or play games.

    Then look at your diet and how much exercise you get during the day. Add some walks or actual workout to your daily schedule. Don’t eat after 9 PM and cut down on caffeine as well.

  • Stephen

    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

  • http://www.rbmods.com BigMan

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

  • http://www.webhostingreport.net Christoph

    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 ….

  • http://www.leochiang.com Leo

    Exercise, exercise, exercise . . . and sex ;)

  • http://www.shawn-knight.net Shawn Knight

    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.

  • Marc

    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.

  • http://mp3milk.com Sean

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

  • http://www.erwin-tan.com Erwin Tan

    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. ;)

  • http://www.fatmanunleashed.com/why-john-chow-is-bad-for-blogging Israel

    exercise and eat right.

  • Steve Phillips

    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.