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[qvcaddition]

I don't nap during the day, but the minute I sit on the couch at night, I cannot get through one program, I'm asleep. Wake up at 11 or 12, go to bed and watch netflex and fall asleep around 2 or 3.  Then wake at 6 or 7.

Pretty soon going to quit cable and just keep the internet because, I never get to watch programs and nothing good anymore for me.  I watch netflex, or another streaming program.  I tried sitting during the day and fall asleep everytime I sit on the couch.  No where else.  My own fault.  I tried not watching netflex when I go to bed, but then I just lay there wide awake.  My dog use to tell me when it was time to go to bed, by pawing my leg, but she is old also and sleeps on the couch next to me.  Oh well, that's the way it is.  I don't take sleeping aids.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@ROMARY wrote:

I seem to awaken at 2:30 am, hungry.  

So, I have a sandwich, watch various tv programs for an hour or two, and then fall asleep until around 8:30 or 9:00 am.

Last night I ran across 'Brad Meltzer's Decoded.'   About the background/history re: Statue of Liberty, etc., etc., etc. 

Interesting. 

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@ROMARY 

You bring up a good point .... I can't sleep on an empty stomach, either.  I don't know how people can do that.

My dad also would wake up in the middle of the night hungry.  He'd always pull out a box of crackers and a little chunk of cheese and make a little cheese and cracker sandwich.  Often, even one would allow him to fall fast asleep when he went back to bed.   

Personally, if I am awake from hunger, I now get a Premier Protein Shake out of the fridge and drink that.  30grams of high quality protein and one gram of sugar for only 160 calories does the trick.  

[ROMARY]

Tinkrbl44:

Oh, thank you for your suggestion.  

I'll place it in a small ice bucket with lid along side the bed.  

Much easier than having to get up, wander into the kitchen, drop things while making a sandwich, wake up the dogs next door (lol), etc., etc.

I only knew one other person who used to awaken hungry in the middle of the night.  Lived to be around 100!

Have a nice week ahead. 

[Effie54]

Yes, yes, yes! I've tried meditation, nope, that didn't work. I've tried those calming sleep apps, nope, they didn't work either. My body will not tolerate anything like melatonin, or valerian root to enhance sleep. They give me nightmares. Here's what I did do; I thought about what I love in a bed-and-breakfast, and try to re-create that my bedroom. Have you ever noticed that when people go to a B & B; they love it, and sleep like a baby? So I thought, why not bring that idea home to my own room. I bought a beautiful, cozy, shabby chic bedspread, a Berkshire blanket with the 2 inch satin trim in blush, a Luminara candle in a gorgeous crystal candle holder, and went to my local antique shop and bought a couple of beautiful little tiny French old perfume bottles for decoration, along with a small floral arrangement in a vase. Basically I Glammed up my room.  That being said, it has a more cozy feel, and I've taken up reading Debbie Macomber's books before sleeping. It's not a sure cure, but it helps somewhat. 

[hckynutjohn]

@Katcat1 

Sleep is not important to me now. When or how much I sleep makes no difference. How my body functions is what I care about, and most of my life less sleep was better for me than more sleep. About 4 or 5 hours was best for me.

I worked both night shifts for many years. 4pm-Midnight and Midnight-8am. Had no definite sleeping hours on either.  Liked doing things during the day because that is when most people were working.

Graveyard shift was a little harder. People mowing lawns/Jack hammers tearing up concrete/phone ringing, until I unplugged it. Most that worked night shifts learned how to sleep when it worked best for them. 

Now?  If I sleep, I sleep. If not, I don't even think about it.  When I get sleepy, I sleep.

hckynut   🇺🇸

[Tinkrbl44]

This might have been shared here, but I didn't see it.   Someone suggested that if you have trouble falling asleep, try this ...

Get comfortable in bed, really comfortable.  Then don't move even one muscle for 15 minutes.  It seems that the stillness encourages the body to get drowsy and then go deeper into sleep.

I've had this work a few times ... just be still, don't move.  Of course, if you wake up in the middle of the night, that's another thing, but I felt this trick was worth mentioning again.