Wellness

[BornToShop]

It's all I can do to stay up until 10pm, however like clockwork I am awake around 1-2am for an hour or two.  Lately I take a 3mg Melatonin gummy at 10pm and then another when I wake up later.  So far it seems to help me get back to sleep faster.  

[agb80]

Since getting a new more comfortable mattress we both are able to fall asleep whereas on our older one, not so much.  We thought our old mattress was a good one too but we see the difference.  There have been times when my husband went to bed earlier than me and I didn't want to wake him up and so went to bed in the spare room and ya there was the proof tossing and turning and laying awake for hours though I was tired; that mattress is the same brand in a smaller version as the one we use to have in the master bedroom.  

[Icegoddess]

I'm another no problem falling asleep, but having trouble staying asleep.  It started with menopause and it's better now that I'm on hormones.  However, I know the doctor wants to get me off of them i the next couple of years.  

[mizree]

@RedTop i enjoyed the description from your childhood.

[RedTop]

@mizree 

Thank you for reading my post; those hot summer night memories are some of my favorite ones at my grandparents house.   

[Tinkrbl44]

My ritual is to read in bed for an hour or two, and I just turn off the light when I get sleepy.   It works for me. 

[Bjobrit]

I have had that problem... I'm in CA so I have an edible every night. Works for me. 😉

[Valstybaby]

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@BunSnoop wrote:

Some nights my head hits the pillow and I'm sleeping within a few minutes.  Other times my mind is just racing and thinking of everything and anything!

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Lately I put on QVC and that puts me right to sleep! LOL

[panda1234]

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@Miss Pepsi wrote:

I have no trouble falling asleep, I have trouble staying asleep.  Been this way most of my life and Iam in my mid 60's now.  Eventually I just get so tired I get a good night sleep in but that is not the norm.  This is just has been the norm for me.

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@Miss Pepsi  Same here.....hate it. I will get up and do something that is quiet for an hour and try to go back to sleep. 

[agb80]

The new mattress that we got is Tommy Copper and until then I too thought I had some kind of underlying issue with falling asleep.  I fall asleep right away now and stay asleep.  

There has been occasions when my husband went to bed before I did when not feeling particularly well and so I retreated to another bed in our home and it was an orthopedic mattress that doesn't work well for me at all, however, I bought that horseshoe shaped pillow that supports you on all sides and it works pretty well for me falling asleep and staying asleep.  

I do prefer the Tommy Cooper mattress though and do not need that horseshoe shaped pillow at all when sleeping on it.