Do You Have This Problem Too When Trying to Sleep?... - Page 2

On It · ‎03-15-2021

@sann wrote:
No trouble falling to sleep my problem is staying asleep.

I also fall asleep fairly easily, but wake up around 3:00 a.m. almost every night. My go back to sleep trick is to start a Law & Order episode with the volume low. Watch the crime and hear the quip, fast forward through the commercials at the beginning that are so long, lie back with eyes closed and listen to the episode. I rarely get to the trial stage. If I do finish the episode, I replay it. That way the brain isn't trying to resolve the crime. Sounds crazy but it works for me!

Drythe · ‎07-09-2011

Every . single . night.

Never been a good sleeper.

Happy for & envious of those of you who are!

Keep up the good work.

"Animals are not my whole world, but they have made my world whole" ~ Roger Caras

bcherry01 · ‎08-11-2018

Yes.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@BunSnoop

Nope, and can't say I ever have, even before or after my many medical procedures.

hckynut(john)

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

@BunSnoop yes!....like every night. I just give in to it....and sometimes channel surf or read or just do anything. It is not the end of the world if you don't get enough sleep from time to time.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Racing thoughts were often work related so that disappeared when I retired.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

I can sleep "on command"

♥Surface of the Sun♥

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@BunSnoop Try taking either the amino acid GABA or Theanine... or both... before bed or anytime to relax and calm your brain....

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

I have had all kinds of issues falling or staying asleep. Just did the over night sleep study and that was AWFUL. Long story on that but finally I did fall asleep there for a few hours and they said it was enough to say I do not have sleep apnea. Where I go from here I have no idea.

What I have been practicing is keeping a set routine for bedtime....room very dark and cool and so on. I run a fan all night long for white noise or I couldn't sleep for sure. I only watch something on TV that is boring....or I will get a second wind and be up thinking about that over stimulating show or topic being discussed. Never fall asleep with TV on...don't want to train my brain to do that...when I feel sleepy I shut it off and sleep.

I also clear my mind....I tell myself that there is nothing that I need to think of right now that can't be dealt with in the morning. I also will do some relaxing breathing if it's not working. I usually can fall asleep in 10 to 15mins....just NOT at that sleep study place...they had blue and red lights glaring all over the room and many other things going on that discourage people from sleeping!

Waking up over and over thur the night is my biggest issue....to go pee. Last night was 4 trips....the nights before I did much better at only 1 or 2 trips. I just can't get it to stay that way.

Getting a good 7hrs of sleep is so important....I feel awful when I am up so many times and must take a nap in morning even.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I rarely ever have trouble falling asleep now, but have a fix that has always worked for me in the past.

I simply transport myself back to my teen years and the many nights spent with my grandparents, in that hot upstairs bedroom. In my mind, I'm wearing my shortie pajamas lying on the cool white sheet at the foot of the twin size bed staring out the window hoping to catch any possible breeze. As I look across the backyard towards the thick pines where we played in the shade, I could hear traffic going by on the main road, and hear the train whistle in the distance. On moonlit nights I might see a skunk, a fox, an opossum or deer pass thru, and my uncles horses were sure to run thru several times on their way to the water hole. I loved to gaze at the many stars, see the lightening bugs, and the flashes of heat lightening dance across the sky.

That little room was so hot, and there were no outlets upstairs to plug in a fan! I can close my eyes and still feel, and smell the thick, hot air in the house. After midnight, I would start to feel cooler air coming thru the front bedroom windows, and usually by 2 a.m., I'd be reaching for the sheet or the thin cotton quilt.

I loved the rainy nights; hearing the raindrops beat down on the roof over my head, plus I could see the raindrops hitting the back porch roof outside my window, with little rivers running over the edge of the roof.

50 years later, these childhood memories soothe me and always bring sleep when I need it. I still love the feel of a sheet and a cotton quilt over me, and it's all the cover I have on my bed year round.