Insomnia
Have you ever had insomnia? If so, how do you deal with it? For me it’s always been pretty bad my whole life. Some nights I’ll lay in bed for six hours before I can finally sleep. I do a lot of commonly recommended “sleep hygiene” stuff, dark room, earplugs, etc. it definitely helps but some nights it seems to make no difference. If I have even the tiniest amount of anxiety/stress, boom, I’ll lay awake all night. How do you deal with it? Any tips?
Sleep is directly related to your body temperature cycle. Sleep and wake up at same time everyday
Jerk off right before bed time. Does the trick.
I used to workout in the night. Even a 20-30 mins brisk walk is supposed to help. My parents say warm milk helps. Never tried it myself. Also for me, it helps if the room is a bit on the colder side as I snuggle inside the comforter for warmth. Maybe pick up a Boring tech book from school days. Or a complicated design doc. Lol.
Try to meditate in bed, you'll end up sleeping.
Those gen 1 antihistamine, keep your allergies away and makes you sleepy the whole day and night.
My boyfriend comes to bed and is asleep in 10 minutes every night. Meanwhile some nights I’ll toss and turn for 5+ hours. Drives me nuts. Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely give some of this stuff a shot
Try melatonin
Start reading books at night. Helped me a lot.
If it's a good book, I'll read until dawn. If it's a bad book, that's just torture.
Having a regular bedtime ritual helped but what I wanted as an engineer was data. So I got a Fitbit and Sleep Cycle app. Knowing how much time I’m restless or asleep helped me figure out what was and wasn’t working in terms of tweaks to my bedtime routine. I went from getting 3-5 hours a night to 7-8. Tracking activity, food, water, etc helps you fix the whole system rather than tackling it one specific problem at a time
That’s a good point!
Maybe try a weighted blanket. My wife has had problems sleeping for most of her life and this has helped quite a bit.
I like my weighted blanket too.
What special about them?