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Getting a CPAP. It’s made such a huge difference. If you snore loudly, get a sleep study done!
seconding this. i felt so goofy the first night i wore the mask and used the machine but when i woke up the next morning and felt the difference in how rested i was, i was like ‘… i am never not using this thing again.’
i’ve been a pretty consistent user for the last six or seven years now. no regrets.
Mitigating things that prevent sleep mostly. If there are things that are keeping me awake I just get up and deal with them, it’s faster than trying to ignore them or push through. Light bothering me? Block it or turn it off. Stuffy nose? Netti pot or go outside for a bit. Noise I can’t stop? Create white noise. I get shin splints at night so I either compress them with bandages or sleep on my stomach with my feet hanging off the end of the bed and squish my shins. If I can’t get my mind to stfu sometimes I’ll get up and doze off on the couch or read a book, NO SCREENS! If the dog is laying next to me having a hand on her gives me the relaxing time brain chemicals, sometimes even if she is already leaning on me she’ll do the crab scoot closer thing and that feeling helps too. Once in a while there is nothing I can do and I know I won’t be sleeping, fortunately I have a job where I can take time off with little notice.
Cannibis Indica.
It hurts your REM sleep so I’m hoping you take longer breaks or this will probably affect your mental health eventually.
Random thought that occurred after this comment, which I 100 percent agree with take breaks when you can.
Which medicine doesn’t have side effects? We balance the benefits with the risk in all things we consume.
I tell my father every time he brings up my consumption. You stop taking your blood pressure medication I’ll stop taking mine. It would be an interesting race to the bottom for both of us.
Well it is obvious your comment hits something deeper in me. So sorry to unload all my stuff here.
I didn’t take yours as judgement just “hey be aware of this effect where the solution could make your specific problem worse”.
Hope you don’t take this combative. Just sharing my experience.
I appreciate your situation. Been there. The weed seems to help sleep. But not dreaming is really bad for emotional processing and your cognitive health.
Weed for sleep is like deciding to walk in a marathon from the start hoping you can pick up the pace later in the race.
The point of not even being able to finish the race at all in time comes and goes without you even noticing.
If you can, try cutting back and finding additional support somewhere else. It sounds like your dad really cares about you. Maybe he will pay for a therapist if you don’t want to talk to him? :)
Take care!
As regular as possible bedtime routine.
No caffeinated drinks in the second half of the day.
Regular exercise.
Actually not sleeping too long in the morning either.
Melatonin.Boxed breathing in some rare cases.
There is a perfect combination of booze and depression that can get me to sleep for 10-12 hours in a single sleep cycle. Could probably sleep longer if I didnt wake up because I was about to piss myself from the copious amoont of alcohol consumed prior to sleeping.
Cranking the AC low.
Being tired as hell. Improves my mood too by reducing overthinking.
Not a helpful answer, but I started taking a psych medication and I guess some people use it off label as a sleep aid. Soooo suffice to say I definitely sleep like a rock nowadays lol. Trouble is that I have to actually be disciplined enough to get into bed first!
BUT what has always helped me actually fall asleep is to actually use my phone in bed. I know people say not to, but it helps me fall asleep every night. What I do is put on a lengthy YouTube video that is not too interesting and not too boring. I fall asleep to them.
Off-label use of psych medication is apparently not uncommon, I’ve had prescriptions for a bunch of antipsychotics, specifically to help me sleep. Had hangover effects from all of them, unfortunately, so we stopped that experiment, but they did help with the falling asleep part.
Falling asleep with my phone in my hand, looking at some nonsense, is the most reliable way I’ve found (which doesn’t mean much).
Haha yes, mine is an antipsychotic! I’m on Seroquel, altho a pretty low dose. I’m not given it for sleep, but I see why it’s used as such! Sorry you had a rough go with antipsychotics! How has your sleep been nowadays?
I sleep either a total of 20 hours a day or 2, and I have very little control over when it happens. Sucks ass. 乁( •_• )ㄏ
Goddamn man. I hope you find out something that helps you eventually. Some of my friends swear by magnesium supplements. Although I think it’s only a particular kind of magnesium supplement maybe?
I’ve tried all the common things but I appreciate the thought :)
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Vitamin d helped my family quite a bit. Apparently we were all deficient when we talked to our doctor about it.
Prolanolol, side effect from the aim at reducing migraines. You can try Physiological sigh, they’re great at completing the stress cycle. Detoxing from light sources for a couple of hours before sleep. No screens, dim all lights. Theres one where you tense every muscle, hold and then relax and imagine its super super relaxed, one at a time, all the way from feet to head.
Personally I have to listen to a show that’s just interesting enough to keep my attention and not too interesting that it’ll keep me awake to see what happens. (And without a super boppy intro outro, or it’ll wake me back up.) I can sit there for hours and not sleep, trying without a show, turn a show on and I’m out in less than 5 minutes. It’s insane.
Not sure if I’m just weird or if this is a general rule for insomnia, but for me, what works will vary and there’s no foolproof recipe to make me sleep, but below are some things that do help me.
- Exercise
- Consistent wake up time
- No screens 2 hours before bed
- Blocking sunlight early (sun currently sets after 10 pm)
- No food for at least 6 hours before bed
- Stop liquids 3 hours before bedtime
- White noise during sleep (I prefer the sound of rain)
- Don’t leave things unfinished before bed, especially tasks that will make you worry or have anxiety
- Decluttered bedroom
- Clean bedsheets
- Air purifier
- Aromatherapy diffuser with lemongrass
Earplugs, but it’s terrible for earwax build-up
I’ve had waking up at three or for am for am hour at least every night for the last two years. Tried all the chemical help, nothing that worked worked longer than a few nights.
I live in a complicated situation with an emotionally unavailable woman that I have three small children with and that situation won’t resolve itself for a long long time.
Due to the nature of avoidant bonding, this situation and the emotional toll it takes waxes and wanes. During the better hopeful phases my sleep improves, during the bad phases I can’t fucking sleep.
So I guess being hopeful helps?
I’m so sorry, my wife is pregnant and i hope things will not get worse. I hope you can find a solution with your family!
my wife is pregnant and i hope things will not get worse
I have bad news regarding sleep. “Things will not, calm down, Daniel Jackson. They will, in fact, calm up.” ;) Chin up, it’s not forever.
Thank you :)
