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Do you sleep well?

Despite my ADHD, I’ve always been a deep sleeper. Since reading the book, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, I ensure I give myself a minimum of 7.5 hours as this seems to be my sweet spot. I also use 10mg melatonin (the sleep hormone) when needed to help me move between shift work times. For those in the UK, Piping Rock ship melatonin to the UK and it is not expensive.

Every body function is affected by lack of sleep. Having less than 6 hours leads to us being in sympathetic (alert/ agitated) nervous system control the next day. The REM sleep cycles increase in quality after 6 hours and this is where emotional control is reset.

I strongly recommend this amazing book.

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Thanks for this post😀😁. I'm gonor try these. I NEVER sleep for more than an hour n half at a time. I wake for 20mins then back sleep. I am in a real.bad routine and my doctors are not great tbh. I just need that routine back when it falls.outta place. You're spot on about bodily functions. Also trying to stay awake during the day is so hard when not slept.properly for YEARS. Constantly feeling absolutely shattered. 😫😬
Since I've had strokes my sleeping is so much worse than it used to be and my sleep was fucked way before them. I've tried the over the counter remedies but they never work. Hopefully American ones MIGHT be different. 🤔
 
Thanks for this post😀😁. I'm gonor try these. I NEVER sleep for more than an hour n half at a time. I wake for 20mins then back sleep. I am in a real.bad routine and my doctors are not great tbh. I just need that routine back when it falls.outta place. You're spot on about bodily functions. Also trying to stay awake during the day is so hard when not slept.properly for YEARS. Constantly feeling absolutely shattered. 😫😬
Since I've had strokes my sleeping is so much worse than it used to be and my sleep was fucked way before them. I've tried the over the counter remedies but they never work. Hopefully American ones MIGHT be different. 🤔

If you get any melatonin, don’t see it like a sleeping tablet. It doesn’t dope us up, but is more gentle. Take 1-2 hours before getting ready for bed.

3 main points for better sleep…

Keep cool before bed. Our brain need to drop by 1°C to sleep. Ensure your house isn’t too warm for the last 2 hours. Dress lightly if needed.

Keep your environment dark. Even a small lamp is enough to stop natural melatonin release in our brain. Set your devices to dark mode if possible, and ‘night shift’ setting if you have it to filter out blue light.

The hardest bit is managing our minds. Learning how to disconnect from the mind’s ‘voice’ is key. Eckhart Tolle is an amazing guy when it comes to this. I’ve now completed his book A New Earth 5 times.

 
I have found out that everytime I sleep sober(from weed) I always get bad nightmares and according to my wife, tend to grins my teeth more. Sometimes I would wake up to cold sweats and night terrors. I somehow think that weed isnt actually very healthy as a sleeping aid, been smoking for 10+ years almost everyday until recently when I decided to lay off of it as me and my wife had our first child. Shes two now and I rarely smoke now but the first year off of it was really hard. Now the night terrors, cold sweats and nightmares come every now and again but not that often. Just my opinion though. Thanks for reading and fuck you. Lol
 
You trying to start something , Graz?
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i sleep good, whenever i sleep. but also,im asleep in like 30 seconds.
i use feather pillows. and a body pillow for between my legs (to help my back, and) for comfort.
recently bought a therapeutic pillow to help with my neck. its supposed to help with keeping my head cool from sweating.

what position do you sleep in?
On my tummy, legs spread, arms one above my head, one tucked under the pillow.
 
If you get any melatonin, don’t see it like a sleeping tablet. It doesn’t dope us up, but is more gentle. Take 1-2 hours before getting ready for bed.

3 main points for better sleep…

Keep cool before bed. Our brain need to drop by 1°C to sleep. Ensure your house isn’t too warm for the last 2 hours. Dress lightly if needed.

Keep your environment dark. Even a small lamp is enough to stop natural melatonin release in our brain. Set your devices to dark mode if possible, and ‘night shift’ setting if you have it to filter out blue light.

The hardest bit is managing our minds. Learning how to disconnect from the mind’s ‘voice’ is key. Eckhart Tolle is an amazing guy when it comes to this. I’ve now completed his book A New Earth 5 times.


Thanks 😁. I do all these thing with windows open, darker than dark. Haha. I always sleep in very thin silk nghty ect. But still have that.routine of waking every hour ish. Usually takes me hours to also get to sleep most nights too. But that IS cos of the last part you wrote.😀 I'll also definitely look into his book. I don't want a doped up tablet anyway, unless last resort. Hence why i am.trying natural.remedies first. Hopefully I'll get that routine back at some.point..Last time i did and it only took.5 nights of a pill that i took but i can't take those anymore due to combining with other medication. I ended up leaving them in a drawer for months after getting sleep again after those 5 night anyway. Then used them again when routine fell again.
 
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