Sleep let me sleep!?

Question

One night i stayed up LATE right now for example...its 3am and i woke up at 12pm got any way to make it to where i can be tired at 8 and sleep at 9 and wake up at 7-10

Answer 1

I have chronic insomnia and have had it for 15 years so what I am telling you is tried and true and works for most people.

Sleep Hygiene: Get the TV out of the bedroom, and darken the drapes. The bedroom is designed for sleeping and you shouldn’t do anything else there. You want the optimum conditions for sleep in your bedroom. I run a fan all night long; the white noise drowns out other noises that could disturb my sleep. When I go into the bedroom I compose myself for sleep and that is my goal. I don’t stay up long, I go to sleep or at least start trying to within the first half-hour. I got this from my first visit to the Sleep Clinic at the hospital.

You can turn down the lights a little before bedtime then that can help put you into a sleepy mood, turning down the TV volume and winding down and hour before sleep puts your body into preparation for sleep.

Melatonin is a sleep hormone naturally produced by your body so it is a safe supplement to take, and I have done so for 20 years. Start with a milligram or two and then work your way up to 4-6 until it starts to work. Sleepy Time tea, before bedtime will help since it has natural herbs in it that help to trigger the sleep centers of the brain. Valarian Root is a natural supplement that has helped me and has some doctors recommend it. A doctor recommended the Melaton and Sleepy Time Tea to me.

Some medications have a side effect that causes drowsiness. Trazadone is a safe antidepressant that helps; seroquil is a stronger one that has worked for me. Clearly medication is your last route, and you want to try each previous step before going this far. I have moved on to stronger drugs because my problem is severe.

Ambien and the similar drugs are only good for a week or two, because they don’t give you a deep sleep.

There are four stages of sleep and we pass through them several times a night, usually one cycle can take 30 minutes to 1 hour. Only when you go down to stage 4 does your body start healing. Ambien drops you to stage two so it puts you asleep, but not a recharging one. When you drop off and are just drowsy you have reached stage one. At stage two you start dreaming. Stage three is a deeper sleep and the body becomes nearly paralyzed so your actions in your dreams won’t hurt you—you don’t run in bed or flail around widely. At stage four your body starts its night functions of repair and growth. Then you go up through the various stages. When you are in stage 2 and are woken up you have a good chance to remember your dreams, but when you dream and drop down to stage 4 then you probably won’t remember the dream.

Sleep is critical and a human can go with out if for about 2 weeks before insanity sets in and 3 weeks before death. During sleep your body goes over the facts of the day and creates long term memories or dumps the memory. It also works on the problems of the day and builds new reflexes if you are learning them. The brain is very active when you are asleep and that down time is critical to your health.

Answer 2

Just start waking up at 7-10 every morning, no matter how tired you are. During the day, take no more than a 30-minute nap. You'll get straightened out, soon.

Answer 3

Insomnia sucks, thats for sure.
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Answer 4

Good answers so far... I'll add cut back on your caffeine... the experts advise to stop drinking coffee or soda w/ caffeine 5 hours before going to bed for better sleep.

Answer 5

take tylenol pm for 2days to get you used to sleeping early