get back to sleep

I'm the same.

 

Blackout shades, cool room, and limit screen time about an hour before bedtime . Some reading right before falling asleep also helps to settle down.

 

Been listening to "Insomnia doctor" on you tube. He has some good tips.

 

Everybody's solution is likely going to be a bit different. Probably because all our circumstances, body chemistry, level of fitness and physical fatigue, ability to manage stress, daily routine stability, diet, sleep environment, etc are different.

Melatonin was a temp fix only for me. Worked real well for a few months. I think I built up tolerance. Lost it's affect pretty quick.

Alcohol, if I use just the right amount can help. I know, I know...it is supposed to be the opposite affect. And it is detrimental for me with even a slight bit too much. But about 2-3 ounces of red wine gets me up to close to 5 hrs without waking. It's either that amount or nothing if I am looking for help sleeping. I also never use caffeine after 4:00pm and limit to max 1 cup coffee morning (or 16oz DMDew) and 1 caff beverage in the afternoon.

BTW, my blood pressure was high until I retired (the 1st time), but within 60 days of retirement it dropped about 30%, which was into the normal range. I was already in shape & not overweight. I assumed it was the stress reduction. Doctor said more than likely it was the increased sleep. Due to insomnia, nightly routine when working resulted in 3-5hrs of sleep 3-4 days a week. Max was 6. Dead man walking Tues-Fri most weeks.

 

Long long time shift worker here, get rid of any distracting light, leave your phone ALONE!!! And a 5mg quick dissolve melatonin 30 or so mins before bed, also it seems obvious but don’t drink too much water (or beer) so you have to get up and piss.

 

i have no problem falling asleep for 3 or 4 hours its just waking up and not able to fall back asleep

 

Only had two bad nights of sleep last week. Somehow each night i pieced together 5 hours each night. Went to bed last night at 9:00pm woke up at 1:00 am and could not get back to sleep till 3:30am and slept till 4:30

Ill be glad when this stops someday

 

Great subject OP. I've stopped fighting it all. MAX of 6 hours sleep is all I can get no matter what I do. Whether it's 2 hrs of good sleep, up for 15-20, back down for 2 or 3..repeat. It's when I miss that last hour or so of REM sleep all things fall apart. Sets my tinnitus off blaring at 1000 decibels. I have no proof this sets it off but I see patterns. And FYI..tinnitus is ringing in the ears. Too much dirtbkin' on 2 smokers, believing in that harley stance of loud pipes save lives (but damn I miss that ride) and genetics don't help. My age doesn't either.

Here's what works for me on sleep...go to bed at or around the same time every night. I push myself to stay up longer and will get better at this when the time changes spring/summer. No matter what though I'll be up 3, 330 or 4a. No matter what. All things off if alkihaul gets mixed in. Then I'm shart for brains until i catch back up on sleep.

One of you mentioned "this is normal" and we're just wired this way. And I believe this too. Farmers and ranchers have been doing this for ages. Bed when sun goes down and up before it comes back up. Big breakfast, great lunch and small portions on dinner in early evening. They got shart to do and only so many day light hours to get it done.

And yes to indica...but finding 100% indica is tough. Breeders get too breedy with sativa strains. But only partake when in the mountains. Still get 6 hours sleep though.

 

My worst night is sunday nights. Bed at 9:00 pm and up at 1:00am and then cant go back asleep for 3 hours. Funny thing i have nver had a sleep issue on a Friday or Saturday night or on vacation

 

This will sound insane. It does absolutely work, and will help into the future.
Buy and read to yourself out loud.
The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep.
Or listen to it on audible.

 

i was going to try CDB Oil

 

I’m a big fan of the white noise making machines, got one while on a 6 month stint of 3rd shift a few years back and now I use it every night, made a difference for me!

Having the same bedtime regardless of day of the week/schedule helps, but that can be a hard thing to stick by.

Not sleeping is the worst, good luck

 

thank you

 

My wife got some, I tried it for a few weeks, not much. It didn't help me anywhere, all it did was gave me a headache no matter how much water I drank with it. I'm not saying don't try it if you want to though.

 

I think ill let it run its coarse. I only get it on Sunday nights. I'm use to 7 hours of sleep then when i get 4 or 5 i feel like crap. Again its mostly one night a week if not two.

 

Tried CDB Oil last night. I took 1 ml of 10 ml of cdb oil at 9:00pm slept till 1:00 am woke up and took 10 more ml and sleept till 5:00am First Sunday night in a long time i sleept good.

Hope it keeps working...........

 

Various cannabis products work pretty good depending how sharp you need to be for work the next day. Haha. I never used them on work nights for that reason. Sleeping with a fan on is the best thing I ever did to cover up most background noise from traffic and such, since I work shift work.

The struggle for me is turning my mind off when I wake up in the night. Once I read about a technique from WWII where they taught soldiers to fall asleep in minutes by training their minds to not think about anything, just a black screen or something. I never had much success with it, I always end up thinking about something else, but apparently if you master the technique, you can just fall asleep on demand pretty much anytime.

 

4 nights of sleep. still wake up at after 4 hours of sleep take some cdb oil and fall back asleep for anouther 4 hours. Seams to be working good right now

 

I use melatonin gummies. I have a couple of different ones, one is straight melatonin, and the other is melatonin and CBD. I don't use them every night because you don't want to affect the way your body makes it's own melatonin. The CBD is supposed to help with anxiety and generally help make you calmer. I need to get some straight CBD and see if that helps me sleep by itself.