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Sleeplessness
zkt
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The past 3 weeks I have been going to bed at a decent hour (9, 10PM) and waking up in the middle of the night around 2am, not able to fall back asleep until I had to get up to go to work in an hour. I tried listening to light music, turning off my PC, everything people would typically suggest but to no avail. Today I bought some melatonin tablets and am just wondering how effective it may be. Should I just take 3mg(1 tablet) as directed as well?
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I personally try to shy away from melatonin (it gives me weird ass nightmares) and I don't like the grogginess in the AM. I'd try to adjust your sleep enviornment and/or routine before trying sleep aids.
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Also, you should note that melatonin can sometimes make people irritable as a side-effect-- my dad was one of those people, apparently, but not me. I did initially get somewhat funky dreams when I started taking it, though.
Sidenote: humans usually boned during the waking period. It was the best and most convenient thing to do in the dark before we invented electricity!
Apparently I'm an "ideal sleeper," although it doesn't feel that way. It takes me about 15-25 minutes to fall asleep, and when I do fall asleep, it's typically consistent but I do occasionally wake up -- and then fall back asleep. Often I wake up before my alarm, and I don't feel robbed or cheated out of sleep.
I used to toss and turn more, and have more trouble falling asleep in general, and then wake up super groggy. For me, what helped was two things, one of which was mentioned briefly above
Temperature
Exercise
The room temperature should be somewhere between 65-72. If it's too warm, you'll feel sweaty and weird and not sleepy. For some people, feeling too hot makes them claustrophobic feeling, and many people are used to sleeping covered in at least some way. So, if it's too hot, wear fewer sleeping clothes, reduce the number of blanket layers, or turn on the AC. If it's too cold, you'll probably have to turn on the heat a bit, or look into an electric blanket that can radiate some heat into the surrounding air at least somewhat. What I often do if I feel just a little warm is stick my feet out. My sleeping body knows to re-cover my feet if they get too cold.
Exercise is often overlooked for improving sleep. You don't want to be exhausted, but when you exercise, you feel tired, which encourages you to sleep. Don't exercise right before bedtime, though, as it'll give you an adrenaline boost and you won't be very sleepy.
If i cant sleep i wear myself out doing exercise or something i find it the best thing for it
Following this, you could always try and do some semi-productive when you're awake. Reading, catching up on work, etc. Obviously this won't help if you're actually trying to get back to sleep. But maybe your body that it really wants to have a gap between sleepytime. Worth a try maybe.