May 25th, 2007
A Sleep Problem And An Answer
Today two different posts on sleep came up in my feed reader:
Firstly, Laura has a sleep problem, as she said:
I sleep between 40 and 90 minutes at a time, and then wake up. I can manage to go back to sleep easily enough….until about 3 am. Clearly, 3 am is my witching hour. I am wide awake at that time. So, I get up and do some stuff for a little while (dishes/light house cleaning), until I crash at 5:30.
There are a few suggestions unfolding over at her blog on how to beat the problem…
But secondly, Jay White has suggested how to retrain your body clock to sleep better, he reckons:
I used to be the guy that stayed up late and woke up with barely enough time to shower before work. So, how did I change that? It’s actually pretty simple, I installed a regimen that I have now followed for years. On average, I believe that I have given myself an extra 5 hours per week or (do the math) an extra 10.8 days per year to get stuff done.
Wanna see more? Check out his three tips and browse the growing sleep tips page here.
Filed under: chronic fatigue, tips
Great sleep ideas you have.
I used to be the girl who screwed around with her sleeping schedules. For awhile I would sleep between 5pm and midnight. Just so I could get more done. Uninterrupted quiet time was ideal for me. I think it lasted about a summer. One very super productive summer.
Or trying to sleep for a length of time that was divisible by 90 minutes. That didn’t seem to work for me either.
I am not wanting to take prescription meds to help me sleep. Nyquil is about as far as I will go in that department. And I am trying to kill the addiction to that. Eventually it will sort itself out. In the meantime I have a very very clean apartment, since that is the activity I choose to do, while I am wide awake while I should be sleeping.
Thanks for all of the ideas.
Laura