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Thread ID: 115125	2011-01-03 05:32:00	Sleep ?	beetle (243)	PC World Chat

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1166671	2011-01-04 23:17:00	My sleep pattern depends heavily on my rostered hours at work. ATM I'm filling in for a few blank shifts (normally do 2-3 days, I'm on six this week). Starting/ending hours vary usually too, although the past three days have all started at 9. I can get away with being in bed by 12 and actually think about sleeping around 1am. As for that ASLEEP thing up there, I fail on pretty much every one of them other than the exercise one. Can strongly vouch for alcohol not helping - beer isn't that bad but bourbon, might as well drink 10 cups of coffee. OT; that 1.125L bottle of bourbon I brought myself not too long ago didn't last long - try four days. Some would say I drink too much - they'd probably be right :D	ubergeek85 (131)
1166672	2011-01-05 03:23:00	Sleep for adults is no different to sleep for kids. You can train them, so you can train yourself, and as much as anything else, getting to sleep quickly is a state of mind. Avoid stimulants (alcohol, caffeine, TV, computers, video games etc) and go to bed at a reasonable hour, sufficient to give you 7-8 hours sleep before you need to get up again. You have to set a routine and stick to it. Keep the bed for sleeping, nooky and nothing else, that way you will always associated it with sleep and pleasure, but not necessarily in that order. For the first few days you will probably sleep little, feel like shlt and want to die, but go to bed at the appointed time, stay there, (asleep or awake) and get up when the alarm goes off. A shower immediately before going to bed can help as well. After a few days the pattern will start to shift and once you consciously or subconsciously associate that time period with sleep, and the rest of the clock for wakefulness, you will be on the way to breaking the cycle forever. Best to start the regime change when you have a long weekend or a few days off work though, you'll be a real zombie for 3-5 days. It works with kids too, make sure they've eaten and had sufficient to drink and been to the toilet then just put them to bed at the correct time, take them straight back without talking every time they get up and before you know it they will be sleeping through the night. I used to have big problems sleeping, but I followed that regime (not the kid's one, didn't have anybody to put me to bed :D) and these days I can go to bed in my usual time range and be asleep in less than 2-3 minutes. It doesn't work during the day, and goes haywire if I have a prolonged interruption of my normal pattern like long haul flights overseas, but I can get it back again inside of 2-3 days. If you need something to help you along for a few days, get some Valerian from a health food shop. Too much may give you vigorous dreams, about 1000mG tablets are best, but for Mrs T they actually stopped bad dreams she had been experiencing for years (terribly violent incidents in her childhood) and even after she stopped the Valerian, they never came back. Try it, you will be surprised how effective it is. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1166673	2011-01-05 03:30:00	I've been eating cheese before bed in the hope of triggering some vigorous dreams... Done squat so far. My attitude to sleep is...I don't care. If I don't get enough I still have to get up and do the day so that's what happens. No worries. I'll probably catch it up later in the week.	Metla (12)
1166674	2011-01-05 08:22:00	IIRC It's B5 and/or B12 you want to be taking before bed for the dreaming there Melta.	--Wolf-- (128)
1166675	2011-01-06 09:11:00	Well since starting nightshift work at the freezing works, my sleep pattern has been stuffed up completely. Work from 4.30pm till midnight. Bed is 1.30am Up at 11.30.	QW. (15883)
1166676	2011-01-06 19:59:00	Don't have a shower immediately before you go to bed as it heats your body up and makes you uncomfortable to go to sleep. Have it 2 or 3 hours before you go to bed as it allows your body to cool downn and your muscles and joints to become relaxed. Most here seem pretty lucky as I suffer from the old mans complaint which some here will know about, and need to go to the toilet every one and a half too two hours. So that means getting up about 3 or 4 times a night. :)	Trev (427)
1166677	2011-01-06 20:30:00	(snip) I suffer from the old mans complaint which some here will know about, and need to go to the toilet every one and a half too two hours. So that means getting up about 3 or 4 times a night. :) You pregnant Trev? Never mind, I know what you mean...	John H (8)
1166678	2011-01-06 22:01:00	I have been sleeping terribly over the past couple of weeks with all the heat. Despite having the aircon on or the sliding door open to catch the breeze until bedtime I still keep waking up a dozen times in the night too hot. :( If it didn't keep The Boss awake I would leave the aircon on all night but instead I end up sleeping commando with sometimes not even a sheet over me. Considering that I am a lizard that is a good indication of how warm our nights have been lately. :nerd: I'm just thankful that I'm not pregnant. :p	FoxyMX (5)
1166679	2011-01-07 00:28:00	I end up sleeping commando with sometimes not even a sheet over me. This post is useless without pics......:D	Metla (12)
1166680	2011-01-07 00:43:00	This post is useless without pics......:D I want someone to fault that comment, I mean how good can you get?	Cicero (40)
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