![]() |
FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
New Member
Member Since Jan 2019
Location: Yonkers,ny
Posts: 8
5 |
#1
Sometimes I think I’m ready for bed I become sleepy take my medicine for the night lay down and become awake.
I don’t know if this is Due to the medicine or due to the fact I can’t tell when I’m tired enough to sleep. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions on what I can do to sleep better . By the way I do not currently go to school and I have a job at the moment so I don’t really need to get up on a daily basis at the same time . I am in the process of trying to get a day program for autism . |
![]() |
![]() |
Crone
Member Since May 2010
Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system.
Posts: 71,352
(SuperPoster!)
13 53.6k hugs
given ![]() |
#2
I know it's time when Seth Myers has finished his monolog. I go to bed between 11-11-50 every night, take my meds and read a short time. Most nights my meds let me fall asleep. I don't work or have a daily schedule either but I've found that going to bed at the same time and doing the same routine at night helps.
__________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() Sometimes psychotic
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Sep 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 48,025
(SuperPoster!)
13 22.9k hugs
given ![]() |
#3
I wait until I start yawning and feel really sleepy. It takes awhile for sleep meds to kick in for me.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jun 2016
Location: Where the sidewalk ends
Posts: 36,190
(SuperPoster!)
7 8,764 hugs
given ![]() |
#4
There are 2 ways I know when it’s ready for bed:
1. It’s a work night and it’s after 8:30. 2. just get randomly tired all of a sudden. There’s no working through it when I’m that way. If my favorite show is on I’ll just record the rest of it. No matter what time it is if I get suddenly exhausted I have to get to bed. I got suddenly exhausted at work last Friday and I had to keep myself from literally napping on the floor. __________________ Ridin' with Biden |
![]() |
![]() |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#5
I always just retire to my bedroom at 8 PM and watch tv in bed. When I feel like sleeping i either close my eyes or turn over with the tv still on.
|
![]() |
Threadtastic Postaholic
Member Since Dec 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,006
(SuperPoster!)
5 192 hugs
given ![]() |
#6
I have a very strict bedtime routine that I implemented due to terrible insomnia. I used to take all sorts of sleeping meds but as an alcoholic in recovery they no longer were an option. I wont bore you or hijack your thread about my sleep training but specific to your question I go upstairs where my bedroom is at the same time every night. I take my night time meds about 15 min before that. I take Geodon and my doc had told me years ago that it needs a little bit of digestion to get going so I will take them with a small snack like some crackers or a clementine. Once in bed I read for about 15 minutes (yes its my phone but it doesnt bother me) then I turn my phone on silent and upside down and lay there and close my eyes. 8/10 times this works and I am asleep in a total of 20 minutes.
__________________ "I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society. |
![]() |
![]() |
Grand Poohbah
Member Since Mar 2018
Location: USA
Posts: 1,740
6 144 hugs
given |
#7
Its important to only use your bed for two things sleep and sex. Do not lay in bed before time to sleep because your body gets used to that rest even though it isnt sleep and it makes it hard to fall asleep. Try not to take naps. Reduce noise and light. Try to go to sleep and wake up the same time everyday even if you dont have to.
|
![]() |
![]() |
Reply |
|