Advice for difficulty sleeping?

[The_Strict_Nein]

Didn't manage to get to sleep tonight, and I've been going to sleep late (2-3AM) most nights this month, and the month before.

 

I don't have any high caffeine drinks after 8 or 9, and I eat at around 7 or so.

 

I don't want to get into sleeping pills, any advice?

[Clyne]

Don't go to sleep to late. Simple as that.

Or just do something that makes you bored until you fall asleep...

[The_Strict_Nein]

Don't go to sleep to late. Simple as that.

 

If it was that simple would I post this topic?

[Tie Lightning]

Didn't manage to get to sleep tonight, and I've been going to sleep late (2-3AM) most nights this month, and the month before.

 

I don't have any high caffeine drinks after 8 or 9, and I eat at around 7 or so.

 

I don't want to get into sleeping pills, any advice?

What time do you want to be going to sleep by?

[Clyne]

If it was that simple would I post this topic?

I did have another thing in my post.

[eLucid]

Didn't manage to get to sleep tonight, and I've been going to sleep late (2-3AM) most nights this month, and the month before.

 

I don't have any high caffeine drinks after 8 or 9, and I eat at around 7 or so.

 

I don't want to get into sleeping pills, any advice?

 

Cut the caffeine earlier imo. I avoid caffeine all together because of this issue as well. Getting plenty of exercise and eating healthy goes a long way.

[The_Strict_Nein]

What time do you want to be going to sleep by?

 

Preferably 10 or so

 

That's a good 8-10 hours sleep before I have to get up most days

[OriginalPromise]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dhpc&field-keywords=melatonin&sprefix=melat%2Chpc

Technically speaking, I won't be calling these "sleeping pills".

[The_Strict_Nein]

Cut the caffeine earlier imo. I avoid caffeine all together because of this issue as well. Getting plenty of exercise and eating healthy goes a long way too.

 

Probably a good idea. Cut the caffeine for a week or two, see if it helps?

[Tie Lightning]

Preferably 10 or so

 

That's a good 8-10 hours sleep before I have to get up most days

To be honest i wouldn't have caffeine after 6 for starters, and then i would do something that bores you, i find that once i'm in bed, there is no way a book or youtube video can keep me awake:) hope that helps

[Flight1sim]

Listen to a podcast like the tek or old wan show archives as you sleep. It helps a TON. I do it every now and then when I can't sleep

[Jerakl]

Think about stuff you like to do in your spare time. When I have trouble going to sleep I think about video games.

[eLucid]

Probably a good idea. Cut the caffeine for a week or two, see if it helps?

 

It might be tough. In your case, you can have coffee in the morning etc. Just don't have any caffeine after 2-3pm.

[ROK]

Listen to a podcast like the tek or old wan show archives as you sleep. It helps a TON. I do it every now and then when I can't sleep

Maybe they boar you to sleep LOL

[Ruostunut kokis]

Good that I'm not alone here... I go to sleep at 22.00 - 23.00 and actually fall asleep at 0.30 - 2.30. I'm just oddly energetic at night.

 

The joys of being a natural night owl while the "normal" people are expected to be early birds... No love for us who are nocturnal by nature...

[Syntaxvgm]

I'm a night owl as well. I used to be able to sleep if I had to though. But in light of recent events, I can't sleep until I'm ready to collapse. I just can't. 

[Flight1sim]

Maybe they boar you to sleep LOL

Listen to ones you've already heard before so you don't become interested and stay up to hear what there saying.

[eLucid]

Good that I'm not alone here... I go to sleep at 22.00 - 23.00 and actually fall asleep at 0.30 - 2.30. I'm just oddly energetic at night.

 

The joys of being a natural night owl while the "normal" people are expected to be early birds... No love for us who are nocturnal by nature...

 

Night owls don't exist. Staring at your monitor, especially in a dark room. That can fuck with your circadian rhythm. Your brain produces melatonin naturally, you're just screwing around with your brain chemistry by doing so. Honestly, I expected more educated answers on LTT. It's common sense.

 

 

Check out http://lifehacker.com/5158832/flux-changes-your-screen-brightness-by-time-of-day

Edited November 11, 2014 by eLucid

[techswede]

Get off the computer about an hour before you go to sleep and read a book.

Works perfectly for me^^ A brain needs some time to wind down

[Speedyv]

Listen to a podcast like the tek or old wan show archives as you sleep. It helps a TON. I do it every now and then when I can't sleep

 

I do it every night.

 

Only con is that youtube kills my battery

[d3sl91]

Didn't manage to get to sleep tonight, and I've been going to sleep late (2-3AM) most nights this month, and the month before.

 

I don't have any high caffeine drinks after 8 or 9, and I eat at around 7 or so.

 

I don't want to get into sleeping pills, any advice?

 

I get to sleep before midnight. If I don't, my body will kick into reserve power mode and I'll get a second wind and never get to sleep.

 

I dont drink anything with caffeine after about 6. Usually it's fine, heck, I sometimes drink a nice cup of warm coffee in the evening, but I used to drink 4x monsters a day, so, probably a little less sensitive. 

 

I always do something relaxing and mindless. Watching a tv show in bed. Reading a book. Reading some blogs or reddit (the whole computer screens mess with your sleeping never bugged me).

 

Nice cup of warm herbal tea is also nice. 

[Daegun]

Melatonin. It's not a sleeping pill, it's a vitamin supplement. Being a vitamin, it's also next to impossible to overdose on and harm your body.

[Ruostunut kokis]

Night owls don't exist. Staring at your monitor, especially in a dark room. That can fuck with your circadian rhythm. Your brain produces melatonin naturally, you're just screwing around with your brain chemistry by doing so. Honestly, I expected more educated answers on LTT. It's common sense.

 

 

Check out http://lifehacker.com/5158832/flux-changes-your-screen-brightness-by-time-of-day

That could be the case. And while I don't use f.lux, I do manually set the brightness of a monitor to the lowest possible value that I can still see with. And my room is usually dark, so the brightness is set to a low value already.

 

However, I've noticed that during daytime I'm a little more tired than during the evening, even if it was just a few hours later. For some reason I'm more energetic when it get's dark, and for example I can jog further than during the day. Could be a placebo effect though, but just something that I've noticed about myself. I don't fear dark, in fact, I like dark time more than I like a bright sunlight.

[KamiKatze]

I don't want to recommend heavy barbiturates but some cheap pills with hops and valerian extract helped me a lot. You can buy them at the grocery store here in germany, so nothing too bad, it's no real medication.

 

But you shouldn't have to take them all the time, only for those one or two nights a week when you feel you can't sleep.

 

Beer is also a nice option in those situations.

[ZacDaMan72]

Listen to some ASMR. It'll help