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Yeah, it still takes me 60 minutes to sleep, because my mind is busy. I need meditation, medication, or something.
by hntrader 6y ago
Yeah, it still takes me 60 minutes to sleep, because my mind is busy. I need meditation, medication, or something.
- gamegoblin 6y agoYMMV, but I would also try cutting out sugar, and adding melatonin. I cut out caffeine and sugar about 5 months ago, and consistently take 3mg of melatonin 1 hour before bed and went from 60+ minutes to fall asleep to less than 5 minutes. Apparently insulin regulation plays a big part in sleep quality, hence the effect of sugar. Another nice side effect is I've lost about 7kg without counting any calories or making any real effort to.
- lowercased 6y agoThrowing in a bit more with YMMV... Xmg of melatonin is hard to measure, because there's apparently not great accuracy in most OTC pills. And... it may take you days to confirm if a specific pill is 'working' well or not. If/when you find a combination, buy a bunch to have on hand. I recently received the book "why we sleep" and it discussed melatonin's process. If "1 hour before bed" works for you, that's good, but it never did for me. ~3 hrs did. Or... at least 2-3 hours at this time of the year. My routine has been taking a melatonin between 6 and 7ish, and by 10 I'm typically quite 'ready' for sleep, and it's usually a fast process. It doesn't seem like it in the moment, but my wife has noticed I'm "out like a light" (which I think is more just in comparison to months ago).
- ralphstodomingo 6y agoI would suggest you also look at the criticisms about the book you mentioned, Why We Sleep. I'd take the book's conclusions with caution.
- lowercased 6y agoHave read some - it's not a panacea for sure. It did recently renew some interest in the subject for me, but yes, take it with some caution, certainly. It did make me re-evaluate some of the things I was doing re: sleep, and I've generally had somewhat better results since making adjustments.
- tubularhells 6y agoYou can buy liquid fast acting melatonin. I take a pipette 1 hour before bed time and by the time I got the pillow, I am so sleepy I fall asleep instantly and do not wake up during the night.
- michaelcampbell 6y agoI bet you could quarter your melatonin dose and still get the effects. Do some reading, but 3mg (although a common OTC dosage) is pretty high.
- albertgoeswoof 6y agoIf you only have 60 minutes to sleep, eventually it’ll work
- carrozo 6y agoBeen the same forever but I’ve recently found 5-10 minutes of deep, slow, and focused breathing (in through nose, out through mouth) results in me falling asleep very quickly after.
- matwood 6y agoMy sleep trick is to read a book. It slows my mind and is easier to stop at any point once I’m dozing off. I also have all phone alerts etc stop a 9pm.
- rootusrootus 6y agoFor years after I graduated from college I kept my old physics textbook next to my bed for exactly this reason. Interesting enough to easily pick a topic to read, dry enough to put me to sleep in a paragraph.
- vanviegen 6y agoI've quite successfully used Bill Clinton's autobiography for that for about year. :-)
- baseh 6y agoCaffeine before noon or sticking to a last call at 2pm kind of help me. Medication wise I tried CBD which seem to help sleep a little better. YMMV.