Faith wrote: » I like sleep. I find 10 hours works well for me. 8 will do in a pinch. Anything less than that and I can barely function.
kraggy wrote: » I was going to say "Lucky you being pissed off with getting less than 8 hours sleep a night" and say how pissed off I am with having only got 2 hours last night and 3 to 4 the previous night. But the thing about sleep is that it's all relative to the person in question. You need 8 to 10 so anything less than that is hard to take, and so people should accept that. Me, I would be delighted with 5 hours. My mind races and races and to be honest, quite often, I find myself in tears out of pure frustration at not being able to sleep. It is a horrible thing to have to go through. But my 5 is your 10. So I'd bet you have people saying to you "what are you complaining about, ya got 6 hours".. but you're going, "It doesn't matter, I'm so tired I feel like my head could explode". And that's the way I feel after 2 or 3 hours. It's horrible. Even had a few beers last night in the hope that I'd nod off but no, just got the 2 hours. Awake now and it's 14 hours after many nights of crap sleep, and do you reckon I'll get much tonight? Nope, no sign yet. But it's ok. It'll come eventually. And I've spanners on here to mingle with until it happens so, cén dochar.
engrish? wrote: » I just took some valerian hops to try and nod off. I come home from work wrecked, then watch tv for a few hours and get giddy before bed.... Also ridiculously giddy in the mornings. I dont sleep much, 6 hours is good for me. Is there any other bad sleepers in after hours?
Dragan wrote: » Whats your diet like and do you drink anything like coffee etc? I used to have terrible insomnia, sometimes going days without sleep. It seems to have been sorted now. A good sleep aid can be 5-HTP, but you need to order in from England because in Ireland we think that amino acids are medicine.
engrish? wrote: » Diets good. Every 2-3 hours I have something small. If I dont go to the gym or go running a few times a week I'm f*cked for sleep. Fell asleep around 2 last night, up at 7. Grand now! As regards caffine? Nothing after about 5pm. Even tea would keep me awake.
Oh The Humanity wrote: » I can barely stay awake most of the time. Mornings are a nightmare, I just can't get up and leave it all to the last minute due to clinging to the mattress. I would happily sleep for 24 hours if I was let. I am never satisfied with the sleep I get. I have to spend nearly all Sunday in bed to get over having to get up at the crack of 9 o clock 5 days a week. Am always chronicly tired.
*eadaoin wrote: » that can be down to low blood sugar too. try keeping a banana on your bedside locker & eat it first thing when you get up, it might help a bit.
Oh The Humanity wrote: » lol thanks I'll give it a whirl !!! Probably be too tired to reach over for the Nannit !!!
*eadaoin wrote: » hope it works a bit! also don't choke on the banana by falling back asleep while eating it i've also found that letting light in really helps with feeling like a slug in the morning. in my last place there was absolute darkness in the bedroom, the curtains were really heavy so there was no light & getting up was nightmareish. but in my new place there are only blinds on the windows so there's way more light and i tend to wake up much more easily. when the light hits your eyelids in the mornings it starts a chemical process in your body that wakes you up naturally, so if your room is too dark then it can stop this process from happening. there are these lamp alarm clocks you can get that work by switching on a bulb that is much stronger than a normal lightbulb and gradually it brightens so that you wake naturally, kind of like if the sun was rising. if your life is a total nightmare with not being able to get out of bed then you might like to consider getting one??
IvyTheTerrible wrote: » But like the sun rises now at 5.30! I lived in a house like that before and I never realised how bad I was sleeping til I moved to a place with shutters! (I don't have any more trouble than usual in getting up)
Oh The Humanity wrote: » I've heard about those and they sound interesting! My sister in law got one with birdsong....my brother goes mad as he is a light sleeper and can't stand the tweets of it! The room is bright but the boyfriend is kinda insomniac so I cant make it any brighter! He's tossing and turning and I am crashed out like a hibernating bear!
*eadaoin wrote: » i guess the thing about sleep is that it works differently for each of us, i only know what works for myself after i went through a long period of sleep problems!
