For over twenty years, I slept only 3 or 4 hours a night, intermittently. Then one night two years ago, I slept all the way through and still do. Trouble is that I want to sleep through the day too.
Talk radio did it for me. I’m not talking about politics here, just the sound of human voices saying things. I listen, and after a while I get interested, and then BAM asleep, just like that. Then I wake up to turn the radio off and I’m awake for ten or fifteen more minutes. (Old-time radio shows work too.)
What also helped was reading that lying still with your eyes closed was almost as good as sleep. True or not (and I haven’t checked), it took the pressure off.
Make sure your bedroom is pitch black, tape over LEDs on your electronics as needed, use F.lux on your computer to dim the blue part of the light spectrum after sunset (full spectrum light bulbs are bad for this reason), and you’re well on the way to fixing the problem. Melatonin might help, it worked until it didn’t. Light control has worked better than anything else.
Hugh B. Hayve over 11 years ago
Ambien, I’m sorry to say, is totally useless.
pcolli over 11 years ago
For over twenty years, I slept only 3 or 4 hours a night, intermittently. Then one night two years ago, I slept all the way through and still do. Trouble is that I want to sleep through the day too.
Kip W over 11 years ago
Talk radio did it for me. I’m not talking about politics here, just the sound of human voices saying things. I listen, and after a while I get interested, and then BAM asleep, just like that. Then I wake up to turn the radio off and I’m awake for ten or fifteen more minutes. (Old-time radio shows work too.)
What also helped was reading that lying still with your eyes closed was almost as good as sleep. True or not (and I haven’t checked), it took the pressure off.
Sherlock Watson over 11 years ago
So what does a sleepwalking queen do?
corzak over 11 years ago
Try melatonin.
Technojunkie over 11 years ago
Make sure your bedroom is pitch black, tape over LEDs on your electronics as needed, use F.lux on your computer to dim the blue part of the light spectrum after sunset (full spectrum light bulbs are bad for this reason), and you’re well on the way to fixing the problem. Melatonin might help, it worked until it didn’t. Light control has worked better than anything else.