Sound Sleep Advice

Anne if you can enjoy the extra hour in bed asleep then by all means use it that way but bye what you say you won't sleep much past your normal waking up time as you've got into a routine. If you don't sleep it away, have something to do that does not matter whether you do it or not . That way it won't upset you if you haven't had the extra sleep and you will have got done what you had planed for the hour. I have trouble with sleep and find it very much depends on keeping a clear mind when in bed, if I wake up and start thinking then I might as well get up because there's no chance that I will get back to sleep.

Hi, If your question was how well do I sleep 'at night', I would say pretty late going to bed. But if you were to ask how well do I sleep overall, the answer is different since I manage to take naps to make good the loss of it at night! In fact I take my best sleep when I am in any travel mode-car, bus, airplane-whatever. So, if I hadn't slept well the previous night and the next morning I have a travel on duty, I manage to find a cozy seat and doze off! Did I digress from the topic of discussion? May be a bit. The human body needs a balance of every activity, including sleep-although it is not an activity in the normal sense of the term. The consequences of insomnia accumulated over long periods of time diminish the agility & ability of comprehension and contemplation. Nocturnal hyperactivity has been a way for me from student life. In spite of the fact that many rank holders all proclaimed that they would get up from bed way before dawn for higher retention of exam topics, I could never discipline myself! I think I have a weird sense that maximum time of today while awake is to be exploited rather than losing it; and same reason for the next day. Sleeping early makes me feel the day has been short used! The late hours have become the order once again now with most of online activity starting a little late after evening and continuing late into night. Consequently, some stimulants invariably become accompaniments-mostly tea but often coffee as well. I do have some mitigation strategies as well. Having learnt breathing and relaxation techniques earlier, I put them to good use. When I slide into bed, I get into deep breathing mode with some effective tricks of accelerated relaxation which ensures that the hours slept turn out to be refreshing & rewarding. All of what I said [of being good at mitigating the negative effects of loss of sleep] are no better substitutes for a more healthy way of regulating everything as a normal human is expected to do! Thanks for getting me to talk it out loudly!

I love daylight saving. Ours started last saturday night. I sleep better with daylight saving, as the sun doesn't wake me up so early in the morning. I agree completely that we need a good night sleep to function properly. I need at least 8 hours. I usually sleep quite well. I use a cpap machine, becuase i have sleep apnea, and my sleeping has been a lot better since using it. I don't exerice regularly and I do drink alochol, but I rarely have sugar products. Why don't you sleep well now? What wakes you up?

Oh,yes! Spring forward and Fall back. Ugh! I remember a time when we didn't do that. I sleep very well. Am a night person so when I get tired I sleep. My doctor wanted me to be tested for sleep apnea but I refused. Not of my family has ever had these problems. My problem stims from my depression.

I hate it when I cannot fall asleep easily at night. I know that the next day I will be exhausted and not up to my game. I have tried a few things like lavendar sprays, warm baths, etc - but nothing works unless I am tired. lol.

...avoiding ... sugar before bed. I actually have bad habit of taking in something sweet before I go to bed. I get restless if I don't. Last night, I ate half a cookie, and drank half a cup of diet coke before I brushed my teeth. I still slept OK. I'm just so used to it.

I have not been getting enough sleep since I stay up too late often and then have to wake up early with either Work or my baby. But even so, I probably won't take an extra hour to sleep when we gain an hour - I'll use that time to spend time with my baby probably :) I just need to get myself to bed earlier a few nights a week and then I feel better.

Here in North America, the clocks go back on the first Sunday in November.

sleeping is one of my most favorite pastime. and whenever time permits me, i would sleep as much as i want. it is the only escape from the real world where stress and pain exists. i don't have any preparation to get a good night sleep, because i could have it anytime i want. my husband is not also into sleeping. the longest he have is 4 to 5 hours a night. he go to bed late and wake up early, i could not stand it. i feel dizzy whenever i lack sleep. for sleep is the only pleasure that i have. my guilty pleasure as i call it. happy mylotting!

I like the time change...when the clock goes back an hour..lol...but it is very hard for me when it goes forward in the Spring. To be honest..I wish they would just leave it at the time for the fall.

Our clocks don't move back till November in FL, still one more month to go. Normally I sleep okay, not as much as I would like to on a daily basis, but once I fall asleep I normally sleep through the entire night. Now when the weekend comes along since I barely sleep sufficient hours during the week my body likes to play catch up so I try to sleep in a few extra hours. There a few nights in which I have difficulties sleeping so normally when that occurs, the night after I normally take a sleeping aid pill, so that I can sleep restfully and get a full night rest. Because if I spend another night without sleeping I tend to get very cranky, so cranky that I can't even stand myself, that's how bad it gets.

I appreciate your discussion and I guess I have to follow this because I need to have a good night sleep too. Thanks that you think of starting this discussion, I look forward to read more responses from it.

I think I have insomnia. i can't sleep well at night. I will go to bed early but it will took me a couple of hours before I can sleep. I tried everything. I drink hot milk before going to bed, take a hot shower, read books. But nothing changed. That is why weekends are very important to me. I don't have to wake up early so I just sleep for the whole day.