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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 131109" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>Cut ALL caffiene from your diet, whether it's tea, coffee, or cocoa/chocolate. </p><p> </p><p>No reading or watching tv in bed. Make your bedroom and bed for sleeping and sex only. </p><p> </p><p>No liquids 3-4 hours before bed. </p><p> </p><p>Wear lite, soft pjs' and use only lightweight blankets. Becoming too hot while trying to sleep is a sleep buster. Likewise, if you run cold as I do, make sure you are comfortably warm, but not overly warm. I got to bed freezin and wake in the night to shed blankets - never socks. Once I started wearing socks year round, my sleep improved. I don't know why but it has. </p><p> </p><p>If you can, take a bath before bedtime. If you haven't the time for a bath, take a shower and close your eyes as the hot water runs down your body, imagine/visualize the day running down the drain. A counselor told me this and I use it often. It helps me to imagine all the days stressors just washing away and running down the drain.</p><p> </p><p>Use the homeopathic sleep aid called "Quietude". It has helped easy child, difficult child and me many times. It's non-narcotic and you have to take one/two tabs an hour before bedtime and then another at bedtime. </p><p> </p><p>Along with melatonin, some people swear by kava kava and valerian root. You can buy the supplements or they can be found in decaf herbal teas. In fact, if you like teas, there are a variety out there that claim to help with sleep. </p><p> </p><p>Good luck.</p><p> </p><p>I slept about 2 hours last night but it was because my mind was racing with thoughts I couldn't shake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 131109, member: 2211"] Cut ALL caffiene from your diet, whether it's tea, coffee, or cocoa/chocolate. No reading or watching tv in bed. Make your bedroom and bed for sleeping and sex only. No liquids 3-4 hours before bed. Wear lite, soft pjs' and use only lightweight blankets. Becoming too hot while trying to sleep is a sleep buster. Likewise, if you run cold as I do, make sure you are comfortably warm, but not overly warm. I got to bed freezin and wake in the night to shed blankets - never socks. Once I started wearing socks year round, my sleep improved. I don't know why but it has. If you can, take a bath before bedtime. If you haven't the time for a bath, take a shower and close your eyes as the hot water runs down your body, imagine/visualize the day running down the drain. A counselor told me this and I use it often. It helps me to imagine all the days stressors just washing away and running down the drain. Use the homeopathic sleep aid called "Quietude". It has helped easy child, difficult child and me many times. It's non-narcotic and you have to take one/two tabs an hour before bedtime and then another at bedtime. Along with melatonin, some people swear by kava kava and valerian root. You can buy the supplements or they can be found in decaf herbal teas. In fact, if you like teas, there are a variety out there that claim to help with sleep. Good luck. I slept about 2 hours last night but it was because my mind was racing with thoughts I couldn't shake. [/QUOTE]
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