I slept terribly the other night and I found out I have some allergies. A bad night’s sleep really ruined my fitness and work routines. What are your best tips for a good night’s sleep?
My tip is to read a fiction book as your nighttime relaxing time.
Also, keep a hot water bottle at the foot of your bed.
i’ve just had to admit it’s not possible for me. i’ve struggled with sleep since a child, and it never got better. somewhere between the trauma/ptsd it got even harder. i used to be able to exhaust myself and get enough rest at times, but even that rarely works anymore, and can sometimes have adverse affects. ambien’s don’t work, trazadone’s just make me feel like shit and rarely worked.
with that being said, what has worked for me very well is biking to the woods at night with some beers, weed, my guitar, a candle, a radio, and hanging out at this one stone gazeebo. party, jam out, cry, shout, scream, howl, or just sit and chill and listen to the night. watch the moon and what few stars i can see pass me by. early summer time there’s lightning bugs out, and they’re so beautiful. hang out with the trash pandas rummaging through the rubbage bins. watch the deer play with their fawns. take a ride back to where i’m sleeping and i can catch some shut eye. if i could afford this almost every night, i would say my sleeping troubles were over. it’s just the little bit of relief i can manifest for myself
I also struggled with sleep disorders most of my life until I found medication (an antipsychotic) that knocks me out at a regular time every night. Hypnotics didn’t help me either. I sympathize with your struggle, improving my sleep schedule was one of the most helpful things I have done for my mental health.
happy to hear you got something figured out that works for you. one of the dude’s i hang out with sometimes got seroquel, and it works for them. these are still temporary bandages, much like what xanax was meant to be. even these newer drugs aren’t meant to be taken for a life time. that dude i mentioned is worried for the time when he’s supposed to be taken off. i feel for all us struggling through this fucked up life with the capitalists exploiting even our health crisis.
with public health, no savings, and no employment, i’m sol. all i get is what’s given to me by god’s grace or the grace of the people that choose to share with me.
getting a prescription for a 1/2-1 ounce of weed every month would help me a lot