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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2536457" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>I don't have that exact issue pur se but I do not fall asleep easily a lot of times. I stumbled upon one answer by accident that does help me out a bit though. First off most if not all of the over the counter sleep aids like tylenol pm or advil pm are just a pain reliever with diphenhydramine which is benadryl so it is pretty well safe and can help to relax just a bit. If I need to sleep and know that I will not be able to like planning a trip that I want to be able to leave out between midnight and two am I will take some generic just to have it help relax. If I wake up and have to take the dog out after four hours I will take one more and be able to complete my nights sleep. I generally sleep fairly soundly and get seven hours. The added benefit is that my nose is generally half stopped up anyway so I can breathe clearly for the night which also helps me sleep.</p><p></p><p>The stumbled upon answer is actually often a no no when you go to someone who specializes in helping people sleep. That is watching tv or something of that nature. Basically the old adage is that the bed and even the better the whole bedroom is for two things, sleep and sex. If your not "busy" or your not sleeping you should not be in the bed or even the bedroom for anything. Some actually go so far as to recommend in very bad cases to turn your big walk in closet into a bedroom with only a bed an alarm clock and maybe a night stand so you can have your required night time drink. Then use the "bedroom" as a closet/dressing area. What I stumbled upon about twelve years ago is that if I watch the same movie or tv show multiple times it gets mind numbingly boring and I can not stay awake. I had a tv, a dvd player, three movies and nothing else to watch. I could literally say every single line to each movie and while it was kinda funny to be able to do so I absolutely could not stay awake longer than fifteen or twenty minutes so I found myself watching the movies when I wanted to fall asleep. I do the same type of thing now with my tablet and shows I have watched before. Generally a 45 minute episode of something I have seen more than once will have me out before I get halfway through and then the tablet will turn off on it's own when there is no input at the end. Ever try and watch the "Christmas Story" marathon that sometimes gets played on TNT and stay awake for the whole thing?</p><p></p><p>It may not be for everyone but my mind seems to always have something running through it especially before a trip, trying to remember everything that needs to be packed, checked, rechecked, etc. Watching something allows my brain to drop focus on the "what else list" and even though it's something I have watched a few times before hold it long enough to get bored and crash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2536457, member: 29706"] I don't have that exact issue pur se but I do not fall asleep easily a lot of times. I stumbled upon one answer by accident that does help me out a bit though. First off most if not all of the over the counter sleep aids like tylenol pm or advil pm are just a pain reliever with diphenhydramine which is benadryl so it is pretty well safe and can help to relax just a bit. If I need to sleep and know that I will not be able to like planning a trip that I want to be able to leave out between midnight and two am I will take some generic just to have it help relax. If I wake up and have to take the dog out after four hours I will take one more and be able to complete my nights sleep. I generally sleep fairly soundly and get seven hours. The added benefit is that my nose is generally half stopped up anyway so I can breathe clearly for the night which also helps me sleep. The stumbled upon answer is actually often a no no when you go to someone who specializes in helping people sleep. That is watching tv or something of that nature. Basically the old adage is that the bed and even the better the whole bedroom is for two things, sleep and sex. If your not "busy" or your not sleeping you should not be in the bed or even the bedroom for anything. Some actually go so far as to recommend in very bad cases to turn your big walk in closet into a bedroom with only a bed an alarm clock and maybe a night stand so you can have your required night time drink. Then use the "bedroom" as a closet/dressing area. What I stumbled upon about twelve years ago is that if I watch the same movie or tv show multiple times it gets mind numbingly boring and I can not stay awake. I had a tv, a dvd player, three movies and nothing else to watch. I could literally say every single line to each movie and while it was kinda funny to be able to do so I absolutely could not stay awake longer than fifteen or twenty minutes so I found myself watching the movies when I wanted to fall asleep. I do the same type of thing now with my tablet and shows I have watched before. Generally a 45 minute episode of something I have seen more than once will have me out before I get halfway through and then the tablet will turn off on it's own when there is no input at the end. Ever try and watch the "Christmas Story" marathon that sometimes gets played on TNT and stay awake for the whole thing? It may not be for everyone but my mind seems to always have something running through it especially before a trip, trying to remember everything that needs to be packed, checked, rechecked, etc. Watching something allows my brain to drop focus on the "what else list" and even though it's something I have watched a few times before hold it long enough to get bored and crash. [/QUOTE]
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