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Friday Evening Vanity - Sleep Disorders
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Posted on 06/17/2016 3:42:13 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck

I've had issues with sleep for a lot of my life, off and on. Currently I have the "can't stay asleep, can't go back to sleep" form of what my doctor has diagnosed as insomnia. Mild to moderate Sleep Apnea appears to be at least a contributory factor.


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To: West Texas Chuck

I turn on the tv to Fox sound muted and read the scroll over and over. Sometimes trying to figure something out (not personal) like trying to figure out what makes people like Obama tick. Forcing myself to keep my eyes open no matter how heavy my eyelids get oddly will eventually put me to sleep.


41 posted on 06/17/2016 4:55:29 PM PDT by jonathonandjennifer
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To: mumblypeg; West Texas Chuck

Let me add, I suffered for years and have only started practicing these remedies a couple years ago. Sleeping soundly now.


42 posted on 06/17/2016 4:56:31 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again.)
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To: mumblypeg; West Texas Chuck

Let me add, I suffered for years and have only started practicing these remedies a couple years ago. Sleeping soundly now. Hope this helps.


43 posted on 06/17/2016 4:56:52 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

I have a very active imagination at night for a number of reasons, including being a writer, spinal stenosis pain, and arthritis.

One thing I do is to eat bread/toast (butter usually) and drink some milk. It settles my stomach and causes me to drift off naturally.

Also, I have to use strong pain pills to kill enough pain to go to sleep (I usually can only sleep on one side due to pain from the hip to the tips of my toes, plus arthritis in one shoulder and both hands).

Tea sometimes helps or even chicken noodle soup and bread.

Otherwise, I spend half the night writing columns, speeches and books in my head till exhaustion takes over.

I agree that one should not eat ice cream or drink too much soda at night. Have had an upset stomach later in the night.

Eat baked beans early. Never late at night. You don’t want to turn on the electric light and blow your walls out.

Bon appetite.


44 posted on 06/17/2016 4:57:31 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Mr. K

Pleasant, relaxing sounds. We’ve an alarm clock which when programmed give sounds of croaking frogs, water trickling/splashing and crickets chirping. We set it for a certain length of time and it relaxes us into dreamland. Shuts itself off at specified time. It helps a great deal when one of those sleepless nights shows its face.


45 posted on 06/17/2016 5:03:35 PM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: West Texas Chuck

Wow, I didn’t think there are so many people with sleeping problems.
My husband has a CPAP for a couple of years now. He stopped breathing 60 times an hour and was snoring so bad, I couldn’t sleep in the same room. The CPAP made a world of difference. He sleeps much better, feels more refreshed in the morning and doesn’t snore anymore!
Me; I’ve had problems sleeping as long as I can remember. No apnea. I either can’t go to sleep or I can’t stay asleep. 4-5 hours maximum. Very frustrating. I think, I’ve tried just about everything. ..


46 posted on 06/17/2016 5:04:36 PM PDT by ANKE69 (Trump !!)
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To: right way right

I don’t have diabetes. I’ve used my husband’s tester and am well within normal range.


47 posted on 06/17/2016 5:06:33 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: right way right

No.


48 posted on 06/17/2016 5:07:10 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

I second (or third or fourth) the CPAP. One supplement that helps with sleep is ZMA.

ZMA is a combination of zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6 that helps some people sleep. I found it helps me sleep more restfully, though it can make dreams very vivid. YMMV...


49 posted on 06/17/2016 5:08:07 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (If those who defend our freedom do not know liberty, none of us will have either.)
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To: lafroste
I suffer from horrible amnesia.

Me too, I can't remember getting a good night's sleep. ;)

OTOH, when I wake up after 3- or 4-hours sleep, I immediately get up, read FreeRepublic for a couple of hours. And, after 3 mugs of coffee (!), go back to bed, cover my eyes with a black cloth, and immediately go back to sleep until dawn! A fan supplies "white noise". Don't ask me how that works!

We may be suffering from a prolonged case of Obama Disease.

I was once prescribed amitryptilene, which helped. I'm on gabapentum now for RLS. The RLS keeps me from sleeping. You may be living with RLS, but not knowing it.

50 posted on 06/17/2016 5:08:29 PM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I have a really big problem falling asleep and sometimes, staying asleep.

I hate taking any medication for virtually any reason.

Sometimes I will take a double shot of NyQuil just to get some sleep. I’ve tried their “Sleep formula” but it doesn’t work for me.

I’ve also tried OTC sleep aids with no success.

Nyquil is the only thing that actually works for me.

I love the stuff.


51 posted on 06/17/2016 5:08:49 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: West Texas Chuck

I like this idea:

The myth of the eight-hour sleep
22 February 2012

In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month.

It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep. (snip)

In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks. (snip)

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783


52 posted on 06/17/2016 5:08:51 PM PDT by donna (Trump does not have protesters-Trump has voters. These thugs are LaRaza protesters.)
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To: Ellendra

We have an open concept home. I always keep the bedroom door closed. I usually sleep in one hour increments. I try to take a nap at some time during the day, so that I don’t become too tired.

Today I took a nap on the couch, with one dog between me and the back of the couch, and the other on the floor next to me with his neck on my hand. I felt safe.


53 posted on 06/17/2016 5:11:26 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Me too.


54 posted on 06/17/2016 5:12:01 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: freemama

I had no idea that there were this many of us with sleep disorders. Best of luck to you.


55 posted on 06/17/2016 5:14:06 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I sleep walked when I was a kid...one night I got up on a chair over my dad and pissed on his head while he slept. Analyze that one!
56 posted on 06/17/2016 5:14:46 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

if you sleep on your back and have sleep apnea try sleeping on your side or raise the head of the bed..also if your neck size is 17 or larger or you are overweight that is a possible indication of sleep apnea.

don’t eat late at night don’t freep, your blood pressure will go up and all the evil in the world will antagonize you.


57 posted on 06/17/2016 5:15:30 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: West Texas Chuck

I agree with the person above who said magnesium. You really need a magnesium regime. I use Natural Calm, and it works miracles. A big majority of people are magnesium deficient and it is AMAZING all the problems it can cause.


58 posted on 06/17/2016 5:18:50 PM PDT by battletank
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To: stars & stripes forever

Eat up on anti-inflammatory foods and natural antibiotics.

Since I changed to them my whole life has changed for the better


59 posted on 06/17/2016 5:22:18 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: donna

I watched a documentary about that - very interesting.
First sleep and second sleep during the night during the medieval period.

Another thing to do, for all of us screen readers, is to look at getting computer glasses (yellow tint) which apparently tones off the blue hues these screens emanate, which mess with our melatonin levels for a good nights sleep.

There are also apps to sunset your screen light levels, I tried one but it screwed up my computer so I dumped it.... I got to get some yellow computer glasses with a 2.5X to read - I do use regular yellow glasses to drive in the rain.


60 posted on 06/17/2016 5:35:07 PM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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