11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.58, 7, 8.58. And everything in between.
I hate insomnia.
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- Sara
- I'm Sara; I'm just me. My CR-Life is the diarying of an on/off experiment in following a calorie restricted diet for longevity. Apparently it doesn't work on/off. But it's better than nothing. This blog is just rambling, really. Recipes, gardening, minor-angst-I_should-be-too-old for... just me, really.
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Sorry to hear that. I suffer from insomnia as well. Bed changes (softer feather topper and soft pillow) have helped immeasurably. No wine at night is a major factor for me and one that's very hard to enforce. I suffer terribly if I have a glass though. I wish you luck in discovering your sleep triggers.
;-D
There was no wine last night, Deborah. :-) There was, however, ill-advised coffee at 9pm, and I should have known better.
Many years ago I suffered very badly from insomnia - I had two sessions of hypnotherapy and have never looked back. Best money I ever spent. I don't drink caffeinated drinks much after midday.
I've had insomnia and it is horrible, it happened after I took something called ciprofloxacin and quit it within 2 days! (I had never had insomnia in my life before taking that). It was sleep maintenance insomnia where I'd wake up every 2-3 hours!
Some yoga is particularly good for increasing GABA levels. see:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/bu-yae052107.php
Hope your insomnia was only short lasting!
heres that link again
http://tinyurl.com/2a9wol
Hi Sara
Yoga does help me sleep better. I attribute it to the stretching or exertion, but Matt has a good point. Meditation would calm your mind as well. In the 1960s Dale Carnegie was a self help guru. He wrote a book called, "How to stop worrying and start living." One of the things he addressed was insomnia. He stated that worrying about insomnia is more harmful than insomnia itself. If you are getting rest that is what your body needs mostly.
Cheers,
Arturo
That is so right! The more you say to yourself "when will I fall to sleep?" The longer it will take to you sleep. You can't force it, it will just happen.
I made the mistake of worrying about what time I would get to sleep and that I was awake X number of hours and it made it much worse. I had both sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia at that point!
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