How do I sleep better throughout the night?!
Question: How do I sleep better throughout the night!?
A few nights a week, I find that I wake up several times during the night and I am so exhausted the next day!. I wake up from dreams or I have to go to the bathroom and I think it is just because my body does not want to sleep!. I am going to try and work out more again, because I know that will help make me tired so I will sleep sound!.!.!.
but what other things are there I can do to help me sleep!? Certain foods, drinks, etc!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
but what other things are there I can do to help me sleep!? Certain foods, drinks, etc!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It could be stress, or other thoughts keeping you awake!.
I believe it's important to make yourself go get in the bed as part of your routine even if you aren't feeling sleepy!. It takes discipline to make yourself go to bed on time!.
I've found that routine is key!. Get into a great routine with bedtime and stick to it!. I've always read that tv is very bad for going to sleep!. It's too stimulating for you to really get sleepy!. Other activites that are less stimulating can actually tire you down and help you go to sleep!. These are activities like reading or word or number puzzles!. I love SUDOKU it is light and challenging and really tires my brain so that I go right to sleep when I turn off my reading light!.
Certain foods can help you go to sleep!.!.!. drinking a little bit of milk is good whether it's warm or cold!. There are some teas that are decafinated that are good to drink a little before you go to bed, I think one is cammomile (sleepy time)!.
Doing something calming like rubbing your hands, arms and legs down with a calming lotion is relaxing and can help you wind down!. Some lotions are made especially for this: Johnson & Johnson's bedtime lotion!.
Some sounds and scents are also relaxing and help you wind down!. Sometimes I go to sleep listening to a very low classical cd, or nature sounds, also the sound of the ceiling fan on high helps me go to sleep!.
Also the bedtime lotion's nice smell is very relaxing!.
It's important to be in a good state of mind when trying to go to sleep!. Do whatever helps you get into this frame of mind!. Meditation or yoga may be helpful as well to help "calm the mind"!.
Avoid drinking or eating foods with caffeine before bed as well as medication that may keep you awake!.
I would encourage you to try some of these things, or find some of your own things to do that are relaxing and make yourself get into the bed by a certain time every night and make yourself stick to a routine for bedtime!. Before long it will feel more natural (like second nature) and it will be much easier for you to go to bed on time and get more sleep!. This will also help you feel more rested!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I believe it's important to make yourself go get in the bed as part of your routine even if you aren't feeling sleepy!. It takes discipline to make yourself go to bed on time!.
I've found that routine is key!. Get into a great routine with bedtime and stick to it!. I've always read that tv is very bad for going to sleep!. It's too stimulating for you to really get sleepy!. Other activites that are less stimulating can actually tire you down and help you go to sleep!. These are activities like reading or word or number puzzles!. I love SUDOKU it is light and challenging and really tires my brain so that I go right to sleep when I turn off my reading light!.
Certain foods can help you go to sleep!.!.!. drinking a little bit of milk is good whether it's warm or cold!. There are some teas that are decafinated that are good to drink a little before you go to bed, I think one is cammomile (sleepy time)!.
Doing something calming like rubbing your hands, arms and legs down with a calming lotion is relaxing and can help you wind down!. Some lotions are made especially for this: Johnson & Johnson's bedtime lotion!.
Some sounds and scents are also relaxing and help you wind down!. Sometimes I go to sleep listening to a very low classical cd, or nature sounds, also the sound of the ceiling fan on high helps me go to sleep!.
Also the bedtime lotion's nice smell is very relaxing!.
It's important to be in a good state of mind when trying to go to sleep!. Do whatever helps you get into this frame of mind!. Meditation or yoga may be helpful as well to help "calm the mind"!.
Avoid drinking or eating foods with caffeine before bed as well as medication that may keep you awake!.
I would encourage you to try some of these things, or find some of your own things to do that are relaxing and make yourself get into the bed by a certain time every night and make yourself stick to a routine for bedtime!. Before long it will feel more natural (like second nature) and it will be much easier for you to go to bed on time and get more sleep!. This will also help you feel more rested!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
a friend of mine enrolled for sudharshan kriya classes ( a form of breathing execise)!. he said he used to sleep like a log for 8 hours then!. you could also have warm milk and a calcium tablet or bananas!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Don't eat and don't exercise after 7 pm!. An hour or so before you go to bed, turn the lights down, making the room dimmer!. Don't stress about sleep or you'll never get there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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