Question
OK, this seems like a weird one. I know I have had some kind of sleeping issue for 5 or 6 years. Unfortunately I have had no health insurance to get a sleep evaluation. It seems like I sleep well for the most part, but am obviously not. I am fatigued during the day to the point of not being able to keep awake all day sometimes. I also am short of breath when exercising and even have lately been having manly "endurance" issues. These all seem to be tied to sleep, since if I have taken a strong sleep aid or sedated the night before by a night of partying (drinking heavily), I wake up the next day and all of these items seem completely cured. Small amounts of alcohol or whatever don't seem to help. I fall asleep quickly, but wake up in the middle of the night if I do. It's as though maybe I am not getting deep sleep or something? Not sure what to do, but am afraid all these issues will cause anxiety or some other stress issues. Obviously, I do not want to rely on strong sleep aids and alcohol to fix my problems. Any suggestions on a cause or way to get better sleep would be of huge help!
My situation:
Age:32
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 165
Diet: Good diet with occasional cheating. I have a wheat allergy so eat mostly corn, rice and other healthy foods.
Exercise: Good. 3-5 days a week. Weights and some running.
Stress level: maybe high. I freelance as a graphic designer, so income does go up and down a lot. Spend a lot of time in front of the computer.
Health: blood pressure is 120/80 and had a blood test last year that showed good levels of vitamins, healthy cells, etc...
Not sure what is wrong, but it is driving me nuts! Please help!!
Answer
You must stop drinking as alcohol can make one stay awake or inable to keep sleeping.also follow these tips.
Try these tips religiously for about 6-8 weeks but many have seen results
in as little as 2 weeks.lYou must go to bed and awaken the same time each day regardless
of how little or how much sleep you got the night before.
This starts to reset your sleep clock.
3 hours before bedtime stay away from
tea, coffee, caffeine, caramel colored soda like, coke,pepsi, ginger ale,
or root beer, chocolate and exercise .All these make for restless sleep.Do the following religiously for 4-6 weeks although some have seen changes in as little as 2 weeks.
Make sure room is quiet and dark. When you go to bed if you start to
twist and turn or if you wake up in the middle of the night and cant
go back to sleep, twist and turn for only 20 minutes, then get up, go
into a different room and read a book or magazine only! No computer!
When you start to doze immediately go back into the bedroom.This retrains
the brain into thinking that the bedroom is for restful sleep only. Do
this as many times as you awaken thru the night, it will lesson.
30 minutes before bedtime take a hot bath and immerse hands under the
water.Latest research states that the palms of the hand when immersed
in hot water send signals to the brain to relax. 15 minutes before bedtime\
drink a glass of warm milk. Milk when heated contains tryptophan, a natural
amino acid sleep inducer should do the trick. If this fails you should consider seeing a sleep center.
Your local hospital can refer you. Also go to sleepnet.com click on disorders insomnia
for more tips. Feel free to email again karel
