Honestly, for me, I’ve learned my sleep problem is really an anxiety problem, so working on that gets me the most bang for the buck, by far (through therapy and being mindful, decreasing stress).
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#22Keeping the temperature of the bedroom cold made a big difference for me.
I’ve been listening to audiobooks and podcasts for years and that helped better than not, but turning the radiator off and ensuring the bedroom was cold meant the vast majority of nights meant I went from listening at least an hour a night to often falling asleep within 15mins or less.
I had read Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker and I highly recommend it. Changed my attitude completely - it’s now higher priority.
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#23I started taking a Zyrtec every night and set up an air purifier. I think allergies were preventing me from getting a good night's rest and since doing these two things I've had a noticeable improvement in my sleep quality.
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#24I use a low-dose of melatonin 1mg and I break it in half. I also have been trying melatonin skin cream which seems to do the trick also.
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#25Not sharing a mattress with my partner. We have two queen mattresses next to each other. Keeping the temp at 65F. No eating after 6. No slow digesting stuff for dinner.
This one can be hard to broach with your partner, for intimacy reasons, but I think the switch benefitted us both.
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#26Not taking naps (even Also taking a shower before going to bed, no screen time, light reading before bed, and not drinking water ~2 hours before bed.
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#27No post body was provided.
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#28I occasionally suffer from bad sleep and wonky sleep schedule. I have tried melatonin and it has helped sometimes but I don't want to rely on something like that for achieving better sleep.
The best results I have achieved when seeking better sleep is good nutrition, not eating too close to bed, and exercise. Simple as that but thankfully I'm otherwise healthy person. On top of that, I every once in a while do yoga nidra if I happen to not be able to sleep with quite good results at least personally.
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#29Black out blinds, velcro ones not expensive.
Cold room, the book "why we sleep" recommends 17 to 17.5 degrees Celsius. Wear socks if feet get cold.
Stopped all caffeine intake.
Mediation in bed before sleep (though for some people they find it harder to sleep after meditation).
Out of all of these it's blackout blinds and cold room that helps me the most.
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#30Melatonin. Started with 5mg and now on 10mg.
I used to read a LOT of politics/news before sleep. No more of that!
Standing floor fan from Amazon for white noise.
No caffeine after 12pm.