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Re: Improving sleep

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Post by wink »

jonifico wrote: post #61

In addition to what you mention: - If you have sleep apnea that might explain why you wake up in the middle of the night, and there are treatments you could try. - Wearing ear plugs (the ones that look like a screw) has helped me a lot, but I have to cut them to be able to sleep with them, since they do protrude from the ear and are uncomfortable. - There's a simple trick to fall sleep again in the middle of the nigh…

You do realize that a twitter thread is about as useful to many people as posting an internal Facebook link these days? To my surprise I can see the post and not a login window as most days, but there are no replies.

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by tailspin2019 »

My main takeaway from this was not actually from the posted article, but from this person's technique of publishing (unfinished?) draft articles on their blog [0] with a prefix of "[draft]".

For someone who struggles to finish blog articles, this seems to be a stroke of genius. I might have to try it. I can't help thinking that once you've published something, the impetus to complete or polish it may be higher too.

[0] https://vincelwt.com

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by specialist »

Using an IR camera for (more) accurate data is a very smart strategy. Bravo.

My insomnia-related anecdata: Spine surgery fixed my sleep hygiene.

Most of my feelings of anxiety were being triggered by impingement of nerves in my spine. That physical sensation brought on my mental state. Which may explain why none of the pharmacological treatments worked for me.

When I (finally) got surgery, most of my anxiousness was just gone.

I share this because a) resolving insomnia is hard b) having a difficult to diagnose and treat dis-ease doesn't mean you're crazy and c) exactly no one any where suggested anything like what I experienced.

I had all sorts of tests. I tried all sorts of drugs. I actually got the spine surgery to resolve a totally different problem.

So. Whatever you're experiencing, never accept "no" or "i don't know". Someone, somewhere has the answer(s) you need. Keep looking.

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by jonifico »

wink wrote: post #81
jonifico wrote: post #61

In addition to what you mention: - If you have sleep apnea that might explain why you wake up in the middle of the night, and there are treatments you could try. - Wearing ear plugs (the ones that look like a screw) has helped me a lot, but I have to cut them to be able to sleep with them, since they do protrude from the ear and are uncomfortable. - There's a simple trick to fall sleep again in the middle of the nigh…

You do realize that a twitter thread is about as useful to many people as posting an internal Facebook link these days? To my surprise I can see the post and not a login window as most days, but there are no replies.

Twitter or FB are not the best channel, but it's not easy to gain traction in any medium without a well stablished community, haven't tried other social networks yet, which one do you think could be better ?

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by huijzer »

jonifico wrote: post #85
wink wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do realize that a twitter thread is about as useful to many people as posting an internal Facebook link these days? To my surprise I can see the post and not a login window as most days, but there are no replies.

Twitter or FB are not the best channel, but it's not easy to gain traction in any medium without a well stablished community, haven't tried other social networks yet, which one do you think could be better ?

I understand the appeal and get myself pulled into it from time to time, but most people probably don't need social media. I'm typing this in the hope that I'll remember it myself too. The social media sites show people with millions of followers which appears appealing because they usually don't do much work for those followers. Basically free sales right? They just type a bit from their toilet. However, it's a power law. Getting to the number 1 inside some niche is extremely hard and requires hard work and some luck.

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by Balgair »

necessary wrote: post #80
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #4

Biggest improvement to sleep quality I had was giving up caffeine, which isn't mentioned in this article. I'm inclined to bet, most people in the west who self report suffering form poor sleep, can narrow it down to caffeine over-consumption, since it leads you slowly to this march of death burning the candle at both ends where you drink coffee to compensate for poor sleep and you sleep poorly because of too much caf…

It has been incredibly hard for me to quit as the consumption of caffeine feels directly tied with work performance and mood for me. It also doesn’t help that I love the taste of coffee and the routine.

There are a lot of good decaf coffees out there. Also teas.

You don't have to give up the taste or the ritual to cut back on the caffeine, you don't even have to give up caffeine totally. You can cut down a lot on it too.

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by Galicarnax »

cryptobruh wrote: post #44
Galicarnax wrote: post #31

For about a year already, I use ASMR audio/visuals when I go to bed (strange, not even mentioned in the referenced post). I found they help me falling asleep (though, probably, not staying asleep). Also, not just any ASMR stuff does the job, there is a lot of ASMR junk out there. Plus, ASMR triggers differ in efficiency from one person to another, so I preliminarily assess if a particular recording might be good for…

Never got audio working in the bedroom. Either the headphones are not comfortable or my wife gets annoyed. And it has to be something which I don't need to 'get rid of' after falling asleep like headphones or so.

Absolutely. I forgot to mention - at around the same time I bought open earbuds (Samsung buds Live, to be concrete) which I found comfortable - they don't block external sound and I practically don't feel them in the ears.

Re: Improving sleep

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Post by Balgair »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #4

Biggest improvement to sleep quality I had was giving up caffeine, which isn't mentioned in this article. I'm inclined to bet, most people in the west who self report suffering form poor sleep, can narrow it down to caffeine over-consumption, since it leads you slowly to this march of death burning the candle at both ends where you drink coffee to compensate for poor sleep and you sleep poorly because of too much caf…

I'll chime in here too.

I gave up caffeine on a lark during lockdowns. Man, great decision. I've never slept better and my anxiety went way down too. I'd had no idea what that stimulant happened to be doing to my system.

I had been tapering down my caffeine consumption too, but going cold turkey had a major difference for me.

I'll caution that 3 days of pretty intense headaches were the cost, but for me, the benefits were immense.

I still go through a coffee ritual-thingy in the mornings with teas, so that is still nice to have.

Others in my family have tried this, but saw no real benefits, so went back on coffee. Your mileage may vary too. Still, I think it's worth a shot if you're having sleeping issues.

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