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Originally Posted by sschuler1
I have problems getting to sleep, and it mainly stems from not being able to turn my brain to "off". My hubby can lay his head on the pillow and be instantly to sleep. It ticks me off!!! I find that if I can sneek into the bedroom about a half hour before him, I can turn on a rerun of some old show that I have seen a million times and fall asleep while I am watching it. It distracts my brain enough, but then bores it at the same time.....
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Even though you'll often hear experts advise that you not read in bed, I find that for those that "can't turn off their brain" when their head hits the pillow this often helps: get a soft nitestand light, just bright enough that you can read. Then get a good novel, or book that you have an interest in (NOT a magazine) and go to bed with the mindset that you are going to read as much as you can until you fall asleep... usually by page 2 your eyelids will feel like they are coated in lead and you'll be fighting to stay awake... dogear the page, turn off the light and sweet dreams.