How many of you in TV (or not) wake up in the wee hours of the morning and ...
 

then turn off the brain to go back to sleep?

I don't think it is age related (although in some cases it may be) because I have been doing it for years.....MANY YEARS!

I typically always get a good night's sleep i.e. 6-8 hours....but every once in a while.....:eek:......wide awake!!! If I can't get back to sleep in 15 minutes or less, I am up for the day.

What tricks do you use to try to get back to sleep?

btk

Read Sherlock Holmes stories until I get sleepy

in bed at midnight an up by 3 or 4 am don't waste much time sleeping, its a family trate going back many generations

My DH keeps a CD player and earbud by his side so when he wakes (usually around 3-4) he can play the cd and either listen or be lulled back to sleep. Seems to work for him. After all these years he says that the speaker's voice puts him in a trance and he goes back to sleep! I would be more awake listening I think.

All my life I have always said that sleep was a waste of time. I still do not sleep well and cannot turn off the brain when I do wake up. When I go to bed at night I think oh boy five hours and I can get out of bed! I don't think I will ever change...nor do I want to.

Meditation tapes on my iPad. Sometimes they put me back to sleep, but not always. Sidenote .... It's surprising who you'll find on TOTV at 4 AM!

Same for me. Sleeps a waste of time

Always wake-up once per night for a visit to take care of business and have no trouble falling asleep. I need at least six hours to feel decent for the remainder of the day.

Try to imagine yourself in a peaceful setting, like sitting at the beach with waves overlapping onto the shore. Empty your mind of all other thoughts.

I occasionally wake up in the night, usually in the middle of a strange dream, but I go right back to sleep and, unfortunately, pick up the dream where I left off. My problem, if you want to call it that, is that I wake up around 6 am and cannot stay in bed and go back to sleep even if I have absolutely no reason to get up. Like 2B, I need at least 6-7 hours of sleep to feel good. I have always thought that people who can get by on 4 hours of sleep or so are lucky in that they get a lot more conscious life than most of us, but recent studies have seemed to imply that lack of sleep affects mortality adversely. Besides, I like to sleep!

Re-read Talk Of The Villages experts' postings on golf cart driving, roundabout navigation, and the general perils of Villages driving. Works every time.

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Technical manuals work real well for me too!!!!!

Then, if we could only have access to the "troll patrol" reports and garden trinket enforcement actions from South of Hy 466, our late night evenings would be complete!:beer3:

I don't even bother. Once my eyes are open, I'm awake and ready to get on with the day!

I'm usually awake around 3:00 a.m. no matter what time I go to bed. I just get up and work on whatever project I have going at the time.

This week is going to be busy. First edits on two books, and six costumes to make for a Christmas parade on the 9th! Something tells me my sleep habits will come in handy over the next week!

I have found if I kick off the covers and get uncomfortably cold for awhile than pull up the covers and it feels so good and calming that I usually go back to sleep.

I go to bed anywhere between 10pm & midnite & I'm usually asleep about 15 seconds after my head hits the pillow. Rarely wake up during the nite, unless a thunderstorm or some other loud noise occurs. Never seem to have a problem going back to sleep. ALWAYS wake up at around 5am, more often than not right on the dot. Not retired yet and still work M-F, but haven't set an alarm for years.

I don't understand how my internal clock works, but it's nice not having to remember to set an alarm.

I am fascinated by the concept of an internal clock. I wake up at 6 am virtually every morning, but if I have to get up earlier for some reason, I will set the alarm and invariably wake up moments before the alarm goes off. It is uncanny and I really wonder how the subconscious mind works to allow that.

I have always run on 5/6 hours of sleep per night. I do not take naps and usually excercise daily. I have always believed that if you are having problems with sleep, you are sleeping too much or taking naps. Good quality sleep for shorter periods may be better.

i usually wake up around 4 30 am when the cat demands to be fed. after giving her some canned food and going to the bathroom i pick up the daily sun from the driveway, get under the covers, and read the newspaper. that puts me right back to sleep!

I might try this.....I wake up and can't get back to sleep, usually about 4am, too.

The other day (a very cold morning) I was up just before sunrise,and there was a woman walking her dog around the lake, so I must not be the only early bird, at least I don't have to get up to walk the dog.

Now, yesterday morning I woke up at 3, was awake until 5 then went back to bed, and slept until 9:45! I felt "behind" all day.

I am thinking about getting up at 6 every day, and going to an early exercise class.

my goodness, you are busy!

The internal clock used to work for me but somehow the spring got broken. :smiley:

These days, I need to rely on an alarm clock.

Most Villagers seem to be morning people. Not me. :mornincoffee:

I just know around 10:30 PM I just can't stay awake.

It's good they roll up the streets at 9PM in The Villages!!

Have you tried warm milk?

That is what my grandmother always did. Recommended on several sites.

I don't usually have a problem getting back to sleep but when I do, a small glass of room temperature red wine works for me.
Added benefit of cleaning the blood platelets while asleep!

....Glad that works for you.......

Can you answer one question please....Since RED wine is ALWAYS to be served at room temperature, are you able to drink it at other times without getting sleepy?.

Melatonin
 

It happened to me last night. I rarely have trouble getting to sleep, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night. Last night I got up at 3:00 after 2 hours of trying to go back to sleep and went to get a melatonin. I was sleeping within 30 minutes.

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your going to laugh...take a nap in the afternoon...there good for you :)

I am up around 4:00AM everyday without an alarm clock/radio. Once awaken usually am ready to start my day. Conversely I retire early and find that most nights I'm out before my head hits the pillow. If I am awaken during the night usually can go bak to sleep. My method is to simply think to myself "go black"like the say when closing a scene in the movies If I do nap during the day it is usually for 1/2 hour only. I like the quiet of the morning read my papers and have two cups of coffee

There is something about wine that relaxes the central nervous system. I know after a heavy meal with wine, I fall asleep preety fast. :smiley:

Sounds like doctors orders to me, drink plenty of fluids.

Not only does wine relax the central nervous system, but it turns people into Gabby Gerties and makes them think they're good dancers. :girlneener:

I walk a couple miles in the morning and then take a long walk at night and I sleep really well. I think it is the excersise ... Nuerohomones we release when excersising are the best sleeping aides....

I thought sex was the best sleeping aide.

Don't you think this is a good place to discuss regularity?

Regularity of exercise or sex or something else? :ohdear:

It takes 2 gins and tonic to make me think I can dance! :laugh:

The answer is D: All of the above! :laugh: