Sleep habits, mine are a disaster. How 'bout you?
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Sutol
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I guess its down to age and the way we have treated our bodies over the years, I suffer with stiff joints and wake up regular with aches and pains.
I find that if I stay off the caffine after 6pm then I get a better sleep. A good dose of Jack Daniels a couple of times a week also sets me up for a good nights sleep.
Maybe some folks just dont get tired enough, in the old days a days work was a days work and sleep seemed to come more easily, or maybe we were younger
I find that if I stay off the caffine after 6pm then I get a better sleep. A good dose of Jack Daniels a couple of times a week also sets me up for a good nights sleep.
Maybe some folks just dont get tired enough, in the old days a days work was a days work and sleep seemed to come more easily, or maybe we were younger
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I'd kind of forgotten about sleep apnea. I bet I do have it. I actually wake myself up snoring and sort of gasping. Been like this for years. I suppose I should get it looked at. I am 6'3" tall and weigh about 220lbs, and I am pretty fat so my doctor doesn't think I'm too fat.
Sotol, I also have the aches and pains thing going on. I have a very good mattress that cost about a zillion dollars and it helps, but I've just beaten my body up over the years.
Started the thread as a funny, but now you have me thinking.
Sotol, I also have the aches and pains thing going on. I have a very good mattress that cost about a zillion dollars and it helps, but I've just beaten my body up over the years.
Started the thread as a funny, but now you have me thinking.
k0ua
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A doctor told me once he could spot a sleep apnea sufferer just by looking at them. He said if you have a thick neck you are likely a sleep apnea sufferer. If you snore and wake yourself up with a gasp, you ARE a sleep apnea candidate. Sleep Apnea can also lead to Heart problems. I urge you to have the sleep study.
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Over the counter Melatonin works well to help me sleep better. Ken Sweet
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To the OP, I'll bet you have sleep apnea and that waking up and gasping stuff could or will wind up giving you lots of other problems such as atrial fib--irregular heartbeat, etc. It won't go away so make an appointment with an MD for the test. You used to have to do a sleep study in a lab type setting but that is evolving and some doc's will let you wear a monitor to bed at home and phone in the results or return the monitor for downloading.
This sleep apnea thing can get real dangerous real fast and won't wish itself away.
This sleep apnea thing can get real dangerous real fast and won't wish itself away.
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Do the sleep study!!! I have sleep apnea, have used a CPAP for around 10 years. It's a nuisance, but it works! ~~ grnspot
bullbreaker
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Don't have any sleeping issues. I just spent last two nights camping in my tent on a coleman queen matress with an average of 50 degrees at night. Rare for SW/Fla nights. Woke up refreshed,nothing like breathing clean swamp air.
Boone
Whats up with all these new age remedies ? What ever happen to milking the cow for a great night's sleep ?
Boone
Whats up with all these new age remedies ? What ever happen to milking the cow for a great night's sleep ?
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plowindeeper
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I also toss and tuner. I flip and flop like a person running for president, all sheets are off the bed. I had a sleep study done when I was 18 and passed.
I now work a 2 weeks day shift 2 weeks night shift 2on/2off/3on/2off/2on/3off shift. I sleep only 4 hrs at a time when I'm working, but 10-12 hrs when I'm off. I can stay up 36-40 hrs and not be sleepy, but once I fall asleep I cannot be woke up.
When they were cutting the stone off the house I used to live in. (With a 2 stroke hand held rock cutter) One of the guys was in the bedroom with me, windows were open. Took them 2 hours to cut the stone off that room. I slept through it all woke up 2 hrs later.
I now work a 2 weeks day shift 2 weeks night shift 2on/2off/3on/2off/2on/3off shift. I sleep only 4 hrs at a time when I'm working, but 10-12 hrs when I'm off. I can stay up 36-40 hrs and not be sleepy, but once I fall asleep I cannot be woke up.
When they were cutting the stone off the house I used to live in. (With a 2 stroke hand held rock cutter) One of the guys was in the bedroom with me, windows were open. Took them 2 hours to cut the stone off that room. I slept through it all woke up 2 hrs later.
brin
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I sleep pretty good...usually I wake up in the middle of the night for 30 min . or so and then go back to sleep...I get about 7 hrs. sleep and don't snore...
I just came across this article ...maybe it will help some of you restless folks...Better Sleep | Men's Health
I just came across this article ...maybe it will help some of you restless folks...Better Sleep | Men's Health
