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   Eòlas (eolas@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:07:20 JST Eòlas

   • kaia

   Do you have any advice for people who struggle to get to sleep @kaia?

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:07:17 JST kaia

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     going to bed the same time each day, reducing light before sleep, dark and cool room, using red light filter on phone, 20 mins sports during day, L tryptophan supplements, (guided) meditation to relax, stretch routine before bed - especially neck and shoulder muscles, no food no sugar an hour before bed, limiting caffeine intake
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:15:12 JST kaia

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     don't take melatonin at all, it will mess with your regular sleep cycle :LappPat:
     
     if you can't sleep, get up and do a light chore, like taxes or whatever. then when you are sufficiently bored, lie down again.
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     Eòlas (eolas@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:15:13 JST Eòlas

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     Cheers, just that I've been having really, really poor sleep lately and can't seem to settle down even after taking 6 milligrams of Melatonin which is the recommended maximum amount for adult males. 💀
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:21:25 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @eolas @kaia no electronics in bed, maybe do something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL02HRFk2vo before bed, it will make you relaxed.
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:24:27 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @eolas if it's podcast, i'd recommend against it
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     Eòlas (eolas@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:24:29 JST Eòlas

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     I do tend to listen to something while falling asleep with night mode enabled and the brightness turned down.
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     Eòlas (eolas@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 20:33:47 JST Eòlas

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     There were some very weak antidepressants that my psychiatrist prescribed for their drowsy properties but I can't remember the name of them for the life of me when I try to get a refill lmao. I've found that one of those plus some melatonin tends to knock me right out albeit leaving me feeling groggy the next day. I do get plenty of sleep from it though.
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 16:27:15 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @eolas @kaia @n3f_X Melatonin is safe, but drink something because it can dry you out while you're down.
     
     I don't know what neffix has to do with anything but that guy can't see this anyway because I'm instance-blocked from neetcrew.diagonal (because I abused their spambot) and I can't see him because I have blocked every account on that instance (because that is how I abused their spambot).
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     Eòlas (eolas@stereophonic.space)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 16:27:17 JST Eòlas

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     Decided I'm gonna make an attempt in at being semi-responsible by ignoring your advice, taking twice the recommended dose then heading to sleep early.
     
     If you don't hear back from me, I've either OD'd or got a good night's sleep. You're welcome to place bets @p and @n3f_X.
     
     Good night Fediverse.
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 16:28:25 JST ringo

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     @eolas @kaia @p @n3f_X
     
     you should generally just make sure you're adequately fed and hydrated, and that will take care of almost all sleep issues.
     
     most people dont get enough protein their bodies can adsorb. stuff like eggs, peanuts, etc are great for this. buy the ones in the shell and just pour a plate of them and get another plate for shells. get ye to it and besides its relaxing and takes care of helping the brain to de-clutter itself as well hucking around all the shells.
     
     
     as far as melatonin while its safe it definitely can re-wire receptor sites and while they're non permanent changes, if you dont have proper rem sleep for i think 4 days it can in certain instances be lethal, (one reason tweakers snap in really weird ways.)
     
     but really - adequate food and water. i only drink decaf for the last 4 years and that helps a LOT because i love coffee. it still tastes good, as long as you get water processed and make pour over.
     
     other than that, not using a phone helps a lot because they promote extremely poor posture that will put the body into fight or flight mode, that whole forward neck thing.... slanted down, its like asking to not be able to breathe correctly. you'll notice as soon as you try to get up you just feel awful.
     
     also turn off your wifi and unplug the router at least an hour before bed. i went full trogdolite and disabled wifi in the router and only use rj45 and this helps a LOT. because wifi is proximally located to the receivers (phone, laptop etc), your neighbors wifi doesn't really matter, in this case.
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