Impacts of Lack of Sleep

Re:Impacts of Lack of Sleep by topkai22 on Monday October 09, 2023 @01:08AM (#37817073)

You may want to consider a short course of sleep aids to see if it can help adjust your schedule. This is unscientific, but I’ve found that if I’m dealing with persistent insomnia, taking something to help me fall asleep when I want to can lead me to “readjust” to the new schedule.

I used this the most when traveling and dealing with jet lag, but I still occasionally find it useful to take an OTC sleep aid when my schedule gets “off.”

Interrupted sleep is tougher. I’ve had some success by just accepting that if I haven’t fallen back asleep in 15-20 minutes I probably should get up and walk around for a bit and maybe try the couch instead, but it’s not great.

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Re:Impacts of Lack of Sleep by tacocataco on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:28AM (#37817924)

That's what I do when I can't sleep. I "give up" trying to sleep and do something for a hour or two. Then I go through the usual prebed ritual.

This gives me more attempts at sleep. Better to have more opportunities then fewer.

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