I'm not a night owl, but I haven't slept well in 3 years.
The only thing that helps me is smoking. I don't like how sleep medicine makes me feel. I just got to watch the munchies.
I have a good mattress. I just don't sleep. Some of it is related to chronic pain as well.
The shikifuton I have has helped immensely with backpain and fatigue for what it is worth. I have transitioned from a side sleeper to a back sleeper and no longer wake up with joint issues or soreness.
I can relate to that. I started sleeping on my back and no more back pain in the morning 🙂
I'll look into it. I have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. My new mattress has helped tremendously.
I'd recommend looking at the reddit floorsleeping - the name is deceptive
You could try Trazadone, non-addictive works fairly well for alot of people till it don't. It's an old school Physcho med, I was on it for 5 years and could normally get 5-7 hours sleep. You can essily get online telehealth Rx as well.
I feel you brother, hard to fall asleep when yur $hit hertz!
I've worked nights for 35 years, I can relate! I've tried everything but, self administered Anesthesia and knocking myself unconcious to sleep.
I took trazadone but it stopped working.
Research Sermorelin as well. Many have reported sleep benefits.
This is really interesting. My bed from early childhood until the time I was maybe 20 or so was a loft bed — so just a mattress on its own. I loved that bed and slept so well. I also very frequently always say, “I never sleep as well as I do when I’m camping (sleeping on a camp mattress or even just a sleeping bag on the ground).”
I am sleeping really well with the coconut coir mat from Thailand that is about an inch and a half thick. This allows for airflow and cooling that I never got with a traditional mattress.
Do be careful with this if you have hypothyroidism, it is contraindicated for people with that issue.
Sufficient airflow sounds very nice. My wife sleeps HOT and sweaty 🤣 I’ll definitely look that up, too! Thanks for sharing.
What’s your exercise like? Diet? Sleep hygiene?
I regularly go to bed at the same time during the week. I always get up right away. I don't do any diet, I try to maintain muscles and lose fat.
You “don’t do any diet”? Do you eat poorly then?
No, not really. Lots of quark, skyr, red berries, oatmeal, rice, chicken, red meat, lots of mixed vegetables, eggs...
like diet and exercise , sleep takes effort. I also found out the hard way. You need to have a solid nightly routine and following it if you want to have any impact.
My issue with Rx was the unbelievable stuff I did while on it. I slept great, did not get addicted, stopped in one day with no issues, but the stuff I would do and be completly unaway was scary.
Melatonin I take 5mg only and magnesium citrate and glycinate I take both.
Well, I completely feel your pain.
