Restless Sleeper

[rem810926]

I'm such a restless sleeper and always feel tired the next day. Does anyone have any tips to get a more restful sleep?

[CHARLIE45 · Accepted solution]

yes make sure your fully wound down from your day before you go to bed and if you keep the tv on during the night find the most boring channel to have running in the background

[kelfran · Accepted solution]

I find that if I get a good workout in the morning, then I tend to sleep better that night. If I try to work out in the evening, I don't get the same effect.

[JasmineMosele]

Hello!

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[mail_debaser]

@rem810926, just curious if you're a swing shift worker? If it's bad, like, really bad, see your PCP, and request a sleep study. I work over nights, and learned my sleep-wake cycle was bad, like off the charts bad, and I needed more help than exercise and diet could give me.

[david64738]

FWIW, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin had some podcasts regarding better sleep (http://5by5.tv/b2w/156).  What I took from it was ditch the TV in the bedroom, make your bedroom as free of light as possible, and have the same routing every night before bed.  Pretty generic but I personally found that "free of light" idea enlightening.  You wouldn't believe how many LEDs you have around you until you look for them.

--Dc

[yeees]

Try skipping ALL screen time after dinner.

I also wonder if the tightness of the wrist strap is a culprit in bad sleep records. Mine is loose because I read about the germs they carry. REM Sleep Disorder, characterized by acting out your dreams physically, causes my 50% sleep efficiency.

[SunsetRunner]

Same here 😞

I grew up with insomnia (since kindergarten) and I finally reached a very low point in my early 20s and went on Ambien and Welbutrin for depression. I ended up taking Ambien for 10 years.  I stopped about a year and a half ago and for the most part I have been getting sleep.  I am tired a good portion of the time though, and on the nights that I am able to wear my fitbit to bed, on sensitive it says I'm only getting like 3 or 4 hours of sleep & that I'm restless most of the night.  I don't know if it's just too sensitive or if I'm really not getting good quality sleep.

[WashedUpAthlete]

I totally agree with this. Any time I workout in the evening, my body gets all ramped up and I always have a restles sleep. Working out in the morning gets me ramped up for the day ahead of me and I am beat by the time I get to bed at night.  

I have to add that my focus is much better when I workout in the morning as well because I hit my stride sooner in the day! My productivity is way better.

[cahb]

Beware. I was interested so followed your link. Advocare contains lavender. I did an intolerance test and it says that I am intolerant to lavender. I had long heard that lavender helped sleep and in the past had bought some to spray on my bedding. It did not help me. I guess the intolerance test shows the reason why.