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The amount of exercise BrilloPad gets, I'm surprised he doesn't struggle to keep awake!
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI was in bed tonight at 8:30pm - about the same as usual. Usually I sleep straight through until 5am or so.
Tonight I woke up 10:30pm - itching like hell. I must de-flea that f**king cat again. After antihistamine cream I have stopped itching - but am wide awake and still cannot sleep.
I should be tired - I jogged 4.5 miles this morning at 5am and have spent most of the day with the kids including taking them to lunch, twice to the patk and took eldest son up to MI5/MI6 to hand in his job application. And I bought a ball-bearing gun in case the burglars try to get into the house. And a baseball bat.
I am off alcohol in training for my iron man and I had sex this morning so thats it for a frew days (I am nearly 50).
Mrs BP wants me to take a sleeping pill but I hate them.
Any advice?
BTW does anyone post at this time of night. If you are lurking please pop in to say hi. And call me Wilmslow.
BP
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostBTW does anyone post at this time of night. If you are lurking please pop in to say hi. And call me Wilmslow.
BP
This is way to early for membership to the CUK Insomnia Club, its usually 3am for me
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostI have real problems getting to sleep and switching off in general. As I've said before, I have a Kindle which has a cover with a built in light (so it doesn't disturb the missus). I read it until I fall asleep and then it switches itself off. The other thing I do is play a card game or poker on my phone until I conk out. The objective is to clear my head so that I don't realise that I'm dropping off.
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Sleeping pills are bad. However my wife suffers from sleeplessness and was prescribed a drug normally used as an anti-depressant... but at a much lower dosage, which helps the body get to sleep but isn't actually forcing you into sleep.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI was in bed tonight at 8:30pm - about the same as usual. Usually I sleep straight through until 5am or so.
Tonight I woke up 10:30pm - itching like hell. I must de-flea that f**king cat again. After antihistamine cream I have stopped itching - but am wide awake and still cannot sleep.
I should be tired - I jogged 4.5 miles this morning at 5am and have spent most of the day with the kids including taking them to lunch, twice to the patk and took eldest son up to MI5/MI6 to hand in his job application. And I bought a ball-bearing gun in case the burglars try to get into the house. And a baseball bat.
I am off alcohol in training for my iron man and I had sex this morning so thats it for a frew days (I am nearly 50).
Mrs BP wants me to take a sleeping pill but I hate them.
Any advice?
BTW does anyone post at this time of night. If you are lurking please pop in to say hi. And call me Wilmslow.
BP
That and 10 pints of bitter should see you right!
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
.. I had sex this morning ...
Wouldn't be easier to sleep if you had it in the evening?
Then again, maybe not everyone wants to go to bed at 8:30pm. But if you pushed bedtime back to say 7:00pm, the wife could watch Eastenders over your shoulder while you did it.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAnd I bought a ball-bearing gun in case the burglars try to get into the house. And a baseball bat.
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI had sex this morning so thats it for a frew days (I am nearly 50).
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Watching TV in bed works for me. I have problems getting to sleep if I have to be up early to drive to a client site and this used to work every time. I haven't had a TV in my room for a few years and this thread has reminded me of that trick, thanks.
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I'm a really light sleeper but MotoGP, much as I love it, really does the trick. Sadly that is usually on a Sunday afternoon
Sometimes at night if I am having a problem getting to sleep, I''ll just stick a music channel quietly on the TV and it usually does the trick, or maybe ask the wife how her day went.
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