tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post2960436981994943360..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Sleep StrategiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-54322677164195819132018-03-19T12:22:22.384-04:002018-03-19T12:22:22.384-04:00A word list can really help. It's just engagin...A word list can really help. It's just engaging enough that you don't get bored, but routine and soothing so you don't worry over other things. Use the same one every night. After a few weeks, your brain gets the message that it's time for sleep.<br /><br />I have used two of them.<br /><br />The first one is listing every fruit and vegetable in alphabetical order. Start with artichoke and end up with yams. The order is important as it takes concentration to list your produce alphabetical and you have to work to remember all of a certain letter.<br /><br />The second listing is animals from A to Z. Start with aye-ayes and end with zebras. Trying to think of every kind of animal starting with a specific letter and then keeping the list in order is involving.<br /><br />The listing really helped me to settle my brain and I still use the lists when my insomnia comes back.<br /><br />Teresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-49018835811026887172018-03-13T19:12:30.763-04:002018-03-13T19:12:30.763-04:00"I have a nature-sounds device by the bed tha..."I have a nature-sounds device by the bed that plays the sound of rain in a continuous loop, which knocks me out."<br /><br />We've used one for years. It has a dozen settings, but we leave it on ocean. It blocks out the ticking clock.<br /><br />We also go to bed about an hour before lights out and read. I keep a Kindle by the table in case I still want to under the covers, but lately I get a few pages in and I'm ready for lights out.<br /><br />If I still have trouble sleeping, I'll rerun a story through my head. I used to read Patrick O'Brian, so I'd imagine I was on a sailing ship, sailing from Peru to Australia. Nothing special happens, maybe an encounter with another ship, but running through the events of a day sends me into night-night land.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-70092306013755512082018-03-12T18:17:46.905-04:002018-03-12T18:17:46.905-04:00I've always been curious about the white noise...I've always been curious about the white noise machines. My insomnia is better now, but every once in a while, I become the walking dead. I think the sound of gentle rain would put me to sleep. <br /><br />I just have to make sure there's no thunder. Poor Iko is afraid of thunder.<br /><br />Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-82401694115417334312018-03-12T15:47:10.360-04:002018-03-12T15:47:10.360-04:00I've started reading a short devotional every ...I've started reading a short devotional every night again which has really helped me. Also, on the nights where it takes me more than half an hour to fall asleep, I take some melatonin which works well and leaves your system rather quickly so there's no real after effect to it. Aside from that, I'm still doing the same routine I've done for years. Making sure stuff is done for the night, washing my face, moisturizing, brushing my teeth...the reading has helped a lot. And I bought an Amazon Spot* which has almost too many skills to go through but the ocean sounds in summer and the fireplace sounds in winter have also really helped. In most cases, I fall asleep a lot quicker than I used to and I can set it to shut off after a pre-determined time. So, if I can get four or five hours of uninterrupted sleep now, I'm doing really good. And I do feel better the next day.<br /><br />*We're rural enough that we can't get 99% of the radio stations around us without terrible static. Because I wake to a local talk station rather than an intrusive alarm sound, the Spot has solved a huge problem for me not only going to sleep listening to white noise, but I can now wake to my favorite radio station again as well as a brief news/weather report if I ask. :)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.com