Anybody else suffer from Insomnia? (1 Viewer)

[Toejam]

Man it seems as I get closer to 50, getting a good night's sleep is becoming Harder and harder! I find myself dragging (pun) around at work. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all open. I wouldn't mind drugs like Nuresta (sp?) orthat Abe Lincoln commercial drug, but only as a last resort.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Joey,
Sorry to hear you, too deal with this crap. I have dealt with it for decades and I can't stand any of the medications. I bought a mountain bike and a road bike and started riding in the AM then I got rid of my conventional bed and the wife and I now sleep on a latex bed. That has been the best move I have ever made. It didn't cure it completely but I find that with a reasonable rise time, exercise and that latex bed, I am now better rested than I have been in 30 years.

 

[The Swegian]

I'll be 44 in July and like you Joe, I started finding a decent night's sleep to be more and more elusive the older I got. However, like Bobby mentioned above, I too have been following a workout program and it has helped considerably. Getting up at 4:30 to go work out before going to work has gotten easier and I generally will work out for 60-90 minutes each morning. Now that we've got some decent weather here, I might also go ride my mountain bike in the evening. I also made a serious effort to eliminate caffeine from my diet (never drank coffee but I know Diet Coke a little too well). Between those two things, they have helped quite a bit. Good luck with whatever you end up doing.

 

[none]

Joe, We need to meet in the middle somewhere. I suffer from sleep apnea, I'm tired all the time too but not from insomnia.I use a cpap machine which helps, but there's good & bad days.

 

[TJ]

Joe...I understand what you are saying as I used to NEVER sleep WELL thru an entire night until a few years ago..

I have always been an active guy but not the 'workout/go to the gym' active type so I started to do very intense cardiovascular programs.

I will do the kickboxing classes (1 hr) in the A.M. and in the P.M. do a 20 mile bike ride followed by swimming laps for 1 hr...I continue that and it was hard to step away from my early years routine but I sleep all the way thru the night and I sleep w/ those foam ear-plugs as well.
Now my kids have to wake me up on most mornings...but if I ever skip a few days of intense exercise I cannot sleep.
Seems if I exhaust ALL my spare energy I sleep well---hope that helps.

 

[Kelly]

Sleeping deeply and soundly never used to be a problem for me. I used to sleep completely through the night. I hardly ever go to bed until midnight and wake between 6 and 7 am. On weekends I could sleep till noon if I had nothing to do!

Roughly August or September of last year, I started waking up several times during the night. Sometimes I can go right back to sleep and others it takes a bit.....the mind starts racing and I can't stop thinking!

I don't know what or why I have to deal with this all of a sudden, but I don't ever feel rested anymore. Of course, I haven't really gotten back into exercising since my dirtbike accident in November.

I intend to pick the exercise routine back up and hope that helps me sleep through the night. I also make sure I don't have any caffeine after 4 pm or so. I have started trying to go to bed earlier too, but it's very difficult.....I've always been a night owl!

 

[ProStockJunkie]

Severe depression can lead to either sleeping all of the time, or not sleeping at all.

Many years ago, I lived on about one hour of sleep a night for over 2 years. It was maddening. Once the depression was addressed, I have slept well ever since.

 

[Kelly]

Well, I for one, am not depressed. At least I don't think so! Crap.....now I've got THAT to mind race about in the middle of the night! LMAO!

 

[Toejam]

I think I need to get back to going to the Gym! It's been about 1-1/2 years since I went fairly steady(2-3 days per week). Since I took on a second job, the time's kinda a tough squeeze.

 

[Suzie Q]

I have gotten back to the gym and I am running in the pool with water weights and swimming laps too. It really helps me sleep and also gives me energy to get thru the day!

I guess this past week Scotch has been a "sleep aid" as well.

 

[Jenn]

Buddy of mine had that problem, and he started working out every day with a simple regimine of parking farther, taking the stairs, etc but he cut way back on his beer. He went from having a couple every night and having a six pack on a Saturday to a couple beers on the weekend.

He says now that if he has a couple beers on the weeknight, he can't sleep as well as if he doesn't. On the days that he does drink beer, he drinks it early.

 

[vehdynam]

Hi; one thing that helps men sleep is something our body doesn't make as much of as we age. It is called "melatonin "and can be found at most health food stores. I hope this helps,bob.

 

[Mike]

If I take a good walk after dinner I sleep very well, if not I wont sleep as well.

 

[d'kid]

I go to bed when I'm tired, usually waking up 4 to 6 hours or so later. Those that make it to chat on mondays know I normally go off to bed around ten or so, after killing a pot of mud talking/typing... Since early March, I've stopped drinking, per say. I can't say I sleep better, but then, it hasn't hurt.

I've had my share of white nights, they seem to happen less often nowadays.

I learned to sleep with my eyes open at an early age, and still made it through school with a B+ average, doing high school in 3-1/2 years... Think it's the way my mind processes information, and is why I'm a lousy teacher... can't explain how I do things, I just do them, I can explain to someone where and how to find information, but I get frustrated and short when I get asked the SAME question repeatedly... I also believe, don't ask the question if you don't want to hear the answer... asking it every hour won't change the answer.

sorry, that was typical non-linear on my part.

not from lack of sleep, from getting sleep as needed

d'kid

 

[G'ginna]

For me the answer was getting a lot more exercise and cutting out sodas and caffeine late in the day. I rarely have a problem now.

If you keep having the problem after going back to the gym (say after a month) you might want to see about going to a sleep study.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

. . . I am running in the pool with water weights . . .

So you have any video to share?

That was only a joke, I couldn't love you more! Also I was thinking a lighter side thought might brighten an otherwise tough time. Hang in there kid.

 

[Kelly]

Buddy of mine had that problem, and he started working out every day with a simple regimine of parking farther, taking the stairs, etc but he cut way back on his beer. He went from having a couple every night and having a six pack on a Saturday to a couple beers on the weekend.

He says now that if he has a couple beers on the weeknight, he can't sleep as well as if he doesn't. On the days that he does drink beer, he drinks it early.

I've heard that can be an issue and I'm a beer drinker, but why all of a sudden? I don't know about Joe, but I haven't really changed my lifestyle. OMG! Is it the age thing rearing it's ugly head? Yikes!

 

[Toejam]

Buddy of mine had that problem, and he started working out every day with a simple regimine of parking farther, taking the stairs, etc but he cut way back on his beer. He went from having a couple every night and having a six pack on a Saturday to a couple beers on the weekend.

He says now that if he has a couple beers on the weeknight, he can't sleep as well as if he doesn't. On the days that he does drink beer, he drinks it early.

Cut Back on BEER????

I know everyone here thinks I drink Beer 24/7, the truth of the Matter is 90% of my alcohol consumption is on weekends! I rarely drink during the week fearing it will become something I have to do, and I've known too many alcoholics to want to get in that predicament.

 

[Larry]

Joe you need to separate yourself from all that eye candy !
First you can't stay away from it then when you get away from it and you worry that something might happen to it etc !

You may have to rent a dehumidified fireproof storage to get some sleep .

Me I work so hard I go out like a light the few hours I actually sleep.

As we get older we don't want to waste time on such an unproductive enterprise such as sleeping.
I sleep about 6 to 6 1/2 hours, sometimes not all at one whack.

If I sleep over 7 hours I wake up with a headache.

I had three days training a couple of years ago on sleeping and they [ The Government ] tried to put everyone into a one size fits all box .
I didn't fit of course.

 

[Greggo]

Cut out the beer and eye candy??? I'm guessing Joe will deal with some insomnia.

I ususally hit the gym 4 - 5 days/week doing at least 40 minutes of cardio training. The other 2 - 3 days/week I work 10 - 12 hours/day on the race car. I do find that if something keeps me from exercising that my sleep quality will definitely suffer.