Can I Please Have A Good Night’s Sleep?
In all my seventy-six years, I’ve never had trouble getting to sleep. I can sleep on trains and in planes and like my father, I have no trouble going to sleep in a hard upright chair.
But everything changed two weeks ago. I would go to bed at my usual 23:00 and perhaps drop off for a quarter if an hour and then start to lie there fully awake.
Normally, I now get up at about two-thirty and do the puzzles in The Times.
Welcome to the chewed-string lifestyle.
I’ve tried herbal sleeping tables, but they don’t help!
I went to see my GP and she made no suggestions.
Can I Please Have A Good Night’s Sleep?
The Anonymous Widower 
I’m sorry to hear that.
When I hit my forties the same thing happened to me. Prior to that I slept right through but then I was similar to you – no problem actually getting to sleep but then I’d wake up and couldn’t get back to sleep.
I’ve done four things to address it:
-I don’t drink any fluids AT ALL after 6pm
-I’ve completely stopped drinking any alcohol
-I go to bed one hour early (9pm).
-completely cut out caffeine
Now, even if I do wake up I tend to get back to sleep but it may take an hour or so.
Lack of sleep is horrible especially when you’ve been a good sleeper all your life.
Lawrence
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Comment by lawrenceedwardwilsonhotmailcom | June 7, 2024 |
I more or do that already!
Thanks!
I feel it could be lack of magnesium, but the GP is useless!
Comment by AnonW | June 7, 2024 |
Maybe that is the case. Are you taking supplements now?
Lawrence
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Comment by lawrenceedwardwilsonhotmailcom | June 7, 2024
I am taking supplements and dark chocolate.
Comment by AnonW | June 7, 2024 |