Sleeping

[Trozzle]

I keep forgetting to take my phenibut, LOL....however my sleep has come good big time since the weekend. Must've been the illicit substances....right? RIGHT?! Right.

[Birds]

My sleep has markedly improved since reducing the number of hours I sleep...used to sleep 8-9, but now accept 6-7 as the norm and I'm much better for it. Still tired as fk first thing in the morning, but during the day I feel more awake.

[Mitcho_7]

You dont realise how critical skeep is until you start getting better quality of it.

Before the ex and I broke up I was getting the worst quality sleep because she was in the bed. Made me get sick heaps. But since then, no more sickness and awesome sleep!

Women eh...

[rosella]

My 2c worth....

One thing to consider is the possibility that stress or diet may be causing the disturbed sleep. Hypothyroidism is a common cause. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) can be high and conversion of T4 to T3 maybe hindered.

You need a good practitioner (GP or alternately a herbalist) to be able to make a good diagnosis by way of blood tests checking for cortisol, lipids, blood glucose, cholosterol (HDL, LDL, triglycerides), TSH, free T4, free T3, reverse T3, Thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) and an enzyme called thyroid peroxidase (TPO).

Generally, high levels of cortisol in the system can interfere with the conversion of T4 to T3 in the gut.

A lot of factors are involved and it seems GPs will wanted to prescribe hormone replacement therapy mostly T4 without investigating and fixing the underlying condition. You need to be the master of your health and well being.

Good place to check out is www.chriskresser.com for some good research into thyroid problems and health issues in general. There is also much more out there so let google be your friend.

BTW, meditation is good for reducing stress as is doing yoga or tai chi. They help reduce cortisol levels.

Hope this helps!!!

[EvelynCale]

Try to go to bed at the same time every night. Every night means even on weekends. This allows your body to get used to the routine and will make falling asleep more easily. Do some work out, perhaps an aerobic exercise. This will lessen your sleepiness during daytime and will make your body more relaxed when its time to go to bed. Don't do it several hours prior to you bedtime, though; you might end up being too revved up. Have adjustments in your diet, cut out on caffeinated food and beverages, especially during afternoon. Avoid eating spicy food at night. Eat light during dinner. If you're a smoker, quit smoking. Smokers are more likely to have sleep issues and are at higher risk of suffering from sleep apnea.

[GTR-N1]

Study has shown that sleep deprivation leads to "mood disorders and anxiety".

I wonder how much of a gov't grant was disbursed for that research thesis?

[Birds]

It always annoyed me during my psychology research studies that common sense and the empirical observation of...an overwhelming majority...had no place in overwriting the need to produce an hypothesis and come up with a research design that may or may not even properly support said hypothesis, for the simplest of human behaviours. Meanwhile, more important and specific, unknown phenomena go unstudied.

Focus on déjà vu ffs...therein lies the key to unlocking the mystery of dreams, memory and perception! Or has that already been done before? I can't remember.

[L33SH]

It always annoyed me during my psychology research studies that common sense and the empirical observation of...an overwhelming majority...had no place in overwriting the need to produce an hypothesis and come up with a research design that may or may not even properly support said hypothesis, for the simplest of human behaviours. Meanwhile, more important and specific, unknown phenomena go unstudied.

Focus on déjà vu ffs...therein lies the key to unlocking the mystery of dreams, memory and perception! Or has that already been done before? I can't remember.

what you did there, I've seen it before...

[rosella]

Cortisol levels are affected by the time you go to bed. They're at their lowest between 8-10pm, so this is the best time to sleep. They are at their highest around 8am so don't linger in bed in the morning.

Check out http://positivemed.com/2013/10/28/8-ways-reduce-cortisol-naturally/

As EvelynCale mentioned above about consistent time to go to bed, it's mentioned in the article.

[Birds]

Sorry pal I love my weekend sleep ins and late nights out