the whole sleep thing has been an unanticipated, and very welcome side-effect. Mind you I started on this program with the singular purpose of getting fit. Within a day or two of starting this regimen, falling asleep was no longer a problem - at all - even on those days that I'm not actually working out. I've been working out on a rowing machine 3 days a week - in sessions from 20 to 50 minutes at a time - last item of the day, before I go to bed. Actually, I started my *first* exercise regimen in about 20 years. In the last six weeks that's all changed. For years my only solution was to keep myself awake - reading, working, writing - until I was fighting to stay awake. If I trundled off to bed before I was well and truly sleepy then I'd stare at the ceiling for hours. I've fought with the whole getting to sleep thing for years. Posted by bonobo at 10:30 AM on January 20, 2008 for years and associate that exertion with starting the day. I think, in my case, it's because I did my exercise (running, cycling) in the early A.M. I do not want to become dependent upon meds for sleeping, so I limit the practice.Įxercise before bedtime, a common suggestion, gets me too wound up to go to sleep quickly. On the worst nights of sleeplessness, a Benadryl or Dramamine tablet (combined with the above tricks) works without making me groggy the next morning. I finally realized that I now need a winding-down habit of lowering the light levels in my apartment and not using the computer for awhile before bedtime. Recently I had a relapse of insomnia that my nightly meditation routine and the muscle tense/release exercises didn't resolve. Eventually, my body "learned" that it was chill-out-and-sleep time without the audio and I would fall asleep while doing the early stages. Longest night insomniax series#Here is a comparable series I just found online: link. I've lost the tape, but I still remember and use the technique. Ages ago I was given an audio tape of progressive muscle relaxation techniques.
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