I love it because I fall asleep easier and wake up more fresh

  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world
    36·
    3 months ago

    Everyone laughs like this is obvious, but I really struggle to do this. I’m not sure if it’s an ADHD thing, but I just can’t make myself go to bed at night. Extremely tired? Nah, I’d better wait until I hit a second wind. There’s unimportant stuff I’d rather do.

    • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      I envy those that can just fall asleep whenever they want. It usually takes me an hour or more of laying there to finally bore myself enough to pass out.

    • superkret@feddit.org
      3·
      3 months ago

      What do you mean, unimportant? Calculating the exact scaling factor for my desktop environment to match the look on my old Thinkpad was urgent!

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yeah i WISH i could control when i sleep, but I have lifelong serious problems falling asleep. I’ve tried all the things people talk about - counting sheep, no screen right before bed, melatonin, meditation, exercise early in the day, etc etc. Some of them help somewhat sometimes, but so far there’s no fix. Actually there was one thing that totally fixed it, which was taking zoloft. Taking it at noon everyday completely fixed my lifelong sleeping problems even though it did little to help the depression i had back then. Now that i say it, i think i should start taking it again just because it fixed my sleep so completely.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
      32·
      3 months ago

      Avoud blue light. Make your phone black and white when you should be sleeping.

  • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    34·
    3 months ago

    Shout-out to all my homies who are tired all day, avoid screens before bed, read for a bit, journal, do mindful meditation, and take melatonin, but nonetheless lie in bed staring at their eyelids for 2 hours before slipping into a kind of restless unconsciousness that’s too long and groggy to be a nap but too short to be a refreshing night of sleep.

    • Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
      9·
      3 months ago

      I invested in my sleep this year. Bought a white noise machine, comfy percal cotton sheets, ear plugs, eye mask, mouth tape, try to go running consistently, implemented basic sleep hygiene stuff like no phone in the room, and… I still have trouble. I went on a 50km bike ride over the weekend and still had trouble. But… the reality is that it has gotten better on average after implementing all of this and fuck it, I’ll take it.

      I drink a cup of coffee only once a day. It’s extra strong though. Maybe that has something to do with it. But I really love that one strong ass coffee in the morning.

  • Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 months ago

    I can’t enjoy a good night’s sleep unless I have to force my consciousness into submission with a cocktail of 1937 Glenfiddich, Nyquil, and whatever I managed to steal from the hooker I just kicked out. Waiting until you’re tired is for pussies.

    • tetris11@lemmy.ml
      2·
      3 months ago

      For me it’s a cocktail of bath salts, incense, Enya, a long soak in the tub, and the screams of whatever housepet I happen to be drowning that day.

  • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    No, I’m really bad at falling asleep at that point. I’m much better at falling asleep when I’m sorta awake and still have things I need to do before I fall asleep.

  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    You’ll find waking up on your own time instead of using an alarm clock to be better. Good luck reconfiguring your sleep schedule to allow it and still be up in time for work or whatever.

      • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        There’s a school of thought that says going to bed early and waking up early to do your things has several advantages (and disadvantages ofc). There are people that wake up 2 hours early to do their homework, write their reports, play games, whatever. Doing so improves information retention, and performance as you’re doing any work fully refreshed having slept on the problem(s) the night before.

        It also allows for the strategy I mentioned before. Go to bed at 8, wake up at 4 and have the house to yourself without being groggy (which is almost always caused by being interrupted prior to a REM stage of sleep cycle instead of right afterwards). The issue is changing your sleep schedule. Melatonin could help with this.