Forums >Health and Nutrition>Insomnia is screwing up my running.
You mention cutting out caffeine by 1pm - if that's not working then you could try cutting it out all together. (Caffeine withdrawal is no fun - but it goes away completely after about a week.) Another other drug in common usage that's well known to mess with your sleep is alcohol ... so you could try cutting down/giving up that too.
Try some melatonin.
There is a low dosage that you can take if you wake up in the middle of the night. Although, 2 1/2 hours, I don't know if that would wear off by 4:30...but if you take some when you go to bed, it should get you through the night.
You can get it at health food stores, probably even regular grocery stores.
You'll have to experiment with it though, of course.
Jeff
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Being the best tiny spec that I can be!
If you google "sleep hygiene", you'll find all sorts of helpful (and mostly easy) behavioral changes you can make to make a good night's sleep more likely.
I also second the melatonin suggestion... I've had to do a 12-13 hour time change (i.e., complete reversal of day and night) many times, and melatonin has really helped. My understanding is that it's pretty safe, although I'm sure Trent will correct me on this.
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Could they not have come up with a better term, though?
Sleep hygiene? Oh man.
barefootin'
bright screens can re-set your clock but it sounds like you are waking up too early, instead of not being able to get to sleep
Bill Wagnon / stl
Right. I fall asleep easily, then wake up after a few hours. One mistake I'm making, though, is reaching for my phone and checking FB and playing Words if I'm unable to go right back to sleep. Gotta stop that!
Have you tried reading Daniels?
Feeling the growl again
Sounds depressing.
Really it's good advice. I constantly try to keep both in check....constant artificial ups and downs can't be great for you.
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