How To Sleep Well, Or Not

[kerravonsen]

1. Go to bed at a reasonable time.
2. Don't wake up at 4:30AM.
3. If you wake up at 4:30AM, don't get up.
4. If you do get up, stay up, don't go back to bed and sleep all morning/afternoon.

Needless to say, I failed to do all these things today. (sigh)

Comments

[zephron1]

Not everyone is made to be a morning person. *hugs*

[kerravonsen]

I AM a morning person, it's just that my body-clock is not cooperating.

[zephron1]

Ah, misunderstood, sorry. I'm not a morning person, so I guess it's an easy mistake to make. Hope your body-clock cooperates tonight.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Well, you are not alone, you are not!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[nocturnus33]

Oh, poor soul. May I suggest drinking lemon balm tea before you go to bed?. (Unless you take hypothyroidism medication, in which case lemon balm is a no-no). A lovely way to drink it is with warm milk and honey, but a simple infusion will do.

[kerravonsen]

I think the warm milk is the key -- thank you for reminding me. I have sometimes made rose latte by steeping rose tea in warm milk, and that's nice and soothing. And if I've run out of rose tea, there's always cocoa...

[nocturnus33]

Warm milk is a good thing. There are trials testing Lemmon balm (Melissa officinalis) effects on anxiety and insomnia. Most of them show a positive reaction to patients.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457717305144

[nocturnus33]

I made a comment, but it got marked as spam. I'm writing this to check if it passes.

[kerravonsen]

I think it was marked as spam because it had a link in it. Sometimes LJ can get a bit over-protective.