Ways to have a good nights sleep?

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by kouichisan

Yeah pills are great, when your body actually needs it. Using sleeping pills are fine on the odd occassion. But using them everyday will create a dependancy on it, heck the doctor refused to prescribe my mum it when she was having this problem for the same reason.

When pills are used continuously some viruses become immune anti biotics and sometimes a stronger dose is required. By using medicine only when you need it will reduce the chances of it not working. A common one prescribed here is amoxicillin. I have friends that do biomedical sciences and work in a pharmacy. Look it up if you don't believe me. This example was not for the sleeping tablets. But then again, it's up to each individual what they do. Ian merely suggesting what I know.

That's what I said.

Originally Posted by MissMisa

There is nothing wrong with taking pills if you have a sleeping disorder as long as you don't become reliant on it

In which case we agree.

[kouichisan]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

That's what I said.

In which case we agree.

that's good .

[Saffron]

Thank you all for your good advice ^_^.
Superheel: What thief said wasan't what I'm looking for, your right. Though he was polite about it, so I can forgive him. ^^
In the interest of future posts. Here is a little more information about me.
I don't drink alochol (never could spell that word).
I don't have a garden.
I can't take most western medicene( allergy to certain ingrediants and problem with chemicals).
I don't drink fizzy drinks that have caffeine or coffee. I only drink Japanese tea, may have caffeine but I only drink it during the day.
I don't have a boyfriend( thief that suggestion isn't possible).
I write poetry so that can help me get rid of unwanted feelings. Also there is no one I can talk to if something is bothering me.
If I can think of anymore I will let you know. I have started exercising when I wake up, so that might help. Last night I slept 8 hours without waking up hooray! Funny thing is before I started this thread, I was really getting so tired I couldn't think straight. Either it is all your advice or you guys are making wishes for me to sleep. Either way I can not thank you enough!!

[noodle]

Your "sleep" clock works mainly on body heat. The hotter your body is, the more energy it has.

The best way to set a sleep clock is by doing sport. Do some jogging in the morning (at a time you wish to wake up), and after a week, you'll automatically be waking up at that time without the need of an alarm.

During the day, try to get as much sunlight as you can. This is extremely important also.

Anyway, I don't know how old you are, but the 8 hour sleep a day thing is nonsense for adults. For younger people, you need your 8 hours. You'll be fine by sleeping 5 or 6 hours a day, and according to a study done by the University of California, you'll probably end up living longer.

I think someone said that you shouldn't take a nap. That's nonsense also. We're actually meant to take an hour or two nap around mid-day, but because of the modern lifestyle, people have forgotten about it or are just too busy for it!

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by noodle

I think someone said that you shouldn't take a nap. That's nonsense also. We're actually meant to take an hour or two nap around mid-day, but because of the modern lifestyle, people have forgotten about it or are just too busy for it!

Well in my experience you just don't sleep at night if you sleep in the afternoon. I have no idea if mid-day is any difference because I'm at school then. But if you sleep in the afternoon I find you wake up later feeling a bit dodgy and it's harder to sleep at night.

[noodle]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

Well in my experience you just don't sleep at night if you sleep in the afternoon. I have no idea if mid-day is any difference because I'm at school then. But if you sleep in the afternoon I find you wake up later feeling a bit dodgy and it's harder to sleep at night.

What do you mean exactly by afternoon? By the sounds of it, you mean after school, and as you're in England, I'm assuming you mean after 5pm... ? If that's the case, then yeah, of course that'll mess things up.

Take a look at countries like Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and basically most of the mediterranean countries. They all have this nap time. The spanish call it Siesta I think

[KikiBunny23]

Depending on what chores I have and when I wake up, I usually take a nap around 1pm til about 3pm on weekends or school holidays

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by noodle

What do you mean exactly by afternoon? By the sounds of it, you mean after school, and as you're in England, I'm assuming you mean after 5pm... ? If that's the case, then yeah, of course that'll mess things up.

Take a look at countries like Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and basically most of the mediterranean countries. They all have this nap time. The spanish call it Siesta I think

My school has weird times, but it's normally around 4.30 I drop off which is not good >.< They all have that nap time at mid-day because it's hot and yeah it's called Siesta but in our climate it isn't needed and I don't know about the science of it but I know I feel dodgy when I go to sleep in the afternoon xD

[noodle]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

My school has weird times, but it's normally around 4.30 I drop off which is not good >.< They all have that nap time at mid-day because it's hot and yeah it's called Siesta but in our climate it isn't needed and I don't know about the science of it but I know I feel dodgy when I go to sleep in the afternoon xD

... I don't think heat is a good enough explanation for it. Toureg, desert berbers don't have naps like this and the desert is hotter than Spain. In north African countries, they have this nap during winter... Maybe heat was the logical explanation before and has been accepted as that even today, but I would say it's a factor, not a reason.

Anyway, here is a little graph to show how the body temp changes in people. Ignore the times, as this is simply an example and times vary slightly from person to person. Anyway, the basic concept is, as the temp rises, you're waking up and getting more energy, as it decreases, you become more tired and sleepy etc.

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by noodle

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Anyway, here is a little graph to show how the body temp changes in people. Ignore the times, as this is simply an example and times vary slightly from person to person. Anyway, the basic concept is, as the temp rises, you're waking up and getting more energy, as it decreases, you become more tired and sleepy etc.

Well it's the hottest at mid-day and evidently by your graph people are more sleepy at mid day, so that would be particularly apparent in a hotter climate wouldn't it...

Anyway I always find if I'm really warm I'm sleepy not the other way round :S

Doesn't matter though, I don't think randomly falling asleep would do you good as it messes up your sleep pattern, that's what I was trying to get at~