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Wednesday, April 9th 2008

2:04 AM

Sleep Problem? Try These...

Think about all the times when you're lying in bed at night staring at the ceiling wondering what it will take to fall asleep. Trying to do a lot of crazy thing just to make you sleep but end up feeling tired and exhausted in the morning especially during working hours.

Obviously, you did not receive a quality night's sleep.

Here's some tips that might help:

1. Try to get to bed at the same time and get up at the same time
    every day—even on weekends and
vacations.

2. Avoid caffeine and alcohol in the late afternoon and evening.  
   If consumed too close to bedtime, the caffeine in coffee, soft
   drinks, chocolate, and some medications can
keep you from
   sleeping or sleeping soundly. Even though it can make you feel
   sleepy, drinking alcohol
around bedtime also can disturb sleep.

3.  Avoid daytime naps.
     If you have problems falling asleep in the evening but take siesta
     regularly, try to do it without your
daytime nap.  Sleeping in the
     afternoon can interfere with nighttime sleep. If you feel you can't
     get by
without a nap, set an alarm for 1 hour. When it goes off,
     get up and start moving.


4.  Reserve your bed for sleeping.
    Watching the late news, reading a suspense novel, or working on
    your laptop in bed can stimulate you,
making it hard to sleep.

5.  Time your exercise.  Regular daytime exercise can improve
     nighttime sleep. But avoid exercising within 3
hours of bedtime,
     which actually can be stimulating, keeping you awake.

6.  Establish a consistent sleep routine.  Go to sleep at the same time
    and rise at the same time in the
morning.

7.  Try counting sheeps or do some repetitive boring task in your
     mind.  This will make you to doze off.  In my case, rather than
     counting animals, I prefer to count money in my mind until I end
     up dreaming with lots of money!
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