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graceslick23
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Well, for several months now I've been having worsening sleeping problems. Actually, it started over a year ago really.
It's at its worst about now...the causes are...
1. I've always been a light sleeper
2. I've always been a naturally fairly anxious person
3. My partner snores and/or makes loud clicking noises when she sleeps and this drives me insane. I wear earplugs but this isn't ideal at all and doesn't work about 2/3 of the time
4. I'm not good with light in a room when trying to sleep, and there's a bright light right outside our bedroom window that shines right in all night. We've got block-out curtains but it comes in around the sides
5. I'm not good with sleeping through noise. My partner gets up at 5.30am and so I again have to wear earplugs to try and sleep beyond this time. Also, we have 2 cats who are usually good, but who sometimes are loud and playful when we're trying to sleep so I get no sleep (if we put them outside the bedroom and shut the door, they bash on the door for hours so we still get no sleep)
6. I am very stressed lately and feel quite depressed and restless
7. For some reason, every single morning (including weekenRAB) I wake up at precisely 4.20am. I don't have a clock that I can see easily in the room in the dark, so it's not as if I'm looking at the time...I don't even know what time it is but then if my partner wakes up too, we'll check the time and see it's yep...4.20am again! After this, I tend to lie awake for 1-2 hours, wide awake.
Anyway, so I tried Valerian...it's been 5 days and I have 5ml (as directed) straight (no water, UGH, it BURNS the throat and chest so bad!!), about half an hour before bed, and it DOES seem to make me a bit vague and tired...but...it doesn't actually allow me to go to sleep.
It says it is supposed to shorten the time it takes to get to sleep. For me, it actually makes it LONGER. I usually could sleep (with no distractions) in about 30 minutes, but now it's always at least an hour.
It also says it's meant to help you stay asleep...but for me, again, no. I keep waking up all night. Not just at 4.20am now (I'm still waking up at this time though as well)
The only difference is it seems to make me REALLY sleep after 5am. This is the time when I can finally fall asleep and sleep properly, and I can even sleep through my partner getting up at 5.30am (with earplugs though, still)
Is it just not suited to me? I refuse to go on sleeping pills.
It's at its worst about now...the causes are...
1. I've always been a light sleeper
2. I've always been a naturally fairly anxious person
3. My partner snores and/or makes loud clicking noises when she sleeps and this drives me insane. I wear earplugs but this isn't ideal at all and doesn't work about 2/3 of the time
4. I'm not good with light in a room when trying to sleep, and there's a bright light right outside our bedroom window that shines right in all night. We've got block-out curtains but it comes in around the sides
5. I'm not good with sleeping through noise. My partner gets up at 5.30am and so I again have to wear earplugs to try and sleep beyond this time. Also, we have 2 cats who are usually good, but who sometimes are loud and playful when we're trying to sleep so I get no sleep (if we put them outside the bedroom and shut the door, they bash on the door for hours so we still get no sleep)
6. I am very stressed lately and feel quite depressed and restless
7. For some reason, every single morning (including weekenRAB) I wake up at precisely 4.20am. I don't have a clock that I can see easily in the room in the dark, so it's not as if I'm looking at the time...I don't even know what time it is but then if my partner wakes up too, we'll check the time and see it's yep...4.20am again! After this, I tend to lie awake for 1-2 hours, wide awake.
Anyway, so I tried Valerian...it's been 5 days and I have 5ml (as directed) straight (no water, UGH, it BURNS the throat and chest so bad!!), about half an hour before bed, and it DOES seem to make me a bit vague and tired...but...it doesn't actually allow me to go to sleep.
It says it is supposed to shorten the time it takes to get to sleep. For me, it actually makes it LONGER. I usually could sleep (with no distractions) in about 30 minutes, but now it's always at least an hour.
It also says it's meant to help you stay asleep...but for me, again, no. I keep waking up all night. Not just at 4.20am now (I'm still waking up at this time though as well)
The only difference is it seems to make me REALLY sleep after 5am. This is the time when I can finally fall asleep and sleep properly, and I can even sleep through my partner getting up at 5.30am (with earplugs though, still)
Is it just not suited to me? I refuse to go on sleeping pills.