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Are You GettIng Enough Sleep?

MistressMilf

MistressMilf

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Apr 2, 2025
I use to have awful sleep but now most nights I am able to sleep well.

How is your sleep schedule and do you get quality sleep each night? If you don't then why?
 
I try to... most nights I can sleep about 6 and a half hours. My body just internally wakes me up if I sleep too long, and sometimes I can be fully functional after only an hour or two of rest. Then I crash, hard.

Overstimulation of the mind, FOMO, overthinking, watching the time instead of enjoying what I am doing or focusing, all of these result in sleep loss, or trouble sleeping.
 
If I want to sleep really deeply and well, I take 5-10mg of melatonin an hour before bed.
I try my best to avoid looking at my phone around then too.
For me, this works quite well.
 
My sleeping schedule is all over the place and changes wildly even day-to-day basis. Sometimes I go to sleep really early, other times I stay up till the day and then wake-up when it's dark outside. Basically I just go to sleep when I feel tired, and wake-up when I feel rested, and that can change between 6 - 10 hours of sleep. If I have places to be and such I of course have more regular rhythm and take them account when deciding when to go to sleep (and usually failing at that and getting 3 - 5 hour of sleep and compensate the rest with my beloved caffeine), but since my calendar is blank from now to forseeable future I can roll with my gut-feeling.

However I do generally sleep quite well. I've managed to eliminate the biggest problems I've with sleep quality, but there are still things I could do better for sure.
 
I try to sleep 8 hours, but usually sleep 7. I tried different protocols, the current one that works is the following:
  • I stop drinking coffee at 12:00 (on most days. There are exceptions driven by type of activity)
  • And switch to green or mate tea until 3pm.
  • Mint or other naturally caffeine-free tea after 3.
  • I aim to go to sleep at 11:30. My screens go into that reddish mode 3 hours before that time.
  • I stop using screens 1 hour before sleep.
  • I take magnesium in the same 1 hour window.
  • I do try some other supplements for couple of weeks, but don't want to go into advertising any of them.
  • Warm shower.
When I travel, I also take melatonin and I take anti-histamines with me just in case, depending on the hotel / accommodation.
 
My sleep schedule is fucked 'cause I usually stay up until around 4 or 5 am (it's 4 am right now), but I still get enough sleep most of the time. I work evenings so I just sleep in during the day, usually I get like 9 hours of sleep or more, sometimes less but 9 is my sweet spot. I probably sleep more than I'm supposed to but I wake up feeling good so that's all that matters haha!
 
The only time I've ever properly slept was when in hospital. Leading up to it, I struggled quite often and was never able to get a proper rest. To this day and for years before, certainly it isn't easy.
Especially when waking before 6am each morning and didn't take too long to get into a routine due to health reasons.
 
Most people, and no offense to those who will disagree, just never approach sleep the way they would any other project. It requires acclimation and force, treating it like a job you are approaching. Drop being on screens and interaction, create a routine, only use your bedroom for the purpose of sleeping so that your body recognizes its shutdown time, ensure darkness and silence (or something like a white noise generator), etc. There are more potential things that can be done, but you get the picture.

Occasionally I have rough nights because that is being human and everyone has a moment or two, but overall I get a good 7-8 hours every night. And sleep is far more important than people recognize, the essential nature of it and its impact on body efficiency and repair cannot be understated.
 
I do have to say that I sleep much better now than I did when I was younger, but that’s only relative. I’m still prone to being a night owl when left to my own devices, and the insomnia fairy also comes to visit more often than I’d prefer.
 
I have a sleep window. If I fall asleep when I get sleepy, no problem. But if I stay up too long past that sleepy phase, my brain just assumes I'm driving and need to be awake all night. Too many long distance trips.
 
I think I am. I don’t wake up dehydrated so that’s a good sign. If anything I believe I could lose an hour and get more done!
 
Enough sleep? Is there such a thing?

I sleep a whole night's sleep but I can still wake up tired plenty of days!
 
...especially not when you're on-call, and get woken at 5:30am on Good Friday morning.
 
I don't think I've had a normal sleeping pattern for well over a decade now.

Usually the only time I get to bed before 2/3am is when I have a migraine, otherwise I'm regularly getting 2 maybe 3 hours if I'm lucky, and taking naps throughout the days I'm off whenever I get the chance.
 
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