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SolarSystemic · 26/04/2025 18:29

If you used to sleep badly and now sleep well, what helped? Is it light level, temperature, something you eat, a supplement, something you do or use or wear? What changed your sleep?

(if you’ve always been a great sleeper please don’t answer, I’m looking to try some things that might finally help me get the rest I really fucking need 😩)

I have ADHD and am in peri so I know those things affect my sleep, but I want to try a few different things to see if I can go from 3 hours to four or five or maybe even more!

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CalypsoCuthbertson · 26/04/2025 18:37

No caffeine after 1pm (it has a half life of 8 hours) - 3 cups of coffee max in the morning, but better if just 1

Cut down/eliminate alcohol

Listen to Ally Boothroyd’s yoga nidra for sleep on YouTube to help drift off

Lots of therapy (feeling safe and secure helps me let down my guard for sleep)

Bringing bedtime forward - used to be regular 11pm but now more like 10pm.

Losing weight helped breathing, and practicing breathing through nose properly through the day helps me do that more naturally at night (good breathing helps with getting into deeper sleep)

Make sure the room is properly dark - again helps with deeper sleep and signalling nighttime to the brain

SolarSystemic · 26/04/2025 18:33

SilverBlue56 · 26/04/2025 18:32

Amitriptyline 30mg (prescribed for something else)
Magnesium glycinate
Separate rooms
Earplugs

I’ve got magnesium glycinate but it makes me so bloated I stopped taking it as Inwas really uncomfortable! Earplugs are a good shout. Don’t have enough bedrooms for me to be in my own one but I imagine that really helps! I used to take amitriptyline till I got pregnant and I’ve never gone back on them…worth a thought…

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SilverBlue56 · 26/04/2025 18:32

Oh and a cool gel pillow for my head and another one to rest my feet on, when it's hot

SilverBlue56 · 26/04/2025 18:32

Amitriptyline 30mg (prescribed for something else)
Magnesium glycinate
Separate rooms
Earplugs

Womanofcustard · 26/04/2025 18:30

Watching to see if I can get some useful tips!

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