Insomnia and me
Discussion
About 15 years ago I started a job working 12 hour shifts, 5 in the morning until 5 pm. This meant getting up at 4am which meant if I wanted anywhere a nights sleep I was having to go to bed at 9pm. I never managed to get more than 3-4 hours sleep a night and left the job after two years. This has affected my sleep pattern ever since. I find I go to bed between 10 and 11, drop off quickly but wake up again after 4 hours. I stay awake for 4 hours, either lying in bed or get up, then I go back to bed/ sleep for another couple of hours. The next day I feel dreadful. The last month or so I haven't been able to get to sleep for hours, sometimes not at all.
Last year for some unknown reason I decided to start drinking lots of water. I have found drinking 4-6 pints a day, one just before bed makes me sleep properly. Okay, I wake up for a pee in the night but I'm straight back off again after. During the winter my water consumption dropped and my insomnia has returned to the point where I couldn't function, memory loss, dazed etc so I decided to start drinking again. It's a miracle, I drank 5 pints one day, that night and since I have been sleeping really well.
Anyone have any idea why I should need to drink such an uncomfortable amount of water in order to sleep? So, anyone not sleeping dry water, might not work, might be the answer. I get people saying "you must get up weeing all the time". Yes I do but I'm back to sleep in seconds, much better than being awake for four hours a night.
Last year for some unknown reason I decided to start drinking lots of water. I have found drinking 4-6 pints a day, one just before bed makes me sleep properly. Okay, I wake up for a pee in the night but I'm straight back off again after. During the winter my water consumption dropped and my insomnia has returned to the point where I couldn't function, memory loss, dazed etc so I decided to start drinking again. It's a miracle, I drank 5 pints one day, that night and since I have been sleeping really well.
Anyone have any idea why I should need to drink such an uncomfortable amount of water in order to sleep? So, anyone not sleeping dry water, might not work, might be the answer. I get people saying "you must get up weeing all the time". Yes I do but I'm back to sleep in seconds, much better than being awake for four hours a night.
Whatever works to reduce your insomnia is worth continuing IMO.
I massively increased my water consumption about a year ago to around 4.5L per day. I find concentrating at work easier, no headaches, metabolism is faster, sleep better, the list goes on. No negative effects other than very regular trips to the toilet.
I massively increased my water consumption about a year ago to around 4.5L per day. I find concentrating at work easier, no headaches, metabolism is faster, sleep better, the list goes on. No negative effects other than very regular trips to the toilet.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-sleep-well-b...
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Works for me.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Works for me.
Monty Python said:
Really interesting.I can't believe the sleeping problems I've had for the past 15+ years have all been cured by a glass or two of water. Why has no one told me about this? I'm even napping in the afternoon like a proper old git now
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