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What are your tricks for falling asleep when you can't but you really need to? (lemmy.world)
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No pharmaceutical aids preferably

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[–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I'm looking for the pharmaceutical aids honestly. I regular have a problem where I'll go to bed and simply lie awake the entire night. It's caused by stress at work (I'm an architect). I will go to bed at the usual time, miss my sleep window or something, and then if I haven't fallen asleep within the first 45-60 minutes then I just know that's it, I'm not sleeping that night. It happens once or twice a month when I'm really stressed and just can't stop replaying things I need to do or emails I need to send or big meetings that I have the next day.

So yes, it's time for pharmaceutical aids

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago

    Try melatonin 15 minutes before lying down. Once you lie down, "think" about something casual (idle thoughts, not problems or anything that requires planning or decisions; a pleasant experience, a person, a critter). Melatonin prepares your brain to fall asleep, idle thoughts fill the space that intrusive thoughts will fill otherwise. If you're warm, turn on a fan; your body temp needs to drop a bit to be ready to sleep.

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