sleeping...any tips...

[steve208]

Its so hot at the mo (i hate summer!) and i really can not sleep much the last few weeks, though not been very good sleeper for last few years. Mostly as I am to hot and brain too active as am worring or thinking too much.

Anyway was in town today and could not seem to find any herbal sleeping tablets in superdrug, i remember i took these a while ago and they were good. Should i try boots?

Also any other tips? aside from relax etc?

[purpose]

Hot?

Where do you live?

[steve208]

I live just north of london and yes ok its not that hot yet but i really feel the heat a lot. I dont mind winter i dont feel cold the cold much. Also my room is south facing and gets warmed up all day by the sun, i dare not close the curtains i kinda like it being bright. But i just leave the windows open most of the time. I dont want to buy a fan as it uses to much energy!

[unruliejulie]

Bad luck steve cause its set to reach the 90's at the weekend! Personally, i couldn't get through it without my fan.Try keeping some water by your bed and just keep splashing yourself a little. Has anyone tried that cool spary? I wondered if that worked like it claims to in the ad.

[purpose]

I couldn't be without my fan either - when it's hot.

Spray = very cooling... esp when one stands naked, in front of the fan after spraying.

TMI...? Apologies.

[monkeemayhem]

hello steve208, I have no answers for you but just wanted to say I have exactly the same problem with sleeping, I lie there worrying about stuff I can do absolutely nothing about at 2-3-4-5am and if I do get to sleep i wake up because of the heat and get angry that its so hot and I can't get comfy. I usually end up going downstairs and watching some crap film on tv til I pass out of boredom. I am not made for summer, I burn so easily and I get hayfever..I REALLY hate summer and I never understand how people look forward to having to squint, sweat and wilt for 2 or 3 months of the year.

I will watch this post with intrest to see if anybody has any tips for getting to sleep!

[blue eyes ;)]

i got herbal sleeping tablets in sainsburys but for the life of me cannot remember the name of them!

[joko]

use a spray bottle on a fine mist with cold water and use regularly

[steve208]

ah yes water spray bottle seems gd idea and think i will dig out some of my nettle tea!

Well maybe i will try to use my time till 2am doing something maybe reading or doing job applications...tho wont submit them till hav checked them in the morn!

Yes i agree with the point about summer being bad...i dont like the sweatyness, the stuffy warm all the time ness and flies. Tho I do like it when is sunny and kinda warm but a bit of wind so can sit in the garden and read!

[KRUSTY]

This is going to sound odd but my family always rib me about my solution to the heat in summer so I might as well give everyone a laugh too. I have a 'hot' water bottle that I keep for summer use. I 3/4 fill it with cold water and pop it into the freezer for an hour or two before I plan to go to bed. When I go to bed I place a towel on the bed and place the semi-frozen hot water bottle on the towel under my knees and its wonderfully cooling. I fitted a ceiling fan a couple of years back to keep the wife happy but I wouldn't be without my 'ice pack'!

[unruliejulie]

KRUSTY my 14 year old son went to bed woth 2 cold water bottles the other night. It works for him too! so tell them to stop laughing at you! you're not daft really! ;-)

[muppeteer]

krusty- what a great idea! best herbal sleep aids ive found are calms (they do special night time ones) they are sugar coates so easy to swallow & taste nice (most smell & look like dried poop!)

best advice is to form a sleep routine & after a while whatever 'rituals' you perform will become a sleep trigger (sounds a bit ocd i know!). also try the traditional methods like camemile tea or warm milk, dont eat anything big for an hour before bed, also lavender oil may help.

finally- that magicool stuff is quite good. you may need to keep waking up to use it & your sheets will get soaked, but oh sweet relief!

[beejaybee]

Hi Steve208. I can symaphise with you on both counts. The heat, & not being able to sleep. Try either SLEEPEZE from the pharmacy in Boots( only for short term use) or VALERINA Night-Time which is herbal. I have found them a great help. As for the haet. Take all your clothes off. LOL

[beejaybee]

Me again. I forgot to suggest taking Kalms. They`re a great help for stress etc. Any drug store & some supermarkets sell them.

[steve208]

Beejaybee....

Erm re your suggestion to take ALL clothers off ...dunno why but dont like sleeping totally in the nude!

Will go by boots tommorow.

When i had a gf....used to find fell fast asleep after doing a certian something...i fit male stereotype badly! im sure not all men fall asleep after and i dont do it all the time!

[doglady]

I don't like sleeping nude either - what if there was a fire and I had to run out of the house naked. I wouldn't like that at all.

If you wake up in the night and can't get back to sleep for thinking, try eating a biscuit. It's supposed to draw the blood down to your stomach away from your brain (not all the blood, obviously!!), and helps you get to sleep.

I find that if I'm too hot to sleep, I take the dogs in the garden, and just going outside gets me fresh and cool again so I can doze off.

The "cold water bottle" sounds good too though!

[smudge]

Like you doglady, I couldn't sleep in the nude for the very same reasons, so I wear shorts pyjamas!

If I do get hot during the night, I go downstairs for an ice cold glass of orange barley water & a biscuit - it's not long before I'm back in bed & zzzzzzz!

P.S. The sun sets at the back of our house & our bedroom is in the front - it's much cooler in there which helps too!