reggiedh

Same with me but have that when I wake up in the middle of the night. I then need to force myself to thing of nothing. If not I am doomed and will then will lie awake for a couple of hours.

reggiedh

While a coupe of whiskeys is great for falling asleep I usually wake up after a few hours. Some people do classify alcohol as a stimulant I believe.

angiescarr

Many people will disagree and insist that they sleep better after a whack of caffiene. But removing caffiene entirely (as much as possible) from your life will help. Put it back if needed as a wake-up but never after 4pm.
Also don't take sugar or fruit (the same thing) after teatime (english teatime).
Passiflora helps slightly and as the captain's wench says antihistimines, especially if you're itchy.
If all else fails get up and enjoy the cool of the night with a cup of decaff tea!
Other people have said worrying about it is the worst thing. Best of luck

bxpuser24710519

What I said was I would not take sleeping pills as piriton makes me dopey enough, I not suggesting taking piriton to get to sleep. Sorry if it sounded like I was.

bxpuser24710519

Rough night last night with this cold but I did remember that I used to wire myself for sound and listen to music in bed when could not sleep. No help last night as ears sore. My sister has a lot to answer for giving me her cold

dubaiexpert

if you smoke or drink alcohol or coffee... you should stop or reduce it. also heavy meals before bedtime will increase the issue ...hope that helps.

megmet

I've always had a problem sleeping even as a child.
Especially here in Spain in July and August there is really no point in me even trying to sleep until the night air cools, that's why you will often see me on here late at night!
About 3am it's time for me to give it a try as it's getting cooler then, but I never worry about it as I don't have to get up for work in the mornings, I stay there until I wake naturally....unless of course the damned phone rings!

Domino

unplug it ! !
simples !

Dick Dasterdly

Right enough.
The phone has always been a slave to me as and when I need it, rather than vice versa as it appears to be with many.
It's off at night time and siesta time plus any other time I don't care to be bothered, except of course the odd time I may be expecting an important call.

Domino

too many years being at the end of a mobile phone, before that a pager

it really started to enter the corporate brain when I was sitting at a beach hut in Canaries drinking a cool beer when my deputy phoned to say the central heating hadnt come on that morning and they were freezing.
he never did understand why I laughed.
he never did understand why I kept telling him the temp where I was.
(I did eventually tell him what buttons to press to get it back on)

now all phones, private, office, mobile are all on low volume.
if its important they will ring again or leave a message
must be getting old or less competitive - or both.

megmet

I wish I could.....
But having an 88 year old mother living alone and who has on occasion had a bad fall, I need to be contactable at all times.

bil

Yeah. 30 years of being the slave of the lamp meant that when I moved out here I gave mine away, and for the last 18 months I was very happy without one. I have had to get a cheap one so that I can phone the other half when one of us is out somewhere, or we are separated in the town. However, now it is my slave, which is a much healthier option.

I did stop wearing a watch 5 years ago, and that's one item I'm not going back to.

Domino

which in the case of my oh's mother is normally at abt 2,3 in the morning, when its dark and because of the alzheimers doesnt think to turn the light on so either falls getting out of bed or in the bathroom

luckily her brother is only 10miles away, he chose the home, but doesnt drive, so it takes him an hour on public transport to get there

still better than catching a plane I suppose

Domino

yup thats all we use ours for, useful for phoning 2 rings (not pings Vasilley) when ready for a skype to landline call,

turning a mobile into a slave must mean you are well and truely retired bil, although I know some who are still slaves in their 70's

by the way, anyone found that skype to uk landline call quality has deteriorated over the past few months ??
(skype to skype no problem just the uk landline)

bil

It's my slave ok, and yes, I have truly retired. Back in the yuppie era the status symbol was the phone that looked and weighed in like a couple of house bricks strapped together.

Next came the era of the tiny phone, one of the few items to make a man boast 'Mine's smaller than yours.'

The true status tho has always been in being unreachable.

Did you see this advert? When it came out forst I was worrying about whether I would be able to take early retirement, so it was alwyas very true to how I fet, just not about suits.

The guy is running thru the woods, and at first the undergrowth almost entirely conceals him. The soundline goes

"Dream at age 17. Own suit.
Dream at age 25. Own handmade suit.
Dream at age 50. Burn suit."

and with that the guy runs thru the last of the undergrowth, he's nekkid, and he jumps into the sea.