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Favorite insomnia fixes?

Some people benefit by making sure the room is dark and close out all extraneous noise--no radio or TV or background music.

More effective for me though is to put on a soothing radio program - low volume - or my favorite thing is to put on a favorite movie that I know every scene and all the dialogue by heart. Both put me to sleep pretty quickly.
 
I am well rested, it's just weird after decades of sleeping 8hrs/night (10pm-6am) uninterrupted I now find myself waking up between 4am-5am more often than not. Drives my wife nuts on weekends because when I get up the dogs have to get up and while we try to be quite, none of us are very good at it, lol.

Maybe your getting old man ;) we do require less sleep as we get older generally.
I'm in my late 40s now and only need about 7 hours. I mean if I set no alarm, have no where to be and nothing to bother me I will wake up after about that amount of time.

I think that that is what people should do to really determine what they need. in a comfortable bed, with no one to bother you and without being overly tired or overly hopped up on caffeine or booze .. on a day off of course turn off the alarm and find out when your body will just wake up on its own.
 
Wal-Sleep Z caplets from Walgreen's. Active ingredient diphenhydramine HO, 25 mg. non-habit forming. Works like a charm.

I've had good results now and then with diphenhydramine for insomnia.
 
I tried drugs but oddly, they have the opposite effect on me. Coffee, is the same way. I can drink a cup of coffee right before going to sleep. It doesn't matter. For me, it was the mattress. That iComfort has changed everything. I have seen the start of a hundred movies. I'm out within a few minutes of the start. Good thing my television has a timer.
 
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