Is in ribbons. Tiredness isn't really kicking in till 1-2am and that's factoring in a 8am start on some days. Anyone else struggling to find a sensible pattern?
Is in ribbons. Tiredness isn't really kicking in till 1-2am and that's factoring in a 8am start on some days. Anyone else struggling to find a sensible pattern?
Yep, same here. Mine's utterly fucked again.
Dreadful. I don't want to go to bed ever (but fine getting up in the mornings).
Life basically isn't happening at the moment so I've learned to accept this as normal.
Could have kept it in the HAY thread or even the mothership itself because it's another direct and extremely concerning consequence of this shambles.
Fuck with people's family, friends, relationships, socialising, instigating, diet, exercise, the whole lot, but nothing, NOTHING will destroy a man as effectively as fucking with his sleep. Everyone is fucked and fucked royally.
On a personal note, I've found a real drive to stay on top of exercise and diet recently which has kept me in control of sleep. It was slipping in December badly and boy did I feel the effects.
Just come off the back of 10 years of shifts. Not had one for a long time.
Mine has just shifted two hours along like it did last time.
I’m flat out in work so I’m wiped by 9 or 10.
Melatonin keeps me scheduled.
Mine is fine. It's tougher to get out of bed because it's cold and dark but nothing really has changed overall.
With the time I had off over Xmas though I definitely got closer to my natural sleep pattern which is bed around 2am and up about 11am. Felt great, can't wait for retirement
Mine just shifted two hours, although I wouldn't mind getting my head down earlier.
I can't really be fucked with exercise and I'm not drinking so I'm finding it a little bit harder to get to sleep, but nothing an audiobook won't fix.
The most noticeable thing, and I had this in LD 1.0 as well, is that my dreams have become incredibly vivid and utterly mental. Brain's substitute for social interaction perhaps?
My pattern was 3/4am until 1/2pm over Christmas which was great. Now it’s back to 2am/9am which is pretty dreadful. No matter how long I sleep, I’ll never not be groggy waking up before half 10
You wanna do the heater on 30 mins before your alarm. Wake up before the alarm 97.8% of the time.
I've just become accustomed to a bit more sleep which is going to annoy me if I have to go back to an actual commute.
I have 2 kids, so my sleep schedule has been ruined for a while now. We’ve finally got our 1yo daughter sleeping properly through the night now, so I’m getting in a decent 11-6 roughly, but I actually feel more tired and groggy than I did when I was getting up during the night.
Key for me is getting up when the alarm goes off (assuming our other early waking child hasn’t already got me up). A 30-45 minute snooze absolutely kills me until around lunchtime for some reason.
I run 3 days a week, roughly 30km in total. I can’t say I notice any better or worse sleep on those days though.
My sleep schedule has and always will be fucked.
Doesn't help that I struggle to fall asleep and I feel groggy no matter when I wake up.
My sleep schedule is one of the few parts of my life that has improved since Covid kicked off. I think it's something to do with working from home (which I generally dislike aside from this aspect of it, actually) and knowing there's less fucking around involved in the morning. I just seem to drift off better.
My sleep schedule has always been terrible, the Covid measures seem to have intensified the phases when insomnia hits really hard though. At the end of December I had nights where I didn't get more than 2-3 hours.
This helps. I take 3mg shortly before I go to bed, then read a bit and usually I get sleepy after 30-45 minutes.Originally Posted by Offshore Toon
I've also been prescribed Zolpidem for especially terrible nights. It knocks me out pretty reliably, but seems to go hand in hand with side effects ranging from drowsiness to major depressive episodes the following day, so I think I'll be staying away from that in the future.
Last edited by Serj; 15-01-2021 at 11:14 AM.
I've tried sleep medication but they become non-effective within a week for me.
I've been dropping off to sleep fine but the last couple of days, I've been royally knackered. Looking forward to sleeping in on Sunday for the first time in a couple of months.
I’ve had severe insomnia for years and corona has turned out to be neither a boon nor a rip. Same as before. Have a nice day
For all you folks that struggle to sleep, try exercising consistently you lazy buggers.
I do, it doesn't really change much.
Do you suffer from anxiety or anything similar?
And have you tried any herbal remedies or relaxation methods before bed? It can't be good resorting to drugs to get yourself to sleep.
Yes to all of the above, including meditating every evening. I'm in therapy and on anxiety meds, which is why I'm hesitant as well about taking even more drugs. Melatonin is harmless, apparently. But sometimes proper sleeping medication is the only thing that works.
What is the pillow of choice these days? Im looking for new ones. Ive been told, as you get older. You really need something quite firm so im willing to go down that route.
I was wrong.
My sleep schedule is no longer fucked. Generally I start feeling tired around 10pm and I'm asleep by midnight at the latest after reading a bit on my kindle. Wake up around 7-8.
Cutting Coke back, unsurprisingly, helped MASSIVELY.
I use these two:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/..._title?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/..._title?ie=UTF8
Second as "the base" as it's bigger and slightly firmer. Although I think I should replace it as it's nowhere near as good as the little one.
Thanks. I admire adding two products together, in order to get your best results. Twice now, ive bought a super hard mattress for cheap and then used a premium super soft mattress topper. Works fantasticlly well.
Panda London is exceptional. I'm a big, tall guy so finding comfort has always been tricky. Just before Christmas I bought us the Panda Bamboo pillows and their mattress topper. Never slept so well.
The Panda Bamboo pillow is indeed great.
I had a small memory foam one as a travel pillow for a while.
Are you using the memory foam or the hybrid?
I didn't realise there were two types haha. Just checked my order confirmation, we've got the hybrid.
Can you return pillows if they don't serve you well? The Hungarian Goose Down ones always feel the best when I browse in John Lewis but I've yet to replace my trusty longstanding one.
Usually you can only return them if they're unopened which doesn't exactly help.
But you can test out a mattress for 60 days and return them if they are not good enoguh.
Panda were very insistent that I could return after 30 days. We didn't need to but the offer was certainly shoved in my face.
You mention 'the base'. You put the pillow in bold, inside the other pillow.
Is that what you mean?
I just mean it goes on the bottom of the two.
Little one on top.
I'm sure I've posted it before but I have the "TEMPUR Comfort CoolTouch™ Pillow" and I love it more than any human. Just googled for it and not sure that exact one is for sale any more, unlucky.
Last edited by -james-; 10-04-2024 at 09:43 AM.
I may try this Panda one if it's returnable.
Double pillowing is wild, you fucking hunchback wannabe.
One pillow just isn't enough.
I produce too much mucus in the morning if I'm not propped up enough.
Oh you have them stacked up. Sounds like madness if you ask me. Your neck shape must be a complete right angle from your spine.
30 night trial on the site. Ive ordered one. Link here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's cheaper on Amazon (I've ordered it too) and you still get the trial.
Good spot
Ill try James' too. Rotate the two with the missus, 10 days each and we can see what's what. RIP dreams of Hungarian Goose Down.
I used a Simba pillow for a while. It’s good in that you can add or remove the stuffing to get it as hard or soft as you like, but it never felt great. Switched to a clickbait Aelya Dual one and found it loads better.
I'm a twit
The Simba one is shit.
We bought some Dreams cool feel pillows when we moved a few years ago at a discounted yet still ridiculous £60 a pop and I can comfortably say they are the single worst product I have ever bought. Still using some cheap M&S stop gaps to this day.
tl;dr - loving these tips.
Soft cunts.
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