What helps you sleep?

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Sat, 02/06/2010 - 7:56am
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What helps you sleep?

Lots of people on the forums have mentioned trouble sleeping. I've found that I NEED to have a fan blowing no matter if I'm hot or cold, I just need the air movement it provides. It has gotten to the point that I have a small fan that I intend to take with me whenever I travel for just this reason.

The fan has an added benefit of adding white noise, but recently I started going to RainyMood.com on my palm computer and letting it run over night while the I'm sleeping and the sounds of a rain storm seem to help me sleep.

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Sat, 02/06/2010 - 11:55am
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Re: What helps you sleep?

Noise or not doesn't matter too much to me. One thing I do need is a lot of pillows and blankets. The blankets aren't just for warmth but for the weight of them so I like the room to be cool enough to have a heavy blanket on.

I don't sleep well at all. What I'm hoping will help is a CPAP machine. I have an appointment on the 24th. Let's hope it works.

Michelle

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Sat, 02/06/2010 - 1:15pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

Weight of a blanket helps me as well and I prefer a cooler room (about 65 degrees is ideal) and a feather pillow or none at all.

If you haven't tried some sort of white noise I highly recommend trying it. I was skeptical at first but after about a month of rainymood.com I'm not sure I could sleep without it anymore.

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Sat, 02/06/2010 - 6:49pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

I used to sleep with a box fan of some sort running all the time. That started when I was a teen and didn't have AC. I have been hooked ever since. I have it down to just a ceiling fan on medium which doesn't make much noise but does move some air. I used to be addicted to listening to the radio at night. I broke that habit and only have to do that once in a great while.

We do have a white noise machine that we take on trips (if we remember) and use that at the hotel.

At work in the old office area I was in, I never knew they were piping in white noise over our heads until one day they had a ceiling tile out and could see the speaker and there was no noise. The was one strange sounding day, nothing sounded the same. I spent most of the day out working on PCs to stay out of the office.

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Sun, 02/07/2010 - 4:11pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

im addicted to white noise. and another would be the weight of blankets also. if i go anywhere i have a portable sound machine. i have my daughters also liking the sound machine...with them tho its to drown out the loud noises of feet, toys, yelling, talking, etc. the usual kid stuff Smile i have my mom almost talked into a sound machine as well, cuz the slightest noise always wakes her up and then she can not go back to sleep.

i use the sound machine during the day for my dck's that take naps to drown out the kid noises as well.

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Sun, 02/07/2010 - 11:42pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

I'm surprised to see others say the weight of the blankets helps. I thought I was just weird that way. Smile

The ceiling fan does make some noise, enough that it's noticeable when it's not on. And it makes a lot of breeze so I sleep with the blanket over my head and a tunnel out to the fresh air. Big smile

Michelle

This is the time to remember, cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold on to, but we won't although we'll want to. -- Billy Joel

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Sat, 02/13/2010 - 8:54pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

A can of tasty beer just before I go to bed and I sleep like a rock.

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Sun, 02/14/2010 - 11:41am
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Re: What helps you sleep?

That'd put me in the hospital since I'm allergic to hops, however I do occasionally have a Rum and coke.

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Sun, 02/14/2010 - 8:57pm
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Re: What helps you sleep?

Time to homebrew! Look for a German made Weiz Bier. No hops used.

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