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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
See a sleep specialist, they are often pulmonologists. Get a LAB study it is more accurate. They often have a list of things to help with sleep. Smart PCPs always ask about sleep, it is a very sensitive indicator of psycholological issues.

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And?? Any suggestions or waste of time. It seems that sleep hygiene was not suggested.

Yes.

Reasons.

Watching my sleep chart from my garmin watch can be interesting...

Having a Dutch shepherd next to me that wakes up just as often is helpful.

Wife has gotten used to it. I definitely feel more rested in the morning when sleeping in the same bed as the wife. Interesting differences in sleep I've noticed:

*Sleep in winter is better. Less traffic, less people, Alaska is just....quieter and less stressful in the winter.

*Sleep at anchor in a boat. Meh. Dragged anchor few miles once, never slept good on a boat again.

*Sleep in a hammock in the woods. Better and worse. I wake up and pop an eye more often, but the quality of sleep is better (temperature dependent)

*Sleep after alcohol consumption. Better with 1-3 beers or a glass of wine. Worse with any more.

*Sleep in my coach/motorhome in the middle of nowhere: Excellent. Best sleep ever. Like two 4-5 hour periods of perfect sleep. In an RV Park: nonexistent.

Here's an odd one....I've had occasion to sleep in billeting and/or at the fisher house a few times (on my old USAF base) since separating and the sleep is excellent. Fighters and aircraft all night...best sleep I can remember. Except for the few nights where I was there for surgery related to displaced broken bones...then sleep wasn't excellent, but that's just pain.

I found this video in a crew chief forum:
https://youtu.be/OLDeWisJfMo?si=4I4pFBpXe3mU-e9P
and tried it. Works pretty good. Great sleep, but weird dreams of old struggles.

My wife put me on to the Huberman Lab YouTube videos on sleep. They are endless, and probably sleep-inducing, BUT he brings a huge amount of knowledge to the issue of sleep.

Right now—I am on a break—I’m watching his interview (> 3 hours!!) with Matt Walker, British sleep scientist, who has written a book Why We Sleep, that Huberman strongly recommends.

I can tell you what Huberman recommends, so you don’t have to watch hours and hours of his YT videos:
1. Get exposure to sunlight when you first wake up; sunlight, activity e.g. exercise first thing on awakening helps set our daily (circadian) rhythm.
2. Try to avoid caffeine in afternoon, evening: Walker says count back 8-10 hours from sleep time, so last coffee should be noon-2 pm.
3. Alcohol is very disruptive to sleep, even wine with dinner or cocktail after dinner. Do not use it to try to fall asleep; it will make you unconscious, but not healthy sleep.
4. Keep room cool, dark
5. No screen viewing, or if you do, turn brightness way down
6. In evening, avoid bright lights especially overhead; red light is OK
7. There are some supplements that may be helpful he recommends, I won’t discuss them here.
8. No melatonin except for jet lag
9. It’s normal to wake up in middle of night; if you quickly go back to sleep, no problem. If you lie there awake, you have a problem.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

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Originally posted by straightshooter1:
I didn't understand WHY one needs to put the Cell phone away from where you sleep. Perhaps because some folks check it for calls/messages.

Anyway, I'm gonna put my cell in another room tonight and see. I'm having this cute litte habit of waking at 4 in the morning. Grrrrr!

Bob

No specific reason why was stated in the video.
I wondered if it has to do with radio waves or electromagnetic fields.

Probably has more to do with notification lights flashing, chirps, and vibrations/buzzing from notifications and updates throughout the night getting picked up by your subconscious.

This fella has a dozen vids on the subject of sleep