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sucks, i go 2-3 nights with only getting a couple hours sleep then crash for about 8 hours.... its getting old.

You, too?

It's been a rough month here. There's a big thing on the near horizon, & it's had me up way more than it should. Hopefully I'll get back to sleeping again this week.

I'm sure as hell looking forward to the March hog hunt. I sleep well there, for sure... even if my roommates don't. I'm lucky EdM + Poobs didn't smother me with a pillow.

Take Care,

FC.

Count me in.

yeah sometimes i don't sleep it gets old, looking forward to the hunt.

Been sick for a week and sinuses stopped up. Cant breathe when laying down, so I'm attempting to sleep in a recliner. It's ok for a nap, but trying to get a nights sleep in the recliner sucks.

Hope yall have a good time at the pig hunt.

Randy, I have had problems like that for a couple of years. Dr. gave me some spray medicine called Fluticasone Propionate, that helped a little, but did not get rid of it. Usually starts while deer hunting and is hard to shake. You think you are almost well and then it turns the other way. I noticed that Gene (curdog) had some of the same medicine at Quemado.

For about a year and half, my legs get to hurting so bad between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM that I have to get up and walk around for a while. Sometimes I can go back to sleep for a while, but most time not. Then about dark, I get sleepy as hell, but just doze, no good, hard sleep. Back problems causing it. miles

I think everyone has trouble like that as they get older (and heavier). Most guys I know in their 50’s on up are on CPap machines and swear by em.

What helps with me is if I’ve exercised that day, in my case on a bicycle.

Watching a long history Yourube with the set up that the phone will go on to the next one at the end.

Half a liter of inexpensive merlot red wine (Liberty Creek) tho that means I’ll be up to pee at 4am, but falling back to sleep is never a problem.

How come I can't sleep at midnight,
But sure as heck could sleep more at 430?

Lots of things contribute to not sleeping.

If you want to sleep sound there are a number of things you can do to help.

-Clean up the house. Clutter causes restlessness. It could be physical or mental. Knocking schit out that needs doing makes your brain relax. Yes it's a thing.

-PT. Burning calories and getting your heart rate into the danger zone once a day will drastically increase your chances of sleeping well.

-Avoid alcohol. Even small quantities.

If it's truly a problem you can troubleshoot it with a fitbit. They can be had for less than $100 these days and will show your sleep cycle each day. This allows you to dial in what your body does and doesn't like to achieve sleep.

Oh, and be sure you have a good mattress.

Back problems causing me misery here as well.

Get some melatonin (1) 10mg, and valerian root (4) 450mg.

Take them an hour before when you want to go to sleep. Settle in and get comfy, and you'll sleep. No side effects in the morning. Not addictive.

Melatonin is a blessing for jet lag too.

As you age your body produces less of it.

I slept about 2 hours last night, first bad night I’ve had in a while. No sleep sucks!

I've never had that problem. Nobody in my wife's family sleeps good. I tell them a clean conscience is a soft pillow.

I have the type of insomnia brought about by my inability to stop the brain from just rambling on while trying to go to sleep. I also have a number of osteoarthritis issues that cause a lot of pain which keeps me awake. My bad heart needs sleep.
I take a Tylenol 500 mg before going to bed, and a 15 mg Restoril cap at bed time. Almost always works like a charm. I don't want to take too much of a given aid though, and vary that with either Tylenol PM plus an additional tablet of Diphenhydramine, or I will take a regular Tylenol 500 mg tablet along with a single 20mg Doxylamine Succinate.
Some nights nothing is needed, but when I need a push, I take something.

AH-6 little birds from 160th spec ops come over about 3 mornings a week at 2am. Right over the tree tops.

Rattles my dale earnhardt mirror on the mantle. 😩

Is this Mrs. 'flave posting again?

I don’t doubt your word but red wine works like a charm for me, but then I ain’t been a recreational drinker for decades, it takes hardly any to get me drunk nowadays.

Rog, ask your wife if you snore, if you do that’s a textbook symptom of sleep apnea.

My wifey snores all the time, yet she sleeps well. Ain’t fair!