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be happy you get the 8 hrs I never get more than 4 or 5

well slept almost 4 hrs, usually just have to much on my mind, i guess.

My wife got me a weighted blanket for Christmas. I have been getting the best sleep I have seen in years! I don't know what it is about the blanket, but it seems to help me. Best of luck in your quest of good sleep.

Yep, Melatonin helped me a lot.

Slept 3-4 hours a night for 27 years straight. Much better now but still have about one night a week like that.

Wife says its the product of a troubled mind.

Closer to the truth than she knows....

Lots of Melatonin fans out there and its worth a try. Most common side effect is weird dreams...

Mine are weird enough and melatonin put them over the top. I took it once and will NEVER take it again....

I have struggled with insomnia since we had our first child. I guess the weight of the added responsibility has something to do with it? I have found three things that can help. Vigorous exercise in the early afternoon, an evening beer or glass of wine, or to sit and read a while, tends to help me a bit. Once asleep I’m good and can sleep for quite a while. My problem is winding down. My brother and my Mom deal with this as well.

I went from 10 cups a coffee a day, down to one, first thing in the morning. Made a big difference for me.

Roger may not be interested in a c-pap when he finds out you have to shave your mustache.

Least that's what my Dr. told me when she suggested a sleep test to see if a c-pap might help with my blood pressure.

I told her to figure something else out because I wasn't interested in shaving off a mustache I've had since i was 17 for another one of her never ending tests that lead to nowhere. Not in those exact words mind you.

diphenhydramine tablets work well.... it's the sleep aid in aleve PM's. You can get a bottle from walmart for around $4. 1 or 2 before bed works well.

I've been using a cpap machine with a flexible nose piece for 9 months. No issues with my mustache. Sleep better no more snoring according to my wife.

Google Belsomra. It’s a sleep aid, designed to turn the wake signal in the brain down. Ain’t cheap but it works.




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Just telling ya what she said.

I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and have been on a C-pap for about a year and a half now. I have a mustache and it doesn't affect it but it's not a huge mustache either. Roger looks like he has a dead cat on his lip. lol

Ask your Doc form some meds, they can change your life.

Nothing but Ambien works for me anymore. I got a bad batch from the pharmacy once and didn't sleep for 6 days.

Not fun.

+1. That is me! I tell them I sleep the sleep of the innocent. I usually can't get through my prayers before I'm asleep. On the other side of that though, I usually only sleep 6 - 7 hours a night, with at least one pee break about 2:30 AM.

Chronic Ambien use is directly linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. Google Ambien Alzheimer’s.





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" Dr. gave me some spray medicine called Fluticasone Propionate, that helped a little, but did not get rid of it."

Flonase right? It's a steroid so it only works if you use it every day when you're stopped up. I use another nose spray (also a steroid) called Nascort that works much for me that Flonase. You can get a 3 month supply at Costco for around $30, my grocery store also has it.

Sex works better than drugs..