[owl2020]

Hi guys. Glad you got 5 hours sleep Michael without meds; that's about what I got last night. The important thing about a sleep log is your best guess as to your total sleep time for the night; don't worry too much about the exact hours you sleep. That way if you try something new, like acupuncture, increased exercise, etc. you have a way of determining if your sleep has actually been increasing. You need to look at your sleep situation over weeks, not just a few days in order to determine trends.

The interesting thing about watching TV and falling asleep is that it is generally thought that the light from watching TV at night disrupts your melatonin cycle and it will disrupt your sleep later at night if you doze off in front of the TV set. Yet the TV also has a “hypnotic effect” that can put you to sleep for awhile. I've fallen asleep for 20-30 minutes in front of the TV during the early afternoon occasionally; I don't worry about that as much as “evening TV sleep” as I think it is less likely to cause sleep problems at night. Sleep therapists are divided on the subject of early afternoon naps. Some think brief early afternoon naps are OK, while others say don't nap during the day at all. I don't try to nap during the afternoon as a general policy but if it happens occasionally I don't get upset about it.

Take care

[michaelb]

Yep I try not to nap too as it tends to affect my sleep. I woke up at 3.30 this moring ( went to bed at 10.30 so the 5 hour thing seems to be well ingrained). I'd like to at least get another hour. The thing is – I dont think I've ever slept more than 6 hours in my life so I suppose it would be a bit unrealistic of me to expect it to happen now.

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