My wife had sleeping problems. I advised her to take 2 Advil PM an hour before bedtime and it solved her problem.
Problem: Not Being Able to Sleep.
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I’m the only living creature in the house that can’t sleep and it pisses me off ?
He certainly has nothing to be ashamed of!
I have the occasional sleepless night, maybe a couple of nights a year, but in general I get in a solid 6 to 7 hours nightly, nod off within a few minutes, and sleep soundly. I was diagnosed with light sleep apnea, which didn't interrupt my sleep, and use a CPAP, with which I've finally made some peace, though I find the tech a bit dubious. There are a few days where I do wake up feeling more refreshed than before getting the machine.
A number of pipe smokers I know have really bad sleep.
A number of pipe smokers I know have really bad sleep.
Older I get the more finicky sleep can be - fewer snacks after dinner, getting enough exercise, not staying up later than I should and keeping things organized at work are the keys for me. Still will have an issue every few weeks or so, sometimes when something is on my mind I'm toast and so be it.
I, too, started to experience chronic insomnia at 39. Would only be able to sleep 1-2 hours a night for days running and then crash. I've taken a wonderful cocktail of drugs for nearly 30 years since then and sleep 8 hours. It's generic Ambien + Trazodone. Neither by itself was sufficient for me.
Not what my doctor says. LDL is nearly nonexistent.
I've suffered from mild insomnia since I was a kid. I just can't shut my head off. Takes me hours to get to sleep.
Unplug your wifi and turn off your cell phone (not airplane mode...completely off!) when you go to bed. You'd be surprised...makes all the difference. ?
Now I'm wondering if pipe smoking and sleep disorders are in any way related. I've been lucky most of my life in falling asleep, though I have the occasional problem staying asleep all night. If I sleep through six or eight hours, I'm a happy camper. I'm not an early riser, yet I am more of a morning person. I'm not really an owl, but my late wife and my wife now are/were both night people, so I stay up later than is my natural circadian rhythm. Alcohol sometimes makes me nod off. It certainly doesn't make me talkative and sociable at all. If I drink a lot, I'm sure to wake up at 3 a.m. If I know I didn't sleep enough at night, I nap, or doze off in a chair unintentionally. During my working life, I never dozed off at work, ever, except when I quit caffeinated coffee, and then I went nose down on my desk. My wife uses a CPAP (sleep apnea breathing assistance); we've been very unhappy with the local provider in terms of masks that fit, and the machine that she can wear all night that records three hours of use. There's no adequate follow-up on these complaints, and no explanation. It's comical, but also probably bad for her health.
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Over the last 4 years, through experimentation, I've found that what you eat & drink has a very dramatic effect on your sleep and dreams and is hardly talked about.
Alcohol can be a big problem but I’ve gone weeks without drinking and still have the same problem. I noticed liquor is worse for me then beer when it comes to that. One reason I also got into pipes, cigars gave me heartburn, no heartburn with pipes!
A lot of small routines help. Don't eat anything too late, nor drink a lot of liquids just before you go to bed, but stay well hydrated earlier. Physical exercise is major, at least walking. Don't discuss work projects or chores in the hour before bed; this will get you keyed up. Don't sleep hot, with too many covers or too much flannel, or too cold. Unless you have known tolerance, don't drink caffein in the evening. Turning off TV, radio, and computers well before bedtime helps. Figure out what thoughts are most restful to you. Sometimes deep breathing in a regular pattern is sedating. A hot shower often helps. If your partner can give you a back rub, that's good. If you find tasks for the next day tend to keep you awake, list them on your calendar in the evening and forget them until morning. There are probably lots of others that people use, and some that would help only you, so observe what promotes sleep for you. Sometimes reading helps. Unlike cosmic, I think Moby Dick is not only interesting, but very funny -- which I didn't realize until I read it for myself after I left school when it was hard work. Catalogs and how-to-do-it books might be calming, for examples, but it is different for each person.
Well gentlemen, I guess we all need to stop drinking alcohol and caffeine. Stop smoking our pipes and eat egg whites. Run every morning and lift weights in the evening. Turn off our electronics and beg our wives for some rubbings and we’ll all get a good nights sleep! ?
Yep excercise, strenuous if possible, is key I believe. Nicotine from my pipe smoking doesn't effect my sleep but if I'm dipping Copenhagen, it's a whole nuther story.
That helps too.
Physical exercise is vital, to be able to burn all that good stuff we eat..............