Sleep

[foofies]

Drink a hot milk before going to bed. n when reading make the light dim. your eyes soon will be tired n you will fall a sleep like a baby.

[fanman.]

Don't exercise too close to going to bed. It increases circulation and your heart rate and all that sh!t, and can make it harder to relax and go to sleep. Stretching before going to sleep is good though in order to help you relax.

[white devil]

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take a hot bath/hot shower... visit the sauna..and if u can get laid that will put you to sleep easily..if you try hard enough

[GQchris]

Dude, get yourself some Valerian root, you canget it at any drugstore... it's a natural herb that aids you in falling asleep by slowing down your central nervous system...

I am a high strung guy as it is, and a coffee lover and sometimes I can't fall asleep, so every now and then I pop a Valerian and am drowsy and wanting to sleep in about 10-15 minutes...

[white devil]

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or u coud take sum pills

[fanman.]

or u coud take sum pills

VERY bad idea. You can easily become reliant on the pills and not be able to go to sleep without them. Also, though pills can make you go to sleep, they can't help you relax while you sleep so therefore your sleep is not effective and you do not recover much energy.

[Tom Yum]

Attitude

I try to go by the attitude that I have to earn my sleep.

I don't pull this off everyday, but when i earn my sleep I've usually done a full days work + 2 workouts and maybe 2-3 chores (dishes, trash, vacuum etc.)

When its bed time, I hit the sack hard.

[bigred389]

Tom's got it right. If you've been working hard during the day, sleep will come.

I had to take a week off when I got swamped with work and couldn't get more than 4 straight hours of sleep.

My friend is a swimmer and when his season is over he gets MESSED up.

Point is, exercise throughout the day will knock you out at the end of the day.

[GQchris]

try to avoid caffeine if possible; my trips to Peet's coffee these last few days have been messin with my sleep

[Tom Yum]

Sleep Deprivation

While I normally sleep well, I haven't been able to get much sleep due to school stuff and friends who need help. I do my homework, then take breaks here....repeat.

I've slept about 7 hours in the past 3 days and its making me see plasma fields that appear and dissapear. I'm also a bit edgy....

[dillingerescp]

Yeah, I usually do a tough workout in the pool everday around 6, that drains me for the rest of the day, then I get a good 6 hours of sleep, and I wake up great.

[Kid Eternity]

Your body can communicate to your brain that it is tired even when it isn't. No matter how much physical effort you have put in during the day, if you move around slowly and try to use as little effort as possible in doing things before you go to bed, your brain will be "told" that the body is tired and start producing the right chemicals to help you sleep.

Sunset-like lighting and no noise are also helpful.