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Originally Posted by cybermember
I've found that getting 9 hours of sleep is optimal for me but for the most part I don't always get that, but somewhere between 5-8 hours a night.
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Me too. But the best I can hope for right now is 7 hours. I have to get up at 5 am for work. And I like to spend some time hanging out with my son in the evening, so I'm not usually asleep until 10 pm.
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BTW, I'm no longer relying on melatonin to maintain my sleep but just to take it prophylactically being that melatonin declines with age (I'm 49). Initially, it seemed to have worked but have come to the conclusion that it was just a placebo effect so I'm back to square one with looking for ways of getting a good night's sleep. The other option for me (which I'm not too keen on) is increasing my antipsychotic. I believe I'm fairly stable - just that my sleep really sucks.
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A low-carb diet cured my lifelong insomnia. I don't know if reducing sugar and/or processed carbs might help you?
I'm a bit obsessive about turning off all lights at night and having it as dark as I can possibly get - partly because I can't sleep with lights on, but partly because light suppresses melatonin production. Do you keep your room dark at night? I even cover the face of my clock radio and the little light on my tv converter box.