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Sleep Tips for Adults

Skybird

I have AS and have always had trouble sleeping but just recently it has got much worse. it's really beginning to annoy me and people have commented about how tired I'm looking these days.

I have two issues. One is falling asleep and the other is frequent waking during the night.

I've seen loads of tips aimed at helping kids on the spectrum to sleep but I can't find that much for adults. I have a routine of what time I go to bed and get up and as you can imagine, I stick to that religiously but I'm not sure what else I can do.

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  • I am in the same position. I used to sleep relatively well, although I had occasional bouts of insomnia from about the age of 9 upwards. However these bouts have got more frequent as I have got older. Although the quality of my sleep is not too bad, and I have vivid dreams when I do sleep, it can take me a long time to fall asleep, and I often wake around 4 am, and it then takes me ages to get back to sleep. The triggers for my poor sleep are noise, artificial street lights and light in general, and an inability to switch off and relax. I would also like some advice.

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  • I am in the same position. I used to sleep relatively well, although I had occasional bouts of insomnia from about the age of 9 upwards. However these bouts have got more frequent as I have got older. Although the quality of my sleep is not too bad, and I have vivid dreams when I do sleep, it can take me a long time to fall asleep, and I often wake around 4 am, and it then takes me ages to get back to sleep. The triggers for my poor sleep are noise, artificial street lights and light in general, and an inability to switch off and relax. I would also like some advice.

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