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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 find that I do not need the reccomended 8 hours. 6 is sufficient. If I lie in one day, I sleep bdly the next.

     I am the proverbial "princess and the pea" type. Everything irritates. I get too hot/cold etc. Layers of bedding that I can turn back and retrieve help, so its blankets for me. I use an eye mask when needed. I never sleep all night, but in fragments of varying lengths.

    The key to sleep is not to try to sleep or worry about it. Think about something pleasant. The audio book idea sounds good, or the radio. It needs to turn itself off though or it could wake you later.

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  • I find that I do not need the reccomended 8 hours. 6 is sufficient. If I lie in one day, I sleep bdly the next.

     I am the proverbial "princess and the pea" type. Everything irritates. I get too hot/cold etc. Layers of bedding that I can turn back and retrieve help, so its blankets for me. I use an eye mask when needed. I never sleep all night, but in fragments of varying lengths.

    The key to sleep is not to try to sleep or worry about it. Think about something pleasant. The audio book idea sounds good, or the radio. It needs to turn itself off though or it could wake you later.

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