Sleep/medication

I read a book, listening to music and watch something funny. Also have no caffeine. 

Hi, I don't drink caffeine after 3pm and I rarely drink alcohol. When my mind is occupied with something external (music/TV etc) I seem to get drowsy, once I'm alone in my own head that's when I seem you waken up.

Stay away from screens before bed, spend a few minutes just thinking, letting your mind go where it wants. Turn onto one side and let the events of the day wash over you, then turn over and think of nice and relaxing things.

Are you the right temperature in bed, neither to hot nor to cold? I always use 100% cotton sheets pillow cases and duvet covers, I find these regulate heat better than polycotton. Make sure the room is aired. I use sheets and blankets as I find it easier to take them ooff and one when I'm too hot or too cold.

Have you tried herbal teas, such as chamomile or a sleep mix?

Stay away from screens before bed, spend a few minutes just thinking, letting your mind go where it wants. Turn onto one side and let the events of the day wash over you, then turn over and think of nice and relaxing things.

Are you the right temperature in bed, neither to hot nor to cold? I always use 100% cotton sheets pillow cases and duvet covers, I find these regulate heat better than polycotton. Make sure the room is aired. I use sheets and blankets as I find it easier to take them ooff and one when I'm too hot or too cold.

Have you tried herbal teas, such as chamomile or a sleep mix?

Isn't sleep hygene about having no distractions like pictures and books in your bedroom? I would find that freakily clinical and would wake up wondering if I was dead!

I think interupted sleep is something that happens as you get older too.

Hergé said:

I do breathing exercises and body scanning relaxation which enables me to go to sleep quite quickly but staying asleep is another matter entirely.

Due to stress induced seizures, I end up getting somewhat frazzled and cannot calm down for ages, and like you, when I do sleep, it is not long enough, so a friend recommend a supplement called L-Theanine which is an amino-acid, and it has seriously improved my sleep quality ~ although I have been taking it via Bach Rescue Remedy balance and positivity Capsules, which contains also Saffron that is a major mood stabiliser and helps with my seizures too, and it works a major treat for friends with Borderline Personality Disorder that were no longer getting any benefit from prescription medications. 

Another suggestion made to me was also another amino-acid called L -Glutamine, which has done nothing whatsoever for my sleep, but oh, my, whole, life . . . it so very much deals with the toxic build-ups that result from physical stress and lack of sleep to an absolutely astonishing degree, so it might be worth a try just for that maybe ~ if it does nothing for your sleep that is.

Hi, yes I practice sleep hygiene and have a set routine of going to sleep. I've tried various herbal teas and warm milk etc. my bedding is cotton and my bedroom has blackout blinds and we don't get much traffic going by.

It's so frustrating when you do all the things that are supposed to help and they just don't.

I do breathing exercises and body scanning relaxation which enables me to go to sleep quite quickly but staying asleep is another matter entirely.

Thanks