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Behr said:
Got a 75 last night. If I can manage a 75 or higher tonight that'll be 5 nights in a row. Woot!

Ngaft but imma tell it anyway. I just finished 3 miles and I'm planning on going to bed early. Got new sheets and a new pillow tomorrow. That last one I bought serves a purpose but I've found out I don't like it every night. I ordered a standard size Pacific Coast 90% goose down. My dad recommended it.
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I hope TFG likes the new sheets.
 
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volfanbill said:
Late August/early September I got a couple low 90s. I thought I had really turned a corner. Then it nose dived back into the 70s and 80s
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I know it's a combination of several things, but what do you think the main culprit is in general for a "dip" in sleep?

I'm convinced my diet has the biggest effect on it. Certain sugars raise my stress reading and affects my deep sleep and times/duration awake and therefore slows my recovery. But yeah, diet.
 
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Best I have done this week is a 74.

Last 7 days I have had 2 in the 30's, 3 in the 50's, 1 60 and 2 in the 70's. About par for me.
 
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Behr said:
I know it's a combination of several things, but what do you think the main culprit is in general for a "dip" in sleep?

I'm convinced my diet has the biggest effect on it. Certain sugars raise my stress reading and affects my deep sleep and times/duration awake and therefore slows my recovery. But yeah, diet.
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I think diet affects it, but for me, I think diet effects are a temporary thing. I think stress is the major thing for me. so maybe if the sugars affect your stress, it could be raised by it. Work has been a rollercoaster since I moved here in June so I think that screws up my sleep a lot.

I definitely think exercise and routine positively help sleep. That said, I know for me I can't overdo exercise too late or I can't get to sleep early enough to get enough sleep. But I also get my best sleep at the very end of when I'm sleeping (ie 4a-6a). I'd like to wake at 5, but I'm sleeping so good then I typically snooze and reset my alarm. Which in turn doesn't let me get a good workout in first thing. I'm trying to get into bed earlier during the week so I can wake up more naturally at 5. That way I can hopefully get weights and cardio in before work, then just get to relax and enjoy my evenings and hopefully be more ready to sleep. Maybe now that playoff baseball is over, I'll get in bed earlier. But then I'll screw it up again by January with college basketball. Those are me problems, I know this, but it doesn't mean I'm smart enough to not start watching the 9pm game on ESPN2.

I think the most important thing is routine. so even on the weekends, don't stay up too much later than your normal sleep time. I also think sleep hygiene is key. I can't be too cold, but I like to be cool at night. 67 degrees seems to be perfect for me at night. also, I get it as dark as possible. blackout curtains and no electronic lights. I turn my phone upside down, don't have a tv, alarm clocks, or other lights. The WIFI mesh system pucks in my new house have bright green lights that slightly light up the entire upstairs. I put a headband around it just to take that light away. I also sleep better with the ceiling fan going and I don't sleep as well with the door closed. I prefer the increased air flow of the door being opened. Finally, one of the biggest things that have helped me is I play green noise all night while I asleep. White noise and pink noise work well, but nothing compares to green noise for me personally.

and it's worth noting two things: 1. This is what I've found works for me. 2. Nothing has helped me more than finally getting the Army to give a prescription to help me stay asleep. 10mg of doxepine. I've already rambled enough, but getting that renewed at my new duty station was a pain. I take the doxepine and this over the counter thing called Somnapure. It's like 3 mg of melatonin and some natural herbs and whatnot to relax you.

anyways, you asked @Behr, so apologies I went so deep into this answer. If you or anyone made it this far into reading this, my apologies.
 
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"I'm sorry for such a long letter but I had not the time for a short one"

~Blaise Pascal

I just asked for what you thought was the biggest because I didn't want you to feel like you had to explain all that. Lol.

Same here for most of that.
Just started 2 nights ago listening to thunderstorms on spotify.

I'm taking a different brand of melatonin than I was and it's working well. No crazy dreams.

I'm still having a problem with my shoulder and it stems from my neck so I hope the pillow helps.

I've just got to get this stress thing under control.
 
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Behr said:
"I'm sorry for such a long letter but I had not the time for a short one"

~Blaise Pascal

I just asked for what you thought was the biggest because I didn't want you to feel like you had to explain all that. Lol.

Same here for most of that.
Just started 2 nights ago listening to thunderstorms on spotify.

I'm taking a different brand of melatonin than I was and it's working well. No crazy dreams.

I'm still having a problem with my shoulder and it stems from my neck so I hope the pillow helps.

I've just got to get this stress thing under control.
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i just think the routine thing helps. So I went all in explaining my routine. I live 30 minutes north of the base I work at and it’s a small town. The city the base is in (Sumter) isn’t much either, so for everything bigger you need to go to Columbia which is 30 minutes west. I took my mountain bike there Tuesday after work. I bring all this up because instead of being home by six after a workout, I didn’t get home till well after 7 without a workout. Totally messed up my routine and I think that’s why I didn’t sleep well at least that night.

To be fully transparent I listen to “green noise with heavy rainforest ambience” to help me sleep
 
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volfanbill said:
last night

i just think the routine thing helps. So I went all in explaining my routine. I live 30 minutes north of the base I work at and it’s a small town. The city the base is in (Sumter) isn’t much either, so for everything bigger you need to go to Columbia which is 30 minutes west. I took my mountain bike there Tuesday after work. I bring all this up because instead of being home by six after a workout, I didn’t get home till well after 7 without a workout. Totally messed up my routine and I think that’s why I didn’t sleep get at least that night.

To be fully transparent I listen to “green noise with heavy rainforest ambience” to help me sleep
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All it took is one week of using a noise machine and now I can't sleep without one. I even have to travel with it. Although mine doesn't have green just different variations of white
 
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volfanbill said:
last night

i just think the routine thing helps. So I went all in explaining my routine. I live 30 minutes north of the base I work at and it’s a small town. The city the base is in (Sumter) isn’t much either, so for everything bigger you need to go to Columbia which is 30 minutes west. I took my mountain bike there Tuesday after work. I bring all this up because instead of being home by six after a workout, I didn’t get home till well after 7 without a workout. Totally messed up my routine and I think that’s why I didn’t sleep well at least that night.

To be fully transparent I listen to “green noise with heavy rainforest ambience” to help me sleep
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That sheet I've told you and Exie, I mean Lima, about and posted on here is titled "Routine sheet" in my computer. I tell you to say I definitely know how important Routine is. I'm so anal about it if I don't do certain things at a certain time it fawks up my whole day. Lol.

I haven't heard of a noise machine. Is that what you use too?

I've got an iPad I use for nothing, so I use it and a JBL Bluetooth speaker and play it from spotify. It only use 4% battery on the iPad for the 6-7 hours and the speaker has 5 dots for battery and 4 are still lit in the a.m. I was gonna try ocean waves tonight. Those are the 2 I listen to when I study.
 
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Behr said:
That sheet I've told you and Exie, I mean Lima, about and posted on here is titled "Routine sheet" in my computer. I tell you to say I definitely know how important Routine is. I'm so anal about it if I don't do certain things at a certain time it fawks up my whole day. Lol.

I haven't heard of a noise machine. Is that what you use too?

I've got an iPad I use for nothing, so I use it and a JBL Bluetooth speaker and play it from spotify. It only use 4% battery on the iPad for the 6-7 hours and the speaker has 5 dots for battery and 4 are still lit in the a.m. I was gonna try ocean waves tonight. Those are the 2 I listen to when I study.
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I don’t use an actual noise machine no, I just pull it from Spotify
 
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Behr said:
That sheet I've told you and Exie, I mean Lima, about and posted on here is titled "Routine sheet" in my computer. I tell you to say I definitely know how important Routine is. I'm so anal about it if I don't do certain things at a certain time it fawks up my whole day. Lol.

I haven't heard of a noise machine. Is that what you use too?

I've got an iPad I use for nothing, so I use it and a JBL Bluetooth speaker and play it from spotify. It only use 4% battery on the iPad for the 6-7 hours and the speaker has 5 dots for battery and 4 are still lit in the a.m. I was gonna try ocean waves tonight. Those are the 2 I listen to when I study.
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I don’t use an actual noise machine no, I just pull it from Spotify
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I’m a huge fan of brown noise, which (to me) is a “warmer” noise than white and others. I use it sometimes at night to calm down, and also for studying.

I have tinnitus in my right ear, so I already have a homegrown white noise generator 24/7. I don’t like that high-pitched noise.

If you’re interested in this sort of thing, there are a bunch on YT. I’d recommend just listening to different ones and seeing if anything puts you in your happy place. Ignore the text, 99% of which is complete pseudo-scientific garbage.
 
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I went 5 days skraight with a sleep score of 75 or higher and dint get my badge.

Sheet. I just noticed it's 7 days. What a dumbass souce is.

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lol I somehow turned on battery saver last night and, thus, no sleep score today.

The one thing for better sleep I need/want to save for is a very quality mattress. I think mine is good, but my comparison (aka my past mattresses) aren’t much to write home about. It’s a lot to spend on something that might only slightly be beneficial
 
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volfanbill said:
lol I somehow turned on battery saver last night and, thus, no sleep score today.

The one thing for better sleep I need/want to save for is a very quality mattress. I think mine is good, but my comparison (aka my past mattresses) aren’t much to write home about. It’s
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Bummer. That sucks. I've developed high anxiety every morning when I turn my phone on and go to Connect, worrying it's gonna say No Data for sleep. Lol. I added "Restart watch" as the last thing I do every night before bed on my routine sheet. I don't know what I expect that to do, but I'm doing it anyway for a few more days.

I'm good on mattress.
 
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Behr said:
Bummer. That sucks. I've developed high anxiety every morning when I turn my phone on and go to Connect, worrying it's gonna say No Data for sleep. Lol. I added "Restart watch" as the last thing I do every night before bed on my routine sheet. I don't know what I expect that to do, but I'm doing it anyway for a few more days.

I'm good on mattress.
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I knew I had done it too is the worst part. I wasn’t getting messages to my watch from my phone while at the store and driving home but I forgot to investigate why. Oh well. I don’t worry as much going into the weekend
 
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Woot! 85 last night. Extra hour didn't hurt none. Noticed it said I've gotten it 4 other times. I remember getting it one other time but not 4. Obviously it was before I started paying close attention to my sleep.

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