Years ago my now retired Navy son visIted and brought us a set of grain (likely rice) and herb things. 2 were sort of shallow U shaped designed to go over across upper back and over shoulders and one smaller straight one. We've used them in various ways including the way you do. I have on occasion heated and put them between the sheets (which in winter i use flannel ones) to pre warm the bed especially where my feet will go.
Have ever paid attention ro whether there's a pattern to when it happens? Decades ago i realized i usually sleep less around the full moon, maybe 3 days go sleep later but not sleep any later in morning.
Other than hotels I sleep on foam mattresses at home - for the past 30 years or so. I have been using the hardest foam mattress available but since my back has been so much trouble I switched with my wife whose foam mattress is a bit softer. It's possible that it's still too hard? Yes, that is certainly a possibility.
Maybe I need to get a new wife.
I sometimes wake with an extremely dry mouth. According to videos on the subject (there are many), this is because I am breathing through my mouth while sleeping. Using the nose & mouth variant would solve this problem but - as I said - I suffer from pnigerophobia so it is out of the question. In any case, I wear a beard so (just as when I was in the Army) the mask won't fit properly.
About once every two or three years I get a backlash of malaria (I assume it's malaria) that I picked up in Vietnam back in 1966. I get dreadful, uncontrollable cold shivers that make my whole body twitch violently. My wife immediately jumps into action piling as many blankets onto me as possible, giving me a woolly hat, woolly socks, and one of those 'microwaved heating bags filled with grain' you mentioned under my lower back. With all of that attention, the shivers are over in about ten minutes, without it, it can last a few hours.
Yes i have detachable humidifier too. I live in what is a normally dry climate, have to refill the reservoir every other day most of the time, but when he had a lot of rain in July and humidity was higher it didn't seem to go thru it as fast. Can't figure that out cause ithas a heating element under the reservoir. But i definitely wake up dry mouthed if the reservoir goes empty during the night. So check i every other morning to be sure.
People are going to think I get a commission because I say "purple" every time the topic of mattresses comes up -Other than hotels I sleep on foam mattresses at home - for the past 30 years or so. I have been using the hardest foam mattress available but since my back has been so much trouble I switched with my wife whose foam mattress is a bit softer. It's possible that it's still too hard? Yes, that is certainly a possibility.
Maybe I need to get a new wife.
I fill it every day whether it needs it or not. But I can't clean the calk from it very well. How about you?
Yes, I recall you mentioning "the purple". The bottom line is that I won't spend a penny unless I know 100% that the product solves my problem. And at $ 2,000, well.
That's a fact.
I have also discovered the benefits of a small shot of whiskey or Slivovica. I ALWAYS use it on flights to distract my phobia and occasionally to get a deeper sleep if I need to rise the next morning earlier than normal. I too am not "a drinker" other than a half glass of wine with an evening meal.
Same for me. There are nights when I can return to sleep, others it's a no-go. Sometimes I get as little as 3 hours of sleep. So maddening. When that happens I rearrange my schedule to avoid anything requiring good reflexes (like driving) or serious brain power (business work). There's always tomorrow...
This thread is turning out to be much more helpful than I anticipated.
My humidifer reservoir is totally removal from the unit and they replace periodically. I was told when i picked it up from Lincare and got tutorial on use and care, to use only distilled water. I do and don't have a residue. (Unlike the lime buildup i get in my household sinks and around faucets.)
Yes, that's right, the instructions recommend distilled water. I take it from the tap anyway, hence the calk. I don't think it influences the performance, though. I mean if we can drink coffee from the percolator ..... I'll just have to endure the calk or maybe clean it with that .... you know ... stuff to clean percolators.
Glad I could help Verisure!This thread is turning out to be much more helpful than I anticipated.
As I've mentioned more than once I get better results when I sleep on the sofa. Why? That's the question that has me stymied. I've been thinking about the width and firmness/softness of my leather sofa but I never considered the length. YOU have me thinking! "Elevated head". Yes, I have also noticed elevating my head is beneficial. So ........ ? Right, when I sleep on the sofa (always, as it turns out) my feet are up against the armrest at that end and that's the furthest I can be. That leaves my head on the pillow which is slightly raised against the armrest at the upper end! I am just about the same "height" as the length of the sofa you see. So, I'm sleeping with a slightly raised head all night long. The riddle may finally be solved!
There you go. Whenever I think I need a "shot" I mix it with cola. As we used to say in Vietnam, "Wikicoke".
I wish I didn't hate the taste and or smell of alcohol... I'd try some to keep me asleep...
I got up at 4 AM myself, I usually do. But I go to bed at 9 PM so it's fair. If you don't like the taste of alcohol (who does?) then take a glass of coca-cola and mix it with a dram of whiskey, preferably cold.
*ugh* whiskey and brandy are the worst smell of all to me ... anyway I couldn't because coke also keeps me awake..all that caffeine I suppose...
