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Some combination of jigsaw puzzles, reading, and watching TV (but nothing with commercials). That's when I'm alone.

Most evenings I'm either playing bridge, Scrabble, rummicub, attending club meetings, or occasionally going to a performance. (Just starting to get back into that again.)

Or spending time visiting, or being visited by, friends and family.
 

Blessed said:
Having a lot of sleeping issues as of late. Up at night, and don't get to bed until dawn. What is this? Normal behavior for me is early to bed, early to rise. Now I am asleep for a good part of the day. It makes me crazy. I do not like it at all. I have talked to my doctor, and have had sleeping pills to try and get back to normal but it has not worked. I finally just started to accept it. It does make it hard to do the normal things that require appointments. Not only for me but also my pets. Has anyone else suffered from this?
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@Blessed I think it's common to sleep only 4 hours at our age but that doesn't mean it's ideal by far. I understand and it happens to me. Every now and then I have to reset myself. Here's what I do but I'm no authority. I can only say it works for me. Check with your doctor.

First, eating sugary stuff will keep us awake and cause inflammation, and thus pain. I eat my biggest meal for breakfast.
Also, I make sure to take a good quality vitamin "B-Complex Plus" (one pill a day) but not after noonish because it gives you LOTS of energy. My daughter orders "Pure" brand on amazon for me because she has Prime with free shipping. One bottle lasts 4 months if taken everyday.

Secondly, to reset myself, I do everything in my willpower to stay awake all day and avoid a nap...unless I'm really crashing and then I just curb how long that nap is. Just a short power nap. Preferably, no more than an hour and a half and not after 4pm...I set my alarm. Always clean sheets, especially clean pillow cases. I'm sure you do that too but I have to add it here because others read this too...
(wait...who am I kidding, nobody reads my stuff lol)

Thirdly, I don't eat after 4pm (not always, just when I'm resetting)...especially spicy foods or hard to digest foods. Having an alcoholic beverage will definitely make one wake up in exactly 4 hours...crazy. Plus, over 65 rule is only one 1.5 oz shot glass per day...if that. And it's too expensive.

Lastly, if it's pain that's causing me to wake up on rare occasions only, I will take 2 "Nighttime ibuprofen" and I sleep 6-7 hours straight. And wake up pain-free. But please don't use that if you don't absolutely have to because too much has negative side effects. Read the label.

Sweet dreams Blessed 🤗 Take care.

(dare I remind you to set the alarm tonight to watch the red moon eclipse, sorry)
 
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I wish I was a morning person but I'm not. Rising at 10:00a is early for me. I usually do morning chores in the first few hours after waking and, of late, I have begun going through boxes of things that belonged to my parents and a younger sibling who are all deceased. But my real energy kicks in around 3:00p and from that time until 10 or 11p, I just keep going. I have a problem with winding down and feeling tired. I take a warm shower to relax a little but I still don't feel like sleeping. So I read for a bit and then turn off the lights and toss and turn for a few hours until I finally fall asleep.
 

Leann said:
I wish I was a morning person but I'm not. Rising at 10:00a is early for me. I usually do morning chores in the first few hours after waking and, of late, I have begun going through boxes of things that belonged to my parents and a younger sibling who are all deceased. But my real energy kicks in around 3:00p and from that time until 10 or 11p, I just keep going. I have a problem with winding down and feeling tired. I take a warm shower to relax a little but I still don't feel like sleeping. So I read for a bit and then turn off the lights and toss and turn for a few hours until I finally fall asleep.
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further proof if any was needed that we're sisters from another mister...:ROFLMAO:
 
Blessed said:
Having a lot of sleeping issues as of late. Up at night, and don't get to bed until dawn. What is this? Normal behavior for me is early to bed, early to rise. Now I am asleep for a good part of the day. It makes me crazy. I do not like it at all. I have talked to my doctor, and have had sleeping pills to try and get back to normal but it has not worked. I finally just started to accept it. It does make it hard to do the normal things that require appointments. Not only for me but also my pets. Has anyone else suffered from this?
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Long ago, I got by on 4 hours sleep a night and felt fantastic. Then, I had a decade of very broken sleep. Recently, I got Covid-19, and slept 18 hours or more, including long naps. Other than pet care (because my dog and birds won't allow me to forget them), I'm just accepting it and trying to get things done when I'm awake.

I do think that worrying about getting enough sleep just makes it worse. If I have an appointment, I will have a glass of wine to relax me to sleep so that I will awaken on time, but it's not something that I want to become habitual.
 
i read then i watch you tube.lots of outdoor and science.i was wanting to watch Gomer Pyle so for the heck of it i searched it and they had all the episodes or most of them.i can search all my favorite old shows and they have them.instead of going to tubi or some other streaming channel on Roku
 
I watch a particular show on Facebook and get mesmerized and sleepy with a gal's soothing voice. Honest! She is the Crazy Lamp Lady. I can relate to her as I use to buy lamps like they were going out of style. I finally kicked that habit. 🤪
 
Em in Ohio said:
Long ago, I got by on 4 hours sleep a night and felt fantastic. Then, I had a decade of very broken sleep. Recently, I got Covid-19, and slept 18 hours or more, including long naps. Other than pet care (because my dog and birds won't allow me to forget them), I'm just accepting it and trying to get things done when I'm awake.

I do think that worrying about getting enough sleep just makes it worse. If I have an appointment, I will have a glass of wine to relax me to sleep so that I will awaken on time, but it's not something that I want to become habitual.
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Em, I wonder if our age has anything to do with our sleeping pattern? My husband thinks it does.
 
PamfromTx said:
Em, I wonder if our age has anything to do with our sleeping pattern? My husband thinks it does.
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I'm pretty sure you are a lot younger. I'm 72. My broken sleep was probably due to a broken marriage and trying to restart my life when pushing 60. Supposedly, I've heard that we need less sleep as we age - but that may be because we want to stay conscious for every moment of our remaining lives! I do hope your sleep improves - the more I read, the more important it seems. Best of luck. ~ Em
 
PamfromTx said:
I watch a particular show on Facebook and get mesmerized and sleepy with a gal's soothing voice. Honest! She is the Crazy Lamp Lady. I can relate to her as I use to buy lamps like they were going out of style. I finally kicked that habit. 🤪
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At first I thought you said "crazy lamb lady!" We had one of those in the neighborhood when I was growing up. Then I thought you were counting sheep!
 
I often have a little snack in the evening.
The one missing piece was for company.

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We used to be at a dance almost every night that my wife wasn't working. She was a paramedic in the ambulance service, so her work was in shifts around the clock, as in, early, late and nights. We still go to the occasional latin & ballroom dance but we tend to stay at home more these days. My wife will be busy in her sewing cabin, I am currently writing about life with a vintage MG. It ties in nicely in that we recently went to an MG meeting. My wife is the lady in the hat, wearing the 1940's style, yellow dress.
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