sleep!

[Chaddy]

Can anyone recommend a good sleep therapist in the Paphos area.
My personal problem is that as soon as my head hits the pillow around 10.30 i,m out like a light.( so far so good ) but i wake up around 2am to 3,30am and can never go back to sleep.
Its been suggested that at my old age you dont need as much sleep,but 3 or at most 4 hours only a night?
Any suggestions or advice please.

[jeba]

I can´t recommend anyone. However, what´s working for me is listening to some audiobooks / podcasts at low volume. It usually helps me falling asleep again.

[Dominic]

There are numerous computer programmaing tutorials online that if watched will send you to sleep in no time.

[71 Trans Am]

Try counting sheep - Or lizards

[Uncle D]

Drink more, down at the pub of course

[WHL]

Three old men were talking, the first one said i wake up at seven stand over the toilet and try to pee but nothing comes out
The second says I wake up at seven sit on the toilet for ages nothing comes out
The third says at seven I piss like a horse and shit like a cow, so what are you moaning about say the other two?
I don't wake up till eight

[sunspot]

Can anyone recommend a good sleep therapist in the Paphos area.
My personal problem is that as soon as my head hits the pillow around 10.30 i,m out like a light.( so far so good ) but i wake up around 2am to 3,30am and can never go back to sleep.
Its been suggested that at my old age you dont need as much sleep,but 3 or at most 4 hours only a night?
Any suggestions or advice please.

This is a common problem as we age. Try podcasts, as jeba said. Radio 4 has some good ones. I also use history podcasts such as Age of Napoleon. The easiest app I have found for podcasts is called Pocket Casts.

I also have something ready to read (in a dim light) if this happens. Need to divert your mind. If all else fails, a friend of mine takes a very mild sleeping pill every night. She says it is so mild, her GP cannot believe it helps her so he has a suspicion of placebo effect but said:if it works for you, carry on.

[Firefly]

I usually read a book on my kindle, usually takes an hour or so, but I do go back to sleep, and no heavy books to juggle with.

[Jimgym]

Melatonin tablets might help in the short term. I use them occasionally and they do work.

[jeba]

Melatonin tablets might help in the short term. I use them occasionally and they do work.

Only recently I read a warning issued by the German BfR (Federal Insititute for Risk Assessment), that Melatonin shouldn't be taken without a physicians advice as even doses below 1 mg/day may have undesirable effects, such as e.g. affecting blood glucose levels and interacting with drugs prescribed for control of blood pressure or coagulation disorders.
Link to the announcement ( in German): https://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/343/melatoni ... n-2024.pdf