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Title: Why is it......
Post by: Walter45Auto on July 27, 2010, 02:10:20 AM
That a 2 or 3 AM, when I should be going to bed, I'm always wide awake, either browsing this forum, or listening to music on youtube, or both?  ???
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 27, 2010, 02:30:02 AM
You have no life ?
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: red364 on July 27, 2010, 12:41:52 PM
Why were you up so late then Tom??       ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: Walter45Auto on July 27, 2010, 01:26:34 PM
You have no life ?

HEY!!!


I resemble that remark!
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: bryand71 on July 27, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
if you're like me, you can't get enough info and porn when it comes to guns. There is so much to research and look at on the internet thingy....  ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 27, 2010, 07:20:41 PM
Why were you up so late then Tom??       ;D

I have no life  ;D

That's my version of your 5 PM, I had just got home and was having supper to me it was Monday evening  ;D.
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: twyacht on July 27, 2010, 07:31:53 PM
Sometimes, as a light sleeper, I'll be up at 3AM, or so, and just bounce around on the forum as a guest, check Drudge, take a leak, and try to go back to sleep.

It works, or it doesn't, than I turn on CNN, and fall asleep in 5 minutes,.... ::)

I wake up early anyway, haven't needed an alarm clock for decades.

I like seeing the sunrise.
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 27, 2010, 07:34:20 PM
Sometimes, as a light sleeper, I'll be up at 3AM, or so, and just bounce around on the forum as a guest, check Drudge, take a leak, and try to go back to sleep.

It works, or it doesn't, than I turn on CNN, and fall asleep in 5 minutes,.... ::)

I wake up early anyway, haven't needed an alarm clock for decades.

I like seeing the sunrise.

Me to.




  But not that much !   ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: PegLeg45 on July 27, 2010, 07:42:16 PM
I hit the forum late night sometimes....I worked graveyard for nearly 20 years (loved it too) and have always been sort of a night-owl. For me it is usually pain-related insomnia or restlessness that keeps me up until 3 or 4 in the AM some nights.

Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: Solus on July 27, 2010, 08:14:01 PM
If you have trouble falling asleep, look into Melatonin.

It is a natural hormone in humans and aids in falling asleep. 

The levels of the hormone fall off as  you age and at 40, you body produces half as much as at 18.

The unofficial dosage for a sleep aid is 3mg.  I find 1mg is great for me.

I take one a half hour before I want to sleep and read for a bit.  In about 30 minutes, I really feel like I need to get to sleep.

If I wake in the middle of the night, I'll take another.  They do make a time release tablet, if that is a common occurrence.

I wake with absolutely no drugged feeling  as I would get with the usual sleep aid like sominex, or whatever is sold these days.

It's worth a try.



Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: PegLeg45 on July 27, 2010, 08:20:23 PM
If you have trouble falling asleep, look into Melatonin.

It is a natural hormone in humans and aids in falling asleep. 

The levels of the hormone fall off as  you age and at 40, you body produces half as much as at 18.

The unofficial dosage for a sleep aid is 3mg.  I find 1mg is great for me.

I take one a half hour before I want to sleep and read for a bit.  In about 30 minutes, I really feel like I need to get to sleep.

If I wake in the middle of the night, I'll take another.  They do make a time release tablet, if that is a common occurrence.

I wake with absolutely no drugged feeling  as I would get with the usual sleep aid like sominex, or whatever is sold these days.

It's worth a try.

Thanks.

I have an abundant supply of OTC and prescription (Lunesta, Ambien, etc) sleeping pills, but shy away from taking them due to the "hit by a bus" feeling the next day. Plus I don't want to become dependent on them.
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: blackwolfe on July 27, 2010, 08:21:09 PM
I have no life  ;D

That's my version of your 5 PM, I had just got home and was having supper to me it was Monday evening  ;D.

Thanks Tom.
I work a lot of long strange hours.  There are times when 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. is the same as others 6:00 p.m.  I can't get some people to understand that.  Especially relatives and supervisors that call at 7:30 a.m. when I got home from work at o'late thirty.  If they haven't worked those kind of hours it seems they can't comprehend it.  I pay them back though.  I just call them back in the middle of their night.  
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: PegLeg45 on July 27, 2010, 08:23:12 PM
Thanks Tom.
I work a lot of long strange hours.  There are times when 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. is the same as others 6:00 p.m.  I can't get some people to understand that.  Especially relatives and supervisors that call at 7:30 a.m. when I got home from work at o'late thirty.  If they haven't worked those kind of hours it seems they can't comprehend it.  I pay them back though.  I just call them back in the middle of their night.  


+1
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has ever done that..............  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: Solus on July 27, 2010, 08:31:20 PM
Thanks.

I have an abundant supply of OTC and prescription (Lunesta, Ambien, etc) sleeping pills, but shy away from taking them due to the "hit by a bus" feeling the next day. Plus I don't want to become dependent on them.

NP..hope it works for you.

It is also supposed to help recover from Jet Lag, but I've never had the need to try it.  IIRC, the procedure varied depending upon which direction you travel.   So, if you have the need, you might want to check on that also.
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 27, 2010, 08:37:15 PM
Thanks Tom.
I work a lot of long strange hours.  There are times when 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. is the same as others 6:00 p.m.  I can't get some people to understand that.  Especially relatives and supervisors that call at 7:30 a.m. when I got home from work at o'late thirty.  If they haven't worked those kind of hours it seems they can't comprehend it. I pay them back though.  I just call them back in the middle of their night.  

MY GOD !  I have NEVER considered such a thing  !      :o
since caller ID     ::)

               ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: PegLeg45 on July 27, 2010, 08:39:17 PM
MY GOD !  I have NEVER considered such a thing  !      :o
since caller ID     ::)

               ;D

We had a pay phone at work that I used at 4:00 AM.    :o    ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: blackwolfe on July 27, 2010, 08:39:52 PM
MY GOD !  I have NEVER considered such a thing  !      :o
since caller ID     ::)

               ;D

I don't care about caller ID, I just say I'm returning their call when I got home from work. ;D
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: Big Frank on July 27, 2010, 10:47:12 PM
Dial *67 and your number won't show up on caller ID.  ;) 
Title: Re: Why is it......
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 28, 2010, 01:07:24 AM
Dial *67 and your number won't show up on caller ID.  ;) 

You don't say ?     ::)