sleep study

[beccaB]

I feel like I have a lot of problems with sleep. I'm 46 and I asked my doctor about it and his response was that's all part of the aging process.It felt like he was blowing me off. Most of my problems occur during the school year when I have to get up at 5:30 am. During the summer I can sleep later because I'm not working and don't have much of a schedule. I seem to sleep better then.
I do know that my brain won't shut off and I stay awake worrying about stuff. I'm world class at that.
I can't take any sleep medicine because I drive a very large vehicle for a living and don't want to affect my safety or others.
Sometimes I wonder about how I can function as well as I do with as such little sleep. .

[DDH]

Well, I will tell you what she told me. She said that you have to stop drinking caffene 6 hours before you go to bed, and set up settle time, or something like that. You know like listen to music, take a bath, light candles, stuff like that.

She told me doing dishes right before you go to bed, or laundry, or all those activities are stimulating and will make you lay in bed with your eyes open.

I think she has a point, but that is such a hard routine to get into, when your use to going around doing things before you go to bed.