Agreed. Don’t need any meds to get me through my day. Man I can’t imagine having to stretch my already tight budget even further for a regular perscription.
That’s good, it might contribute to why I feel more mentally balanced when I stick to a green tea and high vegetable diet since that’s apparently a rich source of l-theanine and GABA. It’s hard to separate from the other benefits.
I don’t like our culture of having a magic pill for everything, when there are simpler (less processed, less packaging, much cheaper) things to try first that promote better health overall. But green tea, sweet potatoes and oily fish aren’t sexy marketing propositions that can be marked up x percent.
Like seriously my forties have been the worst I’ve ever slept. Thirties definitely my best sleeping decade so far from a restfulness perspective. Glad you’re rocking it though. Gives me hope.
Please talk of this to your physician, if you are healthy and have night sweats it could hide something bad. Happened recently with a friend. Could be nothing at all but better safe than sorry. Take care ;)
I’m from one of those cultures that doesn’t stop using spices. A quick reminder that the poison authorized by your FDA as “food safe” doesn’t count as a spice.
What are you supposed to do? The noise and distractions are constant. Besides the only time I can get any household work done is after the kids go to bed.
People really underestimate the amount of time kids take. You may think you know, but it’s a whole other thing to live it. Wake up to kids, get kids situated for the day, work, get the kids, feed the kids, play with the kids and take them to activities, bathe the kids, put the kids to sleep. Any time for anything for you/your spouse/the house happens after they’re asleep. Sure, you can take them to the store but that causes headache. Sure, you can do housework with them around but if you’re home alone with them they’re more likely to be actively undoing anything you just did the next room over than to anything else.
Kids are a lot of fun, but they’re also a lot of work.
The trick is to force yourself to go to sleep at a reasonable time every night. Some people have actual problems that this won’t solve, but it does wonders for most.
Force yourself to go to sleep? How do I learn this power? I mean I can go to bed at the same time every night, if that’s what you mean, but sleep is a different story lol
The trick diabetics need is to force yourself to regulate insulin. Are they fucking stupid or something? Just digest the sugars like a normal person! I can do it so why can’t they? Lazy and feckless!
EmpLemon is always great, Alt Shift X has some fun ones on sci fi too, but Id guess u know both already, still might as well mention them on the low chance u dont
Here are some I enjoy. All have a good voice, not overly expressively and no sudden change in background tracks. No sudden screaming/explosions/anything that will wake you.
John Michael Godier Science/Speculative Scifi, Low Soothing voice, even has a sleep playlist.
Issac Arthur Sci-Fi, Calm voice, Good background track, Long Videos
Forgotten Weapons Firearms, Historical and Mechanical overviews and indepth discussions. I recommend you skip the shooting range stuff if you’re trying to sleep.
I’d recommend not using it too often for sleep. Weed tends to disrupt REM sleep. Rem is extremely beneficial as it plays a role in memory consolidation, emotional processing, brain development, and dreaming.
But REM sleep gives me night terrors an I wake up screaming and thrashing. I use a glass of whiskey to keep the NT’s away and I realize that isn’t terribly healthy, but it keeps my fiance from being woken up/ bruised
Could be worse. As a kid I had night terrors and sleepwalked. With no memory of it. So I would go to sleep in one place, and wake up somewhere else, drenched in sweat, loaded with adrenaline, screaming and with no idea where I was or what was happening. Just a straight transition from falling asleep to terrified panic in a different room (or once, my car).
We are addicted to coffee. But not good coffee. Shitty Starbucks or Peet’s coffee. Only a few of us truly live and drink small shop ethically sourced but we know that’s for rich folks!
A simple cup of filter coffee is easy enough to make at home with cheap equipment, sure, but espresso/milk drinks are a different story, and some people prefer milk drinks to filter coffee. A decent home espresso machine that can also steam milk is gonna run you around $150 at the low end. Some people don’t have that much laying around at once, but can afford the $3 cappuccino a couple times a week.
A venti drink is like 20oz, is probably at least 3 shots of espresso, and is not comparable to the drinks I’m talking about.
You can get a short cappuccino (8oz) from Starbucks for around $3. This is comparable to most cafe prices for a reasonably sized, single-shot milk drink.
Depends on whether you consider a Flair a “machine” I guess… But yeah, I would agree you’re probably better off with a moka pot than most $150 or less espresso machines. For $150 budget to make strong coffee with milk type drinks, I’d recommend most folks get a moka pot and milk frother.
Thats just poor personal finance then. Paying 3$ a couple times a week, so let’s say 4 times, runs you up at 12$ a week. So within 13 weeks you’d have the money to buy a machine.
Exactly, thank you. It takes so long just to break even with even the cheapest home espresso equipment, plus you then have to learn to use and maintain said equipment - for some people, the convenience of having a barista fix you a better cup of coffee than you could make yourself at home is worth the $3.
I use a moka pot at home with milk and sugar. It’s like half way to espresso for much cheaper. When I’m feeling fancy I have a cheap milk frother too. It isn’t as good as a real espresso drink, but I get those occasionally as a treat.
Dawg I haven’t been sleeping my whole life. Like I’m only 20 and I can’t remember the last time I laid in bed and just fell asleep easily. It’s always tossing and turning since I was probably around 9
yeah, I feel this. I’ve always tossed and turned, but I’d still fall asleep quickly, sleep most of the night, and wake up refreshed. Now I’m medicated which is super helpful in day-to-day life, but it comes with insomnia. I’m not sure how much is the meds and how much is just having kids and getting older, but it feels like I just can’t win.
Good for you mate. I have no problem sleeping when I can go to sleep around 4am and wake around 12. Guess how well that works for me with a job and a family.
Yeah these ‘Americans eat food, Europeans OMG WTF CRAZY!!!’ memes are getting out of hand, I really want to to know which exact bit of Europe they think is utopia.
They sell melatonin and passion flower extract next to the fish oil and multivitamins in the supermarket over here where I live - not sure why people think this is just an American thing
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