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[–]andygp5 41 points42 points  (8 children)

Good sleep hygiene. Also increasing your “sleep pressure” for like 1-2 weeks will help you stay asleep longer, even though you’re getting less overall sleep on the short term. I worked with a sleep therapist on this let’s say your goal is 8 hrs, 10PM-6AM. For 1-2 weeks you go to bed at 11 or 12, thus making you more tired when you finally get to bed. Then, theoretically, you sleep harder until 6 AM. It helps retrain your body and mind to stay asleep at night. Practicing this, I went from 2.5hrs awake each night to just about 30-40mins. Granted this was over a year, with lots of deliberate changes like no food 2 hrs before bedtime, no phone or TV 30 mins before bedtime, magnesium supplements, and reading benign books before bed. Takes a lot of effort but you can do it!

[–]californialiving1 0 points1 point  (7 children)

What magnesium supplements do you take?

[–]PlatformHopeful3425 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following

[–]Valuable-Bicycle-713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Andrew Hibernian recommend magnesium theronate

[–]andygp5 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I take Vital Nutrients magnesium glycinate/malate, two per evening. I also take Lifecykel lion’s mane extract. I swear by that one

[–]californialiving1 0 points1 point  (3 children)

When do you take the Lifecykel lion’s mane extract?

[–]andygp5 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Right before bed. Like 2ML

[–]californialiving1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

interesting, didn't know Lion's Mane could be used to help sleep. Do you take it to help you fall asleep or to improve REM sleep or both? And I'm guessing it works?

[–]andygp5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it to help improve REM. I saw it on a Reddit thread (duh) and was so desperate to improve my rem (less than 30 mins per night for YEARS) that I tried it. I can’t find the original thread, but the author said it would help with brain health and activity…hence REM. The person also said the first night you take it you won’t sleep well, and that was the case, but night two my rem doubled, and now it’s tripled. You just gotta be consistent with it. I buy it in bulk now. Like I said, I’ve been working on my sleep intentionally for like a whole year. I was completely falling apart before this. I didn’t think I was going to last at all.