Tough Old Man

See if someone can help me here. I don't sleep very well. Haven't in over 10 yrs. I get 3-5 hrs a night and that's it. Well yesterday while in San Diego I bought some of that Tylenol PM crap. I went to bed at 10 pm and took 2 caps. I woke up at 5:30 am and feel right back to sleep until 7:30 am. Wow bankers hours.

Anyways upom getting up I felt drousy. I ate a little, waited an hr and decided to hit the weights. I still felt a little drousy. Anyways my strength was in the toilet. I could only get about 3/4 of my reps on everything. That would be chest, Shoulders, tri's and quads.

What happened here?


TOM

Zinthar

I think your body wasn't used to the drugs in the Tylenol PM and it altered the sleep cycle that your body is used to, causing you to oversleep and thus be drowsy today.

I always feel weak anytime I sleep way too little or much.

I'm no expert though, so we'll see what others say...

VanessaNicole

I'm an insomniac too.

The thing about sleep inducing medications is that they don't cause a "natural sleep".

You sleep all night, but you skip certain phases of sleep, like ROM sleep. So it's not a restorative sleep.

Your weekness is probably due to neuromuscular inefficiency caused by the lack of certain phases of natural sleep.

I know, it sucks, huh? I have to take a sleep aid most nights anyway...:::sigh:::

VanessaNicole

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Michelangelo

Squaggleboggin

Fixing your sleep cycle is usually not that difficult. Essentially, you should choose a time to wake up every day. Wake up at that time each and every day without fail. Never skip a day and don't make any excuses or exceptions. Once you do this, your body will start getting tired at about the same time every night. When this happens, go to sleep, and perform a relaxation exercise: Imagine your whole body relaxing, each muscle from head to toe, and think of something calm and relaxing. You should fall asleep fairly quickly if you're tired. Also, if you do have trouble sleeping, never read, watch TV, listen to music or do anything of the sort while you're still in bed. Try to program your body so it knows that when you lay down in bed, it's going to fall asleep. If you do too many other things, it'll get mixed signals and won't cooperate as much. So if you're having trouble falling asleep, get up and read on a chair or watch TV in another room or something - just don't do it while laying in bed.

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Moze

I enjoy knowing other people have insomnia besides me. I have been plagued with insomnia since I turned 18. I'm 37 now, and I still battle with it weekly. I've tried every trick in the book, seen psychiatrists, accupuncturists, etc. What I've realized works best for me, is this:

At the moment that I step into my bedroom to go to bed, is the very moment that becomes all MINE.

I am in that moment because I choose to be. I don't have to worry about a Damn thing. Not work, or anything else. I work hard enough all day, and there is no reason that I should be burdened with it, while I'm trying to rest and go to sleep. So screw all the negative thoughts. That time at bedtime is MY TIME, and I love it.


Moze