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- scully32, on 12/24/2008, -0/+65Or you can just rub one out.
- flowingsphere, on 12/24/2008, -0/+25Is it me or does this article just abruptly end with no real reasons as to HOW you can manage your stress?
If I was in bed with that chick in the picture, I could definitely alleviate some stress. - Blablah01, on 12/24/2008, -0/+11I am not the only one who thought of that instantly after reading the title... Phew!
- jameshighmore, on 12/24/2008, -3/+13Pot
- roddack, on 12/24/2008, -0/+9Ambien zombie mode activate!
- diggafrica, on 12/24/2008, -0/+7Having a wank does it for me..
- Manther, on 12/24/2008, -0/+7If that doesn't work, rub two out.
- Pegs204, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6This article is completely unhelpful. It doesn't help you relieve your insomnia. All it says is that the stress is causing it. The article's advice is to find the stressor and and deal with it. OMG! Why didn't I think of that?
.....Sweet advice d-bag - s4g4n, on 12/24/2008, -1/+6But mommy says you can go blind for that.
- DrunkRobot, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4I've struggled with sleep problems for almost 10 years and this article is more evidence the so called "experts" are nothing more than fish oil salesmen. Western medicine has degraded to the point where they now classify nearly all illnesses as "cause by stress", "caused by depression" or "it's in your head". Doctors who dismiss serious physical problems as symptoms of stress should have their licenses taken away. Everyone lives with stress to some degree. My experience has been severe stress is the by-product of living with a chronic illness, not the cause of it.
Here is some information that should have been included in the article. If you have ongoing problems with insomnia, one very common cause can be an under-active thyroid, especially in women. Symptoms of a thyroid imbalances are insomnia, stress, fatigue, depression, weight gain, weight loss, and a long list of other symptoms. If you think you may have a thyroid imbalance save yourself the trouble and bypass you primary care physician. Find a good endocrinologist and have them do a complete thyroid screening, not just the T3 and T4 test. Insomnia can also be cause by Seasonal Affective Disorder. During the winter your body may not adjust to the reduced amount of sunlight. This can affect your circadian rhythm which signals your brain when to sleep and wake. The treatment for this is usually increasing your time outdoors, especially in the morning so you receive direct sunlight. Light therapy is also helpful. Light therapy requires you to sit with a light box that emulates the color and temperature of natural sunlight, about 15 to 20 minutes a day. The theory is the light will trick you body back into it's normal circadian rhythm.
While not very common, other causes for insomnia are narcolepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome and or fibromyligia. They are all very real illness and can cause severe insomnia . Getting a diagnosis for any of these illnesses is extremely difficult since most doctors will dismiss the symptoms as "cause by stress or depression" Sound familiar? If you experience on going fatigue or body pain for more than 6 to 8 weeks, get yourself checked. CFS and fibro. is often the final diagnosis after all other possibilities have been ruled out.
Short term use of sleep medication such as Lunesta and Ambien are helpful for getting you back to a normal sleep pattern. They should not be used for more than a week in most cases. Many people find Melatonin which is available over the counter, very helpful for falling asleep. All sleep medication except for Melatonin, carries some level of dependency so use them as sparingly as possible. Some doctors will prescribe other medications such as anti-anxiety drugs (Xanax, Clonazepam, valium) or extremely sedating anti-depressants (Seroquel, Zoloft, Cipramil, Remeron, Trazadone). In my opinion these are outdated treatments and should be avoided or used as a last resort. All of these drugs often cause more problems than they help.
If you experience insomnia for more than 2 to 3 weeks you should see a specialist. But please note this caveat which was also not mentioned in the article. "Sleep specialists" in most cases are Pulmnologists who will only diagnose asleep apnea. In many cases they'll diagnose "mild sleep apnea" so they can make money selling you a CPAP machine. With the exception of severe cases of apnea, a CPAP machine will not help. In fact, the CPAP is so uncomfortable and noisy, you'll probably never sleep. When searching for a doctor, ask what kind of specialist the doctor is. Is he or she a Pulmnologist or a Neurologist? My advice would be to seek out doctors who are not Pulmnologist. Both specialists will perform a polysomnogram test or "sleep study". But Pulmnologist
will only diagnose apnea. If you don't have apnea, that's where their expertise ends and they will leave you hanging with no answers. Save yourself the trouble and find a doctor who will diagnose all possible causes, not just one.
Hope this was helpful. - Doomsan, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4OGC, the best solution.
- joot2112, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4I actually closed the window, then clicked the link again thinking I must have missed something. This article offers NO SOLUTIONS, but only blames insomnia on a vague concept of "stress". I have chronic insomnia, but no financial problems, no kids, I have a good boyfriend, and my work is actually pretty laid back. I stopped caffeine intake more than 10 years ago. When I wake up usually between 1 am and 3 am, there is nothing running through my mind, nothing I can point to and say "That's really stressing me out". I'm just awake and alert, and ***** tired.
- EarlOfLade, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4For many years, I did the standard two-step, work and marriage and life sucked. It wasn't until I got rid of that "alarm clock at six in the morning"-type of job and got rid of that stress factor called wife that I got really healthy and lost weight.
If my alarm clock is used once or twice a year, I'm generous. Now I have a job that doesn't require commuting, not to get up in the morning and I have nobody to stress my life into the ground. After the change, I haven't had any illnesses nor missed any days of work.
I will NEVER go back to work normal day schedule nor will I ever marry again.
I don't need all that unnecessary stress in my life, I only have this life to live. - IHaveIssues, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3I can't imagine living a life without my kids.
- zaren, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3An interesting companion article from NPR this morning tying chronic lack of sleep to heart problems:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story ...
"...the sleep-deprived people had 4.5 times the risk of heart disease — and that's after researchers subtracted out the effects of other known coronary risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking."
Maybe it's time I cut out some of that late night gaming... - sgvprelude, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2I heard having sex can really help with sleep. But I wouldn't know anything about that.
- imikedaman, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2I have an incredible amount of trouble falling asleep each night, to the point where I can lay there for hours trying to get to sleep but failing miserably. It drives me crazy.
Fortunately I recently discovered that if I lay down expecting to take a short nap, I always end up waking up 6-8 hours later. Now I purposely lay down on a pile of unmade blankets, attempt to wrap part of them around me, prop my head up against whatever random object is nearby, then I'm asleep within minutes. Then I just brush my teeth when I wake up in the morning. It doesn't seem to matter how stressed out I am or how sleepy I may or may not be. - dmorel, on 12/24/2008, -1/+3I have all sorts of stress related sleep issues.
Sometimes I read things on Digg that actually help me solve problems in my life.
This was not one of those times. - derekmas10, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2WOW! you fell asleep during sex last night, too?
- newtondave, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2Uh, there was no "how".
- norsurfit, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2I wish this article was as good as it's title suggested.
There is no "how to" or concrete suggestions as to how to reduce stress before sleeping, which I would have liked. - Br3ach, on 12/24/2008, -0/+2This article is stressing me out
- DangerCollie, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1One thing that helped me sleep better at night was tossing my alarm clock. When I gave up my own gig for a day job, one of the conditions was flexible hours. So if I can't get to sleep some night, there isn't the additional stress of that looming alarm time.
Likewise, setting up our development environment so we can work anywhere lowers the stress level for everyone. Bad weather, illness, car trouble, production stays on schedule. It also reduces the incentive for people to play the martyr and come into work sick, infecting the rest of the office. If there was ever an area wide crisis, we could grab a couple servers, plug them in almost anywhere with an internet connection and we're right back in business.
The other thing that used to keep me up nights were problems with supervisors and other staff. Being the boss eliminates many of those but a determination not to be a dick of a boss fosters a much lower stress office environment. I remember what it was like to work for a jerk, my people are never going to go through that. I've fired people and enforce the rules, but you don't have to be a bozo to be tough and fair. - hotrodscott, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1How righteous to say the rent will just get paid. I think I will turn over and continue to worry, because times are crap right now.
- Simplysped, on 12/24/2008, -1/+2Gaba and Kava work well too
- DuffyDirect, on 12/24/2008, -1/+2Sometimes if you're under too much stress I think it's because you're not challenging yourself enough and have too much free time to dwell on things... I've been pretty happy working and going to night classes full-time compared to undergrad when I spent a few hours a day in class and 10 or so hours a week working an easy job.
- WeaponAlpha, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1It forces you to fall asleep quickly or you'll have to listen to them talk about feelings 'n stuff. (which also makes you fall asleep ironically)
- newtondave, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1So... masking potential issues by staying super-busy is the answer?
- FarSide792, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1sex.....
worked last night just fine. - DuffyDirect, on 12/24/2008, -1/+2It's not masking... masking would be taking a vacation or spending frivolously or playing video games and enjoying luxuries instead of facing pressing responsibilities. I'm talking about stress which results from restlessness and squalor -- the "I'm not going anywhere" stress.
- S68x, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1When I scrolled past this story really fast, I could've sworn it said "Want to kill someone in their sleep? Here's how...".
- zadadka, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Where's the "Here's How" bit?
I think most awake people are aware of the "why" stress makes them lose sleep...it's overcoming it we need to know (without booze / pot / etc).
If it helps anyone else, I lie on my back, angel-like, take a deep breath, and blow the capacity of my lungs out through pursed lips slowly % carefully (it's not a race) which purges CO2.
Do this several times (stop if it makes you cough !!); I find this helps the body start to relax, and once the shoulders stop hunching, sleep follows fairly quickly. - derekmas10, on 12/24/2008, -1/+2Vodka and Lorazepam.
- tackle, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Here's 2 ways: a. Work-out (not late in the night. If you work-out late, then you'll have a difficult time going to sleep). 2. Sex (I don't think masturbation does it for me)
- derekmas10, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Is mommy blind?
I didn't think so. - cddict1, on 12/29/2008, -0/+1Great article..but bit long to read.
- skews13, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Damn, now i can't sleep because i'm worried about how to deal with stress.
- diggdong, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1***** christ, the person who wrote this article should be put to sleep, permanently.
- ileftfark, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Apathy + alcohol = instant sleep
- Scorps111, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Yup with that woman in my bed there is no possibility what so ever of getting stressed out :P
- gavdana, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Reader's Digest? Really? Were there no good articles in Good Housekeeping?
- sfhock, on 12/24/2008, -1/+2that and a couple Ambien and it's lights out...
- thizzlebot, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1I thought it was just gunna say "SMOKE WEED EVERYDAAAY"
- descrysis, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1"Self-improvement is masturbation."
-Tyler Durden - gunit99, on 12/24/2008, -0/+1Secks FTW...
"You say you want some more? Well I'm not surprised...but I'm quite sleepy." - wwwforexsigcom, on 12/24/2008, -0/+0sgpreldude it actually can help with sleep, studies have shown that it helps people fall asleep more quickly & soundly.
- Nerotique, on 12/24/2008, -0/+0I see you guys & gals aren't Ogden Nash fans.
- smiteboy, on 12/24/2008, -1/+1Useless story...
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