[Blindtlk] ernestly seeking advice about sleep irregularities

[Mike Freeman]

Hi, Robert.

In a word: exercise, exercise, exercise. In another word: keep an absolutely 
rigidly regular schedule. Try your best to program yourself to the clock.

AS for the exercise, although there are a few exceptions, most of the blind 
persons whom I know that have had sleep problems weren't doing hard, 
physical labor and/or were not employed and, hence, weren't keeping regular 
schedules. I'm thinking in particular of one lady who had trouble sleeping 
until she became employed working in a nursery school from nine to five. 
Voila! By the time she got home, she was tuckered out enough that her sleep 
problems vanished.

Oh yes -- one more thing: have you been tested for sleep apnea?

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert J Smith" <rsmith247 at csc.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:11 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] ernestly seeking advice about sleep irregularities


> Hi all.  I am a person who is totally blind with prosthetic eyes.  You
> will see why I mention this right at the beginning later in this message.
> I am ernestly seeking advice from other totally blind persons who suffer,
> or have suffered from sleep irregularities.  I take Melatonin which helps
> the problem somewhat but it could be better.  Without Melatonin, I would
> sleep for two maybe three hours per night, wake up, and stay awake the
> rest of the night.  With Melatonin, I sleep about five hours a night but
> still get sleepy sometimes during the day.  Any ideas as to how I can
> improve my alertness during the entire day?  Cafinated coffee doesn't do
> it.  I can sit and yawn and get drowsy while drinking it.  I take one
> Melatonin tablet at night.  Should I possibly take two?  Should I take
> something to keep me alert during the day instead of focusing on the
> night?  I am open to all suggestions!  Of course I know that nobody can
> prescribe anything on this list.  I have heard that blind persons who have
> no light perception have been known to have sleep irregularity problems.
> This seems to follow with me because when I was a kid I had light
> perception.  I would sit in front of a lamp in my bedroom when doing my
> homework first to be just like my sighted younger brother when he did his
> homework, second because I liked actually seeing something since I had
> both real eyes at that point.  When I was a kid, I did not have sleep and
> alertness troubles.
>
> Thanks much in advance,
>
> Robert Smith
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