These are the profound words offered by James Maas, Ph.D., coauthor of Sleep for Success! Like eating right and getting adequate exercise, the hours you spend asleep are critical for the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.
When we are behind on our sleep, we often neglect our healthy habits. We start making poor choices due to our fatigue.
These poor choices could include missing various appointments for physical activity. This can have a snowball effect and before we know it, two months have passed since we’ve made a trip to the gym.
With a lack of sleep comes a lack of energy to prepare nutritious food. Instead of making a stir-fry and a summer salad, we hit A&W for a double teen burger and onion rings. Poor choices…
We also suddenly crave quick hits of caffeine to keep our mental activity alert. Again, this has a compounding effect. The crash is inevitable.
To avoid this dangerous cycle, make time for at least seven hours a night. The necessity, not the luxury.
Does the name Randy Gardner mean anything to you? What about the number 264?
If you’re not an insomniac, Guinness record holder enthusiast or sleep analyst, they probably don’t mean much. But 264 is the number of consecutive hours Randy Gardner stayed awake in 1964. His tally still holds the world record, although, a few individuals have since claimed to have broken it.
Gardner was seventeen at the time of his ill-advised experiment. He attempted the feat as part of a science fair experiment. Two of his fellow students kept him awake with activities from television to basketball.
Dr. William C. Dement, a scientist from Stanford University, who was intrigued by the young man’s experiment, supervised Gardner’s record. Dement claimed that Gardner only suffered moodiness and a slight loss of concentration.
Dement’s findings, however, are contrary to the behaviour documented by Gardner’s health monitor, Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross. Ross maintains that Gardner suffered multiple hallucinations, symptoms of paranoia, and short-term memory loss.
In one experiment, Gardner was asked to subtract seven repeatedly, starting with 100. Gardner got to 65 and promptly forgot what the task was. This was on the fourth day.
Other standout incidents include hallucinating that a signpost was a person, believing that he was a college football pro and forgetting how to speak.
As a society, we are so hooked on caffeine that we are constantly finding new products to add it to. Some of the most bizarre caffeinated products currently on the market are:
Soap – Products like “Bath Buzz” contain 2400mg of caffeine in every bar. We guess this product is intended for those people who don’t have enough time to brew a morning cup. But mixing it with soap? What next? Morning caffeine toothpaste?
Oatmeal - Answering the question above, Sturm Foods has produced an warm breakfast cereal with a cup of coffee’s worth of caffeine. “Energy Instant Oatmeal” comes in three heart-racing flavours: cranberry apple, mixed berry and peach cobbler.
Inhaler – Yes, they’ve done it. Why bother drinking a mug of Columbian, when you can puff it back in less than a second. Buzzaire has created a puffer to blast 150mg of caffeine into your system with each depression. The manufacturer warns that no more than four doses are suggested in a 24-hour period.
But we’ve saved the best for last….
Pantyhose – Slim Fit 20 has a line of tights with sewn in caffeine microcapsules that release with body heat. The really alarming fact about this product is that the developers are trying to sell it as a weight-loss inducer. Somehow injecting caffeine into your legs will increase metabolism.
We Dare You To Keep Your Leg Still!
Our suggestion, avoid them all. The ONLY reason people need caffeine is to artificially stimulate wakefulness with increased adrenaline production. The only natural answer to daytime drowsiness is increased sleep at night. For those of you running on five hours each night, you are doing your body a daily disservice. Find the rest you need on a mattress from Simmons Mattress Gallery.
With the dramatic rise and fall of temperatures that we have been experiencing over the last few weeks, it’s a miracle that we aren’t all out with the sick bug. For those few who haven’t been affected, Simmons Mattress Gallery would like to provide a few strategies for retaining your health.
1. Wash your hands regularly.
-There is a great commercial for Science World, where these four business exec types meet up in an office and instead of shaking hands they each exchange open mouth deep throat greetings. The text reads: “shaking hands spreads more germs than kissing.” The final tag line: “Science World – We can explain.”
2. Eat healthy foods
-One more reason to stick to your New Years diet. Keep your immune system well nourished with a variety of fruits and veggies. Skip the McDonalds lunch.
-Have your first glass with the vitamin. Then at least one glass with lunch and dinner. If you have a relatively strong bladder, drink another before bed.
5. Go to sleep early
-Nothing wears out your immune system like a lack of sleep. Fight the cold bug by tucking in a few hours early. If you can’t fall asleep, chances are you’re sleeping on an uncomfortable mattress. UPGRADE at Simmons Mattress Gallery and work through the winter strong and cold free.
After publishing our Mattress Maintenance article last week, Simmons Mattress Gallery received some interesting questions from our readers. We thought, instead of answering them individually, we could share a few in a blog post.
1. “If I am unhappy with the support my box spring is providing, is it appropriate to add a layer of [plywood] between my foundation and my mattress?”
-NO! Absolutely not. If your foundation is so bad you need to beef it up with plywood, it’s time to buy a new bed set. You should never have to add anything to your bed set. Sorry to be so blunt, but your bed is not a sandwich.
2. “How do I prevent picking up bedbugs when I’m traveling?”
-Bed bugs are making a resurgence around the globe. Travelers can easily spread these annoying creatures. One way to minimize your chances of collecting bed bugs is to always store your luggage on a table or countertop. It may not be aesthetically pleasing to have your suitcase piled on the table, but the chance of bug collection dramatically decreases when you elevate your personal items. It is also a good idea to do a quick check of the mattress itself. Remove all the bed coverings and do a quick surface check. Bed bugs like the folds of the mattress, so always examine the hem lines just below the pillow top
Check Your Cracks and Folds
3. “My neighbour is offering to sell me his deluxe mattress of three years. What is an appropriate price to pay?”
-Zero. If it is a deluxe mattress, then there should be no reason why your neighbour would want to part with his bed after three years. He/She has probably damaged it. Either that, or it is not as deluxe as he/she claims. If you want to improve your sleeping conditions, purchase a ‘new’ mattress from a mattress dealer. If you want the best sleep possible, purchase a Simmons.
Simmons Mattress Gallery has been sharing blog entries with our readers for over a year now. We have written on a variety of topics ranging from our showroom mattresses, to events around town, to the local sport’s stories. We have given you useful information about sleeping disorders, bedbugs and relationship advice. We have had a lot of fun writing and researching our articles. I hope you have enjoyed reading them.
For a quick look back at some of our posts, here is a thematic listing:
Sleep Disorders:
Grinding in the Night- ‘Bruxism’ is a term used to describe the practice of grinding one’s teeth during sleep
The Phantom Leg – This article talks about the neurological disorder, restless leg syndrome.
Mattress Guilt- For older readers, this article concerns sleepers who unknowingly engage in sexual activity while asleep.
Breathless at Night – Sleep apnea causes some individuals to pause their breathing during sleep.
-British Columbia is at the top of the world for breast cancer research innovation. Work that is being done in our province is being shared and used around the globe.
-New rapid access breast clinics are drastically reducing the amount of time it takes for doctors to diagnose new patients.
-B.C.’s Screening Mammography Program is the largest in North America and one of the best in the world
-The five-year survival rate after treatment for localized breast cancer is 93%.
-B.C. has the lowest death rate for breast cancer in Canada
-Last Sunday’s ‘Run for the Cure’ raised over 1.7 million for breast cancer research in B.C.
-What used to be a virtual death sentence is now a 75% survival rate.
-New alternative education programs are being established around the province. One Vancouver Company, InspireHealth, offers a variety of shared learning experiences, including yoga, meditation classes and non-traditional complementary medicine.
Here at the Simmons Mattress Blog, we have talked a lot about the topic of insomnia. We’ve discussed sleeping pills, reviewed a book on insomnia and presented the cold hard facts (42% of North Americans suffer from it).
Our advice has always been to start with a new mattress. It’s practical, comforting both for your mental and physical state and it offers no creepy side effects.
But for those of you looking for an alternative cure, we thought we could do a short analysis on the practice of hypnotherapy, as solution to your restless nights.
Hypnosis has been used as a treatment for sleep disorders for the last eighty years. It involves the help of a trained hypnotherapist to induce a trance-like state. From this state, the patient and therapist can explore the problems and issues surrounding the patient’s inability to receive adequate amounts of rest.
Since the patient may be vulnerable during the procedure, it is important that both parties agree on what topics and procedures will be covered during the patient’s trance.
A common part of the therapy is creating effective sleep patterns that the patient can then use at home.
These sleep patterns can also take the form of self-hypnosis.
Self-hypnosis involves regulated breathing, positive statements and occasionally, imaginary or factual settings where the patient can escape to.
Most routines start with a slow, calculated release of body tension. Each part of the body is focused on and tension is released during a conditioned exhale. In practice, this should allow the patient to reach a state similar to one prompted by a therapist.
At this point, the patient repeats affirmative statements that express a desire to sleep. An example is: “My body is now ready to sleep. My body is now ready to sleep. My body…” This involves short countdowns as well.
For this method to work at home, the patient must eliminate all distracting stimuli from the sleeping environment. This allows for better focus.
To improve this focus, Simmons would like to repeat our suggestion of a new mattress. Although, lying on a Simmons, you may not get through the body part portion before you’re lost in sleep. We guess that’s a good thing.
While normally Simmons Mattress Gallery is keenly interested in securing the rest you deserve, this Wednesday and Thursday Simmons would like to suggest leaving the sanctuary of your Beautyrest to enjoy the celestial offerings being displayed in the night sky.
The annual Perseid Meteor Shower is at its peak on August 12th and 13th. There will be approximately 80 visible meteors (shooting stars) per hour. The show will begin after sunset and will continue to dawn. Luckily, Environment Canada is predicting clear skies on both nights.
The best viewing spots will be away from the light pollution given off by the city. For astronomy enthusiast, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be holding a function in the Aldergrove Bowl. Tickets are a mere $2, with the event running from 8pm to 6am.
There are no plans for a gathering at the Planetarium, due to the previously mentioned problem of viewing the night sky from within the city limits.
The meteors themselves are a by product of the passing comet Swift-Tuttle.
The annual meteor shower has been given the name Perseid because of the visible concentration of shooting stars around the northern hemisphere constellation Perseus.
If you are living an ample distance from the bright lights of the big city, you may want to lay a tarp down in your backyard and place your mattress on top. This way you can fall asleep to the heavens falling down around you.*
Here’s a little test for you. Simmons Mattress Gallery would like you to tell a friend everything you know about yawning for one minute. If you’re lacking a friend, try and think of three times you were caught yawning in public.
We’ll wait……….
Woman Yawning
Now how many times did you yawn talking to your friend or thinking about your experiences? We bet it was at least once. Did your friend yawn as well? Probably. But why?
The answer lies in our ability to empathize with others. When we talk about yawning or see another person yawning our brain triggers our body to act out the action. This helps us connect and identify with others, an evolutionary survival skill that we perform subconsciously. Individuals who have trouble empathizing with others, like those suffering from autism or schizophrenia, are much less likely to be affected by the contagious yawn.
There is also a common myth that yawning is the bodies attempt to take in more oxygen. This has been proven completely false; mainly on the basis that entirely different body processes control yawning and breathing.
Some scientists believe the yawning phenomenon has to do with regulating our brains body temperature. When we are fatigued our brain’s temperature spikes. When we yawn, our heart rate speeds up, increasing blood flow, which cools our brain.
But is this theory the definitive answer? No. The simple truth is we still haven’t figured out the exact reason why we yawn. All we really know is it feels good, it usually occurs when we’re tired and if we see someone else doing it, chances are we’re going to perform the same act ourselves.
But maybe Capello needs to get with the times. New research shows that sex before sport has no effect on performance. In fact, sex often encourages and improves sleep quality. So having sex the night before a big game might help Capello’s squad get the rest they need.
A health reporter asked if players would be advised to alter or maintain their routine of training, recovery, diet, sex and other daily activities.
Vigneault’s response: “We do sex every day? I’m missing out on something!”
While Vigneault may not be interfering with the personal lives of his players on a level similar to Capello, he did go to great lengths this season to ensure that his team was receiving adequate rest. This included staying behind in away cities for an additional night, at the conclusion of a road trip. This way his players weren’t flying home on a red-eye flight and then playing a day later.
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise in North America and a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology has it linked to a lack of sleep in overworked, undernourished adults.
The findings, produced by the Leiden University Medical Center, show that the loss of a single night’s sleep has a large impact on the bodies ability to use insulin to process sugar.
The scientists involved in the study examined nine seemingly healthy test subjects and evaluated their insulin sensitivity after a full nights rest and again after only four hours of sleep. The latter resulted in a sensitivity loss of 19 to 25 per cent.
Insulin resistance is the direct cause of diabetes, a condition that affects over 180 million people worldwide.
While a healthy diet, regular physical activity, moderate alcohol consumption and not smoking has always been the recommended lifestyle for avoiding diabetes, doctors can now suggest an adequate amount of sleep, preferably 8 hours.
Securing a healthy dose of rest can come down to one single factor, your mattress.
If your mattress is not the most comfortable piece of furniture you own, maybe it’s time you invested in a new one.
We want you to live the healthiest life possible. Start that trend with a new mattress and put yourself in the running to reduce your risk of living with diabetes.
One of the hottest gadgets on the market right now is Apple’s iPad. We all have a friend who has made the trek across the border to buy one of the devices before they go on sale in Canada. The buzz is huge and it seems Apple’s new gizmo is living up to the hype.
With web, email, photo, video abilities and a multi-touch screen, the iPad is the, all in one, portable device.
And, unlike your iPod, where the text is more suitable for squinting at than reading, the iPad has a 9.7 inch LED-backlit screen for browsing and indulging in e-books.
This has inspired many owners to replace their bedside ritual of reading a book before bed with scrolling through pages of the latest best seller on their new iPad.
The lamp may be off, your partner may be asleep, but you’re still able to enjoy “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” without a flashlight.
But this medium switch has some sleep scientists worried.
If we were reading a book the light from a lamp would be from behind us onto a page. With the iPad, the light is intensely direct. This light can disrupt the natural melatonin levels produced by the pineal gland. This gland regulates the sleep-wake cycle in our bodies. Artificial light delays the production of melatonin and makes it harder for our bodies to begin a restful state.
Reading a book before bed has also been considered a passive activity, suitable for winding down the day. The iPad experience is much more engaging, especially when you consider the options for surfing the net, checking your email and playing music.
All these extra activities have the potential to increase our anxiety, the last thing we want before sleeping.
Simmons Mattress Gallery knows that sleep is essential for our well-being and that is why we would like to suggest users of the iPad to stick with bound paper before bed.
You’re body may be cradled by a Beautyrest, but your mind needs to be given a rest as well.
Turn off the screen, turn on the lamp and ease into your sleep.
Finding it hard to get your head around a certain concept? Struggling to increase your memorizations skills for that Anatomy exam? Need a break from studying, but afraid you will lose the last three hours of cramming?
Simmons Mattress Gallery has news for you: napping can seriously increase your memory recall and cognitive understanding.
Go Ahead. Take a Nap. It Could Help Your Learning
This is the finding of a recent study published in Current Biology. The study found that students, who were given a complex map to study, were better equipped to find their way through the three-dimensional maze if they took a short nap and were able to dream about the material in question.
The students who were not given a nap, or who napped in a dreamless state, preformed at a lower standard then those who visualized the map in their slumber.
One of the head researchers, Robert Stickgold, claimed, “dreams are a marker that the brain is working on the same problem at many levels.”
During our waking life, it is highly possible that there may be too many distractions for our brain to focus on complex problems.
In our sleep, our brains are able to discard or put aside the material in our lives that is of little significance. Our subconscious is then able to grapple with the issues our conscious mind found to be vexing.
Stickgold also went as far as suggesting students to study hard just before they go to sleep at night or before a quick afternoon nap.
So the next time your mother or roommate gives you grief for napping with your books open, tell them you are just trying to get some help from your subconscious.
You might also want to recommend, that to improve your overall learning, they may want to help you purchase a new mattress. This will provide the most suitable setting for undisturbed forays into the educational dream realm.
The last dinner trays are being collected and the lights in coach are being dimmed. The plane is packed, well coach at least. There is no chance of getting any sleep with this many people sardined together in a giant flying tin cylinder.
You look over at the middle-aged lady beside you and quietly try to stifle a laugh. She’s wearing a maroon sleeping mask with white lace edging. In her ears are matching maroon earplugs; they must have come as a set. You silently pull out your iphone and take a picture to send to your friends once you land.
Three hours later, you’re wide-awake and the middle aged ‘kook’ beside you has been sleeping for hours.
Lesson learned?
We hope so. If not, here’s a little more to sleep on:
Researchers in China studying ICU patients found that the use of physical sleeping aids like earplugs and eye masks resulted in longer periods of REM, less accidental arousal and increased amounts of melatonin produced by the pineal gland.
What does this add up to: A better sleep.
And really, isn’t that what we are all after?
So if you are looking for a deeper sleep, why not invest in a satiny eye mask. We’re sure they sell them without the lace.
A recent study, reported in “New Scientist,” is claiming that having too much or too little sleep can have a serious impact on your waistline.
Researchers at Wake Forest University conducted the study. The scientists monitored African American and Hispanic citizens, deemed to be at the highest risk for obesity, for five years.
The test groups that slept more than eight hours and less than five experienced the greatest weight gain.
In addition, after performing CAT scans, the researchers found the same individuals were more likely to have an increase in visceral fat. This is the most dangerous fat because of its attachment to internal organs.
These findings prove what many of us already knew: receiving eight hours of sleep at night is one of the most important things you can do for your body.
A good night’s sleep leaves you physically rested and mentally aware. Denying your body sleep or over indulging is a disservice to your health.
You may hit the gym more than three times a week, but if you’re not getting the rest you need, you may lose out on seeing the results.
So make the time and call it an early one. Your body will thank you.
The way you sleep at night may speak volumes about your personality.
This is a theory put forward by Professor Chris Idzikowski, a sleep research specialist for both the US and the European Sleep Research Societies.
Of the many positions you assume in the night, Idzikowski has identified six common poses as being indicative of certain personality traits.
1. The Fetus Position (curled up with your knees towards your chest)
Idzikowski found that individuals who would appear tough in public, but had a softer, gentler side beneath the surface normally adopted this position. His research showed that of all the positions available, this position was favoured most by his test subjects.
2. The Log (lying on your side with your arms and legs pointing towards the end of the bed)
Individuals who were often easy-going assumed this position. Idzikowski also found that people who lie like logs are often successful in social settings.
3. The Soldier (lying on your back in a pose that looks like a soldier at attention)
The ’soldier’ sleepers were generally found to be quiet and reserved. He also noted that many of these individuals had high standards of themselves and others.
4. The Yearner (lying on your side with your arms straight out and your legs pointed down)
These individuals often had firm beliefs that were unlikely to change.
5. The Freefall (lying on your front, arms around your pillow, with your head to one side)
Idzikowski found that his subjects who struck this pose would often object to criticism. They were also wary of extreme conditions.
6. Starfish (lying on your back with your arms back behind your head holding the pillow)
This was the least common position adopted by Idzikowski’s volunteers. The traits that were similar with these individuals were compassionate listening and an avoidance of attention.
So take this little list and as you and your partner fall asleep on your new Simmons Beautyrest, take a second to see what position they assume. Does their personality it match their pose?
Have you ever gotten up to use the washroom at five in the morning and looked across the street to see your elderly neighbours making breakfast? They are both retired, but there they are, at five in the morning, preparing for a new day.
From observations like these, many people hold the misconception that senior citizens require less sleep than younger people. Sean Drummond, a sleep researcher for the University of California, recently disproved this urban myth.
Mr. Drummond conducted tests with two groups; one had an average age of 67, the other 29. His tests involved memory recall and required his subjects to remember a list of random words. The subjects were tested with varying sleep lengths and quality.
Drummond found that both age groups performed better when they were allowed to sleep longer. Interestingly, the younger group was affected more by the quality of rest. Quality did not seem to play a part in the performance of the senior group. Individuals from the senior group could have a fitful sleep, but if it were of appropriate length, there performance would not be affected.
This means that senior citizens need just as much sleep as their younger counterparts, but they also have the unusual ability to break up their sleeping schedule into smaller parts. As a result, seniors are more suited for mid-day napping, while young people need their sleep in a substantial block.
So that elderly neighbour across the street may be up at five, but chances are, they’re also down and out sometime in the afternoon for a quick siesta.
In an earlier blog, “From the Moon to Your Room,” we discussed the origins of memory foam. Memory foam was originally created by NASA to provide cushioning for high impact take-off and landings. Since then, it has been adopted by the mattress world, providing a top surface of comfort and heat dissipation.
Simmons Mattress Gallery is proud to offer memory foam as a topping layer on a number of its luxury mattress lines, passing on the innovations of NASA to the average citizen.
But you may wonder how memory foam works in a gravity free environment. Well, the foam only provides cushioning when the shuttles are entering or leaving the earth’s atmosphere.
Astronauts are not supplied with cozy Beautyrest mattresses for sleeping. Instead they use sleeping bags. Once inside the bag, the astronauts need to secure themselves to the shuttle or space station wall. If they didn’t, they could spend the night slowly bouncing around the cabin, which would result in no rest at all.
Dreaming of a Beautyrest
Increased sunlight is another factor that astronauts need to contend with while sleeping in space. The sun rises and sets approximately 16 times each day, as the shuttle or station orbits the earth. Blocking out this sunlight is important for the astronauts to receive a full eight hours of rest. This helps them maintain a 24-hour schedule.
With all the racket from the air filters and fans on board, astronauts tend to use earplugs to drown out the excessive noise. They also are encouraged to use chemical sleeping aids.
Administrators back on earth monitor the astronauts’ sleep. These individuals also wake the astronauts when their sleeping cycle is completed. They use either music, usually employed on the shuttles, or an alarm, used on the International Space Station.
And if you’re wondering if astronauts dream in space, the answer is yes.
(They probably dream of their beds back home)
So next time you are having trouble falling asleep, open the window, look up at the sky, and think of the astronauts strapping themselves in for a little shut-eye. We have it pretty good. Enjoy your sleep and be thankful for gravity.
The PVR changed the way we watch television. The I-pod changed the way we collected music. The slapchop changed the way we… cut up vegetables. And memory foam changed the possibilities for a comfortable sleep.
But like a number of inventions of its time, memory foam was not originally designed for the purpose we now use it for.
Memory foam was first produced by NASA, in 1966, under the label ‘Temper Foam.’ This foam was designed specifically for the seat cushions in space shuttles. The purpose of the foam was to add a shock layer for the astronaut’s posteriors during take-off and landing.
Since then, a number of companies have adopted the foam to add comfort and safety to their products. Originally too expensive for consumer use, the foam has now shown up in helmets, in veterinary clinics, in wheel chair padding and most importantly, on the top of our beds.
Two reasons for memory foam’s widespread use are its ability to eliminate pressure points and its ability to increase blood circulation. These two features make it an ideal surface for sleeping on.
The medical world was one of the first fields to use the foam on top of a mattress. Patients with mobility issues are supplied the foam to prevent issues that arise from sleeping on a firm mattress; like stiffness and pressure sores.
By reacting to body warmth and weight, the foam also offers a cushioning that dissipates heat. This is excellent for individuals who are easily disturbed by temperature increase.
With new improvements to the foam’s composition, recovery time has increased, resulting in quicker adjustments to your natural movements in the night. Your body’s contours are consistently supported with a comfort level that only the best astronauts are accustomed to.
With NASA’s technology, Simmons Mattress Gallery offers memory foam as a luxury feature for some of our finest mattresses. Using Visco and Latex foam, our Beautyrest line is enhanced beyond the comfort supplied by our innovative pocket coil design.
Come try our Beautyrest Black series or our Beautyrest NxG mattresses and experience all the benefits of memory foam with added support right to the edge of your bed.
We may not be able to take you to the moon, but we can top your bed with the finest foam in the business.
Stress and exhaustion are a difficult cocktail mix to swallow. Turning off your brain for a full eight hours of sleep may at times seem nearly impossible. The easy answer to this problem may come in the form of a capsule or pill, a small, easily accessible drug to knock you out.
But before you start popping pills to induce sleep, you should be made aware of the possible problems with prescription and non-prescription sleeping aids.
The most serious concern is developing a dependency to an artificial stimulant. The more you use a drug to fall asleep, the more your body will crave that easy answer.
As well, over time, the effectiveness of any drug wears off. This will force you to increase the amount your body needs to achieve the initial results that the pill offered.
Another concern is having prescription or non-prescription drugs lying around your house. Sleep medication can be deadly for children who might mistake the pills for candy. Keeping your pills locked in a medicine cabinet is imperative. If you do not have a safe place to store the drugs then you should not be bringing them into your house.
If you are still planning on using a chemical stimulant to induce sleep there are a few guidelines you should remember:
1. Always follow the directions supplied by the manufacturer or pharmacist.
2. Make sure your doctor and a family member or partner is aware of the drugs you are taking.
3. Never mix sleeping pills with other pills or beverages such as alcohol that slow the nervous system.
4. Never operate machinery or drive a vehicle after taking a sleeping pill.
Finding alternatives to prescription and non-prescription drugs may be the best option for your body and your family. Simple products like chamomile tea have long been known to induce sleep. Reading before bed can also help your mind slow down to a pace that is ready for rest.
Another great option is a quick yoga stretch. Yoga works on both your mind and your body. Prolonged stretches help create a state of relaxation appropriate for sleeping.
But the best alternative is comfort. If you are not comfortable when you lie down after a hard day, then you will never receive the rest you need. A new mattress may be the key ingredient to fixing your sleep anxiety.
At Simmons Mattress Gallery, we will work with you to find a mattress that provides you with the most amount of natural comfort possible. This will put your body and mind in a state appropriate for extended sleep.
Don’t become dependent on a pill for your rest. Fall asleep on a Simmons with no added side effects and wake up refreshed.
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