TV before bed bad for sleep?

[pensiv]

over the counter sex is illegal in most US states.

 

[alsih2o]

Barring sex, I have always found that stretching right before bed really slows down my (tightly wound and fast-running) clock.

 

[Dirigible]

Is that prescription, or over the counter?

And, more importantly, can you Americans go across the border to Canada and get a cheaper knock-off version?

 

[pensiv]

ever been to Windsor?

 

[JoeBlank]

And, more importantly, can you Americans go across the border to Canada and get a cheaper knock-off version?

Something tells me my wife would not go for this idea.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

It isn't the reading, it's the light. According to work by Czeisler, close exposure to even normal levels of light before bedtime pushes back your circadian clock.

You know I have no issues with falling asleep. Growing up I was accustomed to having the noise from my TV. When I was stationed on Carl Vinson I got use to sleeping with the light on and also to the noise of a plane landing on my head or the noise of the waves hitting the metal hull of the ship, the constant movement of the ship. Once you get accustomed to something stick with it. :shurg:

As for your second question, I was amused to read Consumer Report's article on sleep a few years back, where people overwhelmingly voted for sex as their favorite sedative.

If for some reason that doesn't work for you try a big glass of milk.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

My German 102 TA, a lovely lady from Regensburg, recommended that a classmate of mine drink a nice warm glass of beer before bed to help her sleep. She seems to forget that most of us do drink, but it's technically illegal here still .

Me? I can sleep whenever, especially sitting up in a hot lecture hall with a boring professor.