[filthy_frank]

I hardly ever sleep through the night. I almost always wake up - hearing a noise, piss break or various other reasons. Some nights I wake up at 2am and I'm wide awake. I've even thought about joining a 24hr gym. I eat pretty clean and drink plenty of water. I had a doctor friend of mine suggest it could be a drop in my blood sugar in the middle of the night. The other night I wolfed down a nice piece of steak and I never slept better (though I woke up somewhat lethargic). I worry about gaining weight eating before bed. Has anyone else dealt with sleep issues? What are your pre-bedtime meals?

thanks

[millasur]

I've always had sleep issues.

I sometimes ahve had troucle sleeping due to being too full, which can happen if i eat late (like 9pm) and then have another meal and then Musclemilk before I sleep...

Now I tend to ignore hte really late meal and just have musclemilk before bed and sometimes some fruit.

Things to try: Warm milk before you go to bed.

ZMA - many peopel swear by it, but for me it jus made things worse.

Oh yea, try an dminimise the need to wake up - make sure you go piss a few times before bed, get some earplugs if the slightest noises wake u up. listen to some low volume music as well to provide some white noise...

[Ziltoid]

I think I remember hearing eating healthy fats help you sleep at night. Try some PB, almonds or cashews or like millasur with the hot milk.

[Ian Coe]

Cottege cheese, almonds like suggested above and don't drink after 2 hours before going to bed

[theNuge]

I don't have problems sleeping but I can tell you what I do anyways and maybe it can help.

I almost always eat cottage cheese before I go to bed. This has anti-catabolic effects as well as a little fat. I've also eaten peanut butter which I did notice made me sleep a little deeper. You could try that, fish oil or some other food containing healthy fats.

[millasur]

Originally Posted by Ian Coe

Cottege cheese, almonds like suggested above and don't drink after 2 hours before going to bed

I never knew almonds an other nuts / fat coudl help you sleep. that's often the time wen I remember to grab some almonds on the way up to bed (eg after I've taken my shake and im goin bk upstairs to clean teeth and go to sleep.)

[Bry]

I have struggled with this off and on for the last eight years.
I have tried Venom Dreams and ZMA with questionable results.
Since Monday I have started a new bed time routine that has helped slightly. Actually last night I slept great.
I take ZMA about 45 minutes before bed, then right before bed I take a scoop of Muscle Milk.
I am bad about the water as I drink that all the way up until I go to bed. But if I don't wake up, I don't usually piss. If I do, then I ended up pissing.

I did have some freaky dreams last night, which the first time I started taking ZMA it didn't have any effect on me.
I also like to read before I go to bed, not in bed though. This seems to help turn off the brain a little bit from all the outside influences.

Good luck as I have gone on streaks of 2-3 hours of sleep a night for a week and it really played hell on my workouts and ability to work. It would usually end where I had to burn a day of vacation because I just got to tired to function.

Cheers

Bry

[filthy_frank]

thanks everyone. I'm gonna try some of these suggestions. being sleep deprived sucks.

I just finished reading Game of Shadows so the ZMA references are a funny coincidence.

[ninjajesus]

Try eating foods that are high in tryptophan.

[Chaos Mitten]

Wear ear plugs, don't drink for a few hours before bedtime, and make sure all lights are off in your bedroom.