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Re: The 24 Hour Day
I'm not sure it's surprising that if you mess your body around with uppers/downers that it will affect your sleep.
Having said that, I've rarely had any problems except where it's self-inflicted. Some people seem more sensitive to these sorts of things. I personally feel best when I wake up early, sleep in the mid-afternoon and then stay awake relatively late, but tha'ts not usually easy to achieve when working full-time. So I take stimulants instead.
I did once experiment with turning off all electrical appliances an hour before I wanted to go to sleep (as in, unpluggging everything, all lights were off, etc like you said) and I did feel a bit more relaxed but it wasn't worth the trouble. If I want a good nights sleep I (in order of preference) :
- Avoid chemical stimulants in the day
- Avoid mental / emotional stimulants for the last couple of hours of the day.
- Eat something. (A lot, if necessary - half an hour after finishing I'm usually unconscious)
- Take a light over-the-counter sleep aid.
Recently, even though I've been doing more stimulants than before I still find myself quite tired by 11/12pm - but that's after working reasonably hard (for me) for about nine to ten hours at work.
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