Thursday, September 4, 2008

How to Know How Much Sleep You Need

Do you feel sleepy? Unable to stop the yawn? Maybe you do not get as much sleep you need. Sleep is important, even a night of insufficient sleep can affect your reaction time and mental functioning, and chronic sleep deprivation can have a negative effect on your immune system and help develop a range of serious ailments. Here are some tips to help determine how many hours of sleep you need.

steps

  1. Determine the time you wake up every morning. Set your alarm for that time. If possible, set alarms to wake up early to gradually awaken.
  2. Refraining from alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, and drugs that can affect your sleep. Continue the non-use of these products during the duration of the test (Consult your doctor before abstention prescribed medicines).
  3. Go to sleep every night when you feel tired. If you can not fall asleep quickly, stand up and read, doodle, or make some other low-impact activity until you feel tired enough to sleep. At first you can get up before the desired time, but his body must adapt to a few days.
  4. Try to avoid taking naps. If you need to take a catnap of 10-15 minutes is fine, but others just go to bed when you're tired, although it is early in the evening.
  5. Follow the routine for two weeks. After two weeks your body is known to have to get up to, for example, 7 am, so you start to feel tired at midnight if your body needs 7 hours of sleep.
  6. Adjust your bedtime, as required to offset the new touch of times.

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