waking up in the middle of the night

toffuna101

how do i prevent myself from waking up in the middle of the night? for context i take aripiprazole.

independent_

No meds here so I can’t speak from that perspective, but I too wake up in the night a fair bit.

Routine helps me, and not staying up super late. Especially in the summer when the light comes in at 5 in the morning. Blackout blinds also help if you don’t have those already.

toffuna101

i already have a routine and i dont stay up too late. i wonder what im doing wrong.

IsThisJustFantasy

Relaxing activities before bed might help. There's sleep noise apps that have a range of tunes to listen to for sleep. What about listening to relaxing songs to end your day? Particularly your favourite relaxing songs @toffuna101

toffuna101

i do that sometimes too and it still doesnt help.

eylah

i wear headphones with rain sounds bc i cant fall asleep without it 😅 but it can help relax.

toffuna101

rain sounds are nice. ive taken naps with it before and it helped.

eylah

its so relaxing

toffuna101

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