Preferably not sleeping pills or supplements. I’m asking more along the lines of specific mattress or pillows or using a humidifier or things like that.
Hey men, what are your best products for good sleep?
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Preferably not sleeping pills or supplements. I’m asking more along the lines of specific mattress or pillows or using a humidifier or things like that.
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Resmed CPAP. The shit I could have accomplished if I woke up from age 12-38 the way I have for the past 4.
A fan.
AirPods
Blackout curtains, but the best thing for a good sleep isn’t a product. It’s not staying up past your bedtime and screwing up your sleep cycle.
As a heavy ass dude, purple mattress and the pillow it came with dude me right, other things just fold to me and I wake up in a crater
Got a Saatva luxury firm mattress about 10 years ago, replaced it at about 8 years with another Saatva. I look forward to getting into that bed every night. Pricey but worth it in my opinion.
Edit: as another commenter mentioned, I have blackout curtains too. No TV in the bedroom. No music, no noise to whatever extent possible.
I completely agree that basic sleep hygiene is first and foremost- off electronics an hour before bedtime, regular sleep cycle, etc.
From a product perspective I loved the pillow I got from Pillowise – they actually measure you and size the pillow appropriately. Disclaimer- not involved with the company in any way except as a customer.
Magnesium daily and melatonin as needed. I didn’t read your text until after I responded. But I still stand by my answer lol
A lot of people don’t sleep well because they get mentally tired but not physically. They’re not active enough.
Optimum Nutrition Casein protein or ZMA supplements, but you have to buy the right ZMA supplements. Cellocor used to make some great stuff, but stopped (The ZMA is great even though you said no supplements, it really helps).
Nyquil
Gym (I know this is not what you are asking for but I just wanted to say that it helped me a lot to sleep better the more tired I get = easier for me to sleep)
I have a white noise machine I have used. That’s alright. Lately I’ve been leaving a radio on.
I’ve tried a bunch of pillows and honestly none are perfect but too thin or too soft are issues for me.
I have a bunch of back/neck massage/alignment things I have used over the years and some of those are real gems and I think contribute to better sleep when I use them regularly.
Aireloom mattress at my primary residence. Purple mattress at my lake house.
Magnesium L-threonate (Neuro-Mag) will knock me out and give me wild dreams, but that stuff will make me sleep through an artillery barrage.
Some OG Indica vape or flower and some ocean waves sounds through the night off youtube !!!! 💤 💨 💨
weed and gabepentin.
Tempurpedic mattress, and, felt old doing it, but got the adjustable base. Love it.
Scotch
Honestly a good workout during the day
Play science or history YouTube videos at 0.75 playback speed. History Of The Universe is a good one.
Good headphones, ear plugs, or IEMs.
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Intake breathing strips
Exercise.
Running a few miles, dinner, Gelato 45😤 and I sleep like the rock.
CPAP lol
Unfortunately melatonin to wind down and coffee to rev up and sometimes neither work so you sorta just suffer forever
Earplugs and an eyemask. My wife got me a silk eyemask for Christmas one year and now my weakness is I can’t sleep without it.
Also the regular workouts others have mentioned.
Edibles and a CPAP
A sleep mask helps if you’re waking up with the sun and want to sleep longer.
Gym for an hour and a half during the day and you’ll sleep like a 2 year old!
CPAP and a Chilipad to cool the mattress.
Ambien and CPAP.
A fan pointed at your bonce at full tilt.. regardless of whether its -10C or +30c.
I think it’s more the white noise than the cooling effect.
Anything with various sleep sounds. Personally I like pink noise best.
I find eye mask and ear plugs to be most effective.
Also try this method, works for me every time:
Strap in.
Fill your lungs and hold your breath for as long as you comfortably can.
SLOWLY breathe out, actively trying to empty your lungs.
Repeat a couple time until you feel relaxed.
Then just breathe slowly but normally, while counting your breaths,
(In) One
(Out) Two
(In) Three
(Out) Four
Etc.
I’m usually completely out by count 10.
Give it a try, let me know.
5-10 mg of melatonin and 25-50 mg Benadryl. Also listen to a relaxing podcast when going to sleep, like nothing political or that can upset you
Sleep mask used to think it was girly then got a purple one with lavender been sleeping like a baby ever since and if you have long hair keeps the hair out of your eyes. Truly amazing
High quality matress, like 5-6k $ matress. Totally worth it imo. We spend 8 hours a day in bed, its a worthwhile investment.
Air conditioner
I’m a side sleeper and would get horrible neck pain if I didn’t fall asleep and stay exactly right all night. I got myself one of those expensive tempur-pedic side sleeper pillows and after learning how to use it, it has helped a lot.
Edit: This is the pillow. https://www.tempurpedic.com/shop-pillows/tempur-neck-pillow/v/572/ I tried a couple others but none really worked for me.
Sweat is out every day. Sleep in dark, cold, quiet room, on Stearn & Fosters’ ultra firm mattress.
I got one of those adjustable beds so I raise my head up slightly, turn on the white noise machine (I usually use the brown noise setting or sometimes ocean waves), I set the bed to rumble and then put on my CPAP. Usually fall asleep within 5-10 mins.
Are you having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Because what prompted me to get checked for sleep apnea was the fact that I was basically snoring myself awake while trying to fall asleep. Made going to bed an absolute nightmare. No joke I was having trauma responses whenever I looked at my bed, that’s how bad my sleep was right before I got CPAP. Not saying sleep apnea is what is causing your sleep problems but I know I never bothered to get checked for a long time because I didn’t know what it was until my doctor told me to get checked.
I like it cold when I sleep. I have the air conditioning on even in the winter and usually a fan pointed right at my face. If I get home before sun set I’ll typically also put a beanie on as a way to block the sun from my eyes. TVs usually on also but, that depends. Sometimes I don’t bother it’s not a necessity nor do I care what’s on. I woke up one night and hellraiser was playing as the terrible blood curdling screams of whatever was going on tv accompanied me I stumbled into the bathroom to pee and then went back to bed.
Heavy lifts/sprints, sunshine, eye mask, ear plugs, cold bedroom, prayer/meditation, magnesium glycinate…
Keeping busy until you’re tired
Hard days work I’m a diesel mechanic I sleep well. I’d recommend a morning and evening walk at the very least.. when I take off or spend a weekend lounging I have the hardest time sleeping
Reading a good book right before bed.
My cpap machine
exercise
Get up early, exercise and go to bed at the same time daily. At least 30mins before bed, put phone away. Read a book, journal, think about your day today and tomorrow – whatever just no phone or electronics.
No alcohol
Gabapentin
I’ve got things that help be sleep a little bit better-cool, neck pillow, specific blanket, etc-but I think I’ve had actual good sleep maybe 5 times in 30 years so I’m not sure I should be going into great detail lol
Melatonin knocks me out and CBN CBD products
Start turning most lights off or down an hour or two before bed
Cold dark room clean heavy sheets
Cool gel pillow
Occasionally a magnesium glycinate capsule but not regularly, I don’t want it to be a habit.
Been struggling for years with sleep until I got chewable L-theanine tablets. 2 before bed and if I wake up in the middle of the night I have another 1/2.
Magnesium and exercise
Exercise, a wife who’s DTF, and good weed.
A shovel or axe. Tire yourself out and sleep is easier
Get exercise and eat a bit better.
Some p and a doobie baby yeah I said I want some p and a doobie baby
Not Caffeine would be the best product. It’s in a majority of soft drinks, so it can be hard to miss.
I stopped with a diet and I’m fighting with my eyelids now. A good thing in that it hasn’t happened to me before, so it was welcome. Made me realize just how much caffeine I was taking in.
Eating and drinking healthy, regular exercise, consistency on bedtimes, and finding a mattress and especially a pillow that works for you.
Audible sleep timer
I use cushion lab cooling gel pillows, they have one for side sleepers that I like. I also use the sleep pod occasionally from Hug Sleep, but you need the right room for it. Like I can’t use it in a cold room because I’ll need a blanket and my body has no happy medium with it, temperature wise. But in the hot summer days it was perfect. Wouldn’t be hot but would still have the pressure I need for sleep. Plus there’s a pod for letting your feet out and one that comes with a hood if you like something over your head or sleep during the day, and one with both!
edibles.
Alternatively, working out helps. If you have body pain, acupuncture also works well.
Got a nova form mattress from Costco, been running 2 miles a day, haven’t been drinking and been sleeping like a dead whore
Not late night snacking, especially of heavier food. I no longer drink coffee in the evening.
Have a fan close by the head of the bed for both air circulations and white noise.
Have a Liv Heart large size Shiba Inu body pillow.
Weeeeeeeedddd Mannnnnmm
Consistent schedule
Soft bed, warm dog, and an ice-cold room.
I quite like the weighted blanket I picked up years ago. When I first got it I was like yuck what’s this shit? Get it off me! But as I grew used to it, it really helps me sleep through the night.
Gel migraine mask that you put in the fridge. Use it as a sleep mask and it’s rocks my world
You jack it before bed? Really surprised I haven’t seen this yet.
Magnesium pills… good sleep at night, great poop in the morning!
Sleep mask and an ergonomic pillow. I use one that looks like this: https://www.tempurpedic.com/shop-pillows/tempur-neck-pillow/v/573/
Nothing beats beating the meat👍
Nyquil makes some stuff called ZZZquil. It will put you on your azz. You need to be ready for bed before you take it. Because it works fast. It’s supposed to be non habit forming. But I only take it when I’m changing the shift I’m working. So I don’t know about the safety of daily use. I take about half the recommended amount and get a solid 8 hours of deep sleep.
A good lecture or a podcast helps. Usually I’ll listen to warhammer 40k content until I fall asleep.
A quick wank
Less or no alcohol
Weighted blanket
Earplugs imo but I’m a very very light sleeper
Edit: also yoga.
Breathe right strip’s have helped me. I would like to try those magnetic ones, they look nice.
Cooler bodies (core) sleep better. Breathable sheets. Get yourself some good bamboo/eucalyptus/silk sheets.
Warm extremities also helps. Maybe consider wearing socks to bed. Or at least a warm foot bath or something if you’re having trouble falling asleep.
Regular exercise definitely makes it easier to shut down at the end of the day. And if you really push yourself in your workouts that sleep is DEEEEEP.
Blackout curtains
Sport and Weed
Eye mask.
Foam earplugs and an eye mask
White noise,
Sleep mask. I up voted and said it again for extra emphasis.
They make a difference.
Before looking at any products – don’t eat during the last 3 hours before you go to bed, don’t gurgle down a gallon of water before sleep so that you can sleep through the night undisturbed, have a regular sleeping pattern so your body can wind down based on the habit of for example hitting the hay by 10pm or so, actually sleep AT NIGHT, have a well ventilated bedroom, have it dark and not too hot.
Personally I have found all I needed were some better blankets – especially a thinner one during summer – and a pillow to put between my knees.
general rules i follow is to not have more than 1 cup of coffee and never after 11 am.
if i know I’m not feeling tired Ill take melatonin before bed. they relax you so you can sleep… its not a sleep inducer. but there’s no data one way or another as to efficacy. im fine with the placebo effect of relaxation.
all else fails, a late shower helps.
Look up sleep hygiene
Eye mask because I can’t sleep without it.
A hard day’s work
Linen. And weighted blanket. It helped improve my sleep a ton, and when I got a partner 2 years ago she also prefers to nap in my bed.
Magnesium glycinate!
Sobriety.
Having kids.
I’m always so tired from work, kids, and house jobs that by the time I goto bed I’m asleep in minutes with no effort.
Two things works perfectly for me. Not “product” but..
– To sleep fast : I have a mp3 player, an audio that gives numbers and I have to make mental calculation…Like 57850 (10s pause) + 98203 (30 s pause) – solution.
I made the audio myself with excel random number and speech to text.
It works perfectly. Usually I lose track and sleep in less than 5 minutes.
– To have a really good sleep…I noticed that if I read like only 5-15 minutes before sleeping…My sleep seems more profound, soothing. I recall my dream. Maybe it has to do with low light…I don’t know. But it works perfectly for me.
Magnesium.
The gym.
Measuring across Reddit, I think the answers should be weed and Pornhub.
Don’t drink alcohol make sure you exercise and if I need more help I use doxylamine and if I’m really struggling I’ll add a melatonin.
Magnesium, cold room, good workout before, sex before.
Reading in bed for 20 mins. I never make it to the end. Was a game changer for me.
I’ve always slept with a fan blowing on my face. Provides white noise and keeps me cool.
Also being active during the day. Lots of physical activity translates to being very tired at night and go right to sleep
Exercise, eat right, work hard. Done.
Expensive mattress. Memory foam pillow. My wife sleeping on her own bed. Air conditioner on max. Fan pointing at me. Sleep mask. Humidifier on max. Noise machine. No screens 1.5 hours before bed. In bed at the same time 7 nights per week. Regular exercise. No coffee after 10am. Melatonin.
Yes, I have serious issues with sleep.
Sex with a beautiful woman, specially if she stays the night and prepares breakfast in the morning.
I Keep a fan on low blowing away from me to drown out random noises that might wake me up. Keep the mattress fresh…they say they last 7yrs but if it feels worse than it did, it’s time for a new one.