Tips for Making Your Bed a "Bed-der" Place to Sleep

Lying on your bed should be a stimulus to falling asleep. Therefore, use your bed almost exclusively for sleep (sex is an exception). Too many people tend to read, balance their checkbooks, eat or watch TV in bed when it should be reserved for sleep.

Good sleep comes from establishing consistent sleeping patterns. Here are 6 very simple proven guidelines to "bed-der" sleep.

Tip 1. Lie down only when you're tired and want to go to sleep.

Tip 2. Do not use your bed for anything but sleep (and sex).

Tip 3. Don't stare at the clock. If you can't fall asleep, get up and go to another room. Go back to bed when you're sleepy.

Tip 4. If you still can't fall asleep, repeat step 3 as often as necessary.

Tip 5. Set your alarm and get up at the same time every morning, regardless of how much you slept the night before.

Tip 6. Try not to nap during the day. However, if you must, do it at the same time every day, and never more than an hour.

Now that you've read about our Tips for Making Your Bed a "Bed-der" Place to Sleep, be sure to read our Sleep Tips, Muscle Relaxation Techniques, and Mental Relaxation Techniques.

Also, you can use the sleep diary to track your sleep for 7 days, then discuss with your doctor and see if Ambien CR is right for you.

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Important Safety Information

AMBIEN CR is a treatment option you and your healthcare provider can consider along with lifestyle changes and can be taken for as long as your provider recommends. Until you know how AMBIEN CR will affect you, you shouldn't drive or operate machinery. Be sure you're able to devote 7 to 8 hours to sleep before being active again. Sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake, with amnesia for the event, have been reported. If you experience any of these behaviors contact your provider immediately. In rare cases, sleep medicines may cause allergic reactions such as swelling of your tongue or throat, shortness of breath or more severe results. If you have an allergic reaction while using AMBIEN CR, contact your doctor immediately. Side effects may include next-day drowsiness, dizziness and headache. It's non-narcotic; however, like most sleep medicines, it has some risk of dependency. Don't take it with alcohol.

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