# Thoughts on chronic insomnia?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187 "2025-03-27T12:43:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187/21 "2025-03-27T19:35:18Z")

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Many smartwatches and fitness trackers have the ability to track sleep cycles. They aren’t going to be super accurate since they aren’t tracking brain waves, but they can give an indication of how well you slept based on the things it can track.

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**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187/22 "2025-03-27T21:31:18Z")

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The best thing I ever did was to start keeping a small memo pad and pen on the table by my bed.

Whatever is going through my mind and keeping me awake, I write it down.

That seems to take those thoughts out of my head and help me fall asleep.

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**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187/23 "2025-03-28T01:02:31Z")

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I have learned to take it, then go directly to bed.  
Few issues that way.  
Before that … I was told I did some some similar things  
But the legal dosage is half what it used to be, think that has eliminated most of the issues

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**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187/24 "2025-03-28T01:06:09Z")

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Doctors wanted me to try alternatives the first few years; and I always did.  
Now he is fairly on board that it is what works

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