The Importance of Sleep Hygiene

Habits are so important, aren't they? Yes, absolutely. What do you do for the hour or so prior to going to bed? Some people have this exposure to light-limiting devices that are telephones and various light phones and so on which may help them get their minds off of sleeplessness but can shift sleep rhythms in the wrong direction. How much mapping do you do during the day? Are you active and when do you exercise? Is it too close to bedtime which may be problematic for sleep or is it well prior to bedtime? Yeah, those sorts of questions may be very relevant. I guess you would also want to assess caffeine use, some nicotine