SLEEEP DOES NOT COME

Few people over fifty sleep through-out the night. It may be due to the need for bladder relief, worry, lack of financial security, a sick family member in need of care, personal discomfort, unresolved emotional issues and many other possibilities.

Remedies include going to sleep at the same time nightly, regular exercise, eating well including eliminating caffeine, alcohol and sugar late at night. However, if your eyes won’t stay shut: get quietly out of bed, read, write in a journal, and even use a computer for awhile Lying tossing and turning is not useful and obsessing while you are doing it is an even less productive activity. Then try to return to sleep.

Whatever you reasons, know that you are not alone and that that you will have many bleary eyed buddies the next day. Just ask them. It has become the American norm, especially for those FiftyandFuthermores.