Are you always tired? You may sleep eight hours every night, but your sleep may not be efficient. Here's how to get better sleep, every night.
Like most people, you will likely spend a third of your life in bed, and if all goes well, you'll sleep through most of it. But unless you participate in a sleep study, you'll have no clue what goes on while you're checked out, and you might not know how to gauge the quality of your slumber. You may not even have an accurate idea of how long you actually sleep, especially if you don't sleep well.
Robert Roy BrittRobert Roy Britt, author of"Make Sleep Your Superpower: A Guide to Greater Health, Happiness & Productivity ," is a former editor at Live Science. He writes weekly about health and wellness on Medium.But if you are often or always tired during the day, it may signify deficits in your sleep duration or efficiency. The signs will be familiar: You might struggle to get out of bed in the morning, or feel sluggish, unfocused or irritable in the afternoon.
The length of time spent in each stage can be accurately measured only in a sleep lab, with devices that monitor brain waves, body temperature and other indicators of deep and REM sleep, said Dr. John Saito , a clinical doctor in sleep medicine, pulmonology and pediatrics at Children's Health of Orange County in California.
Assuming you get sufficient hours of sleep, you still can't know how efficient it is. A sleep tracker could help. Well, sort of. "Unfortunately excessive self-monitoring and self-checking of your sleep with a sleep-tracking device can make matters worse, just as excessive self-monitoring of weight can be seen in persons with eating disorders," McCall said."It is important to have a general idea about your sleep, but no need for daily checking over long periods of time."
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