by Caryl Ayearst | Apr 20, 2021 | Sleep
What do you do when you wake up in the morning?Linger in bed? Think about how awful your sleep was?Throw the sheets or pillow over your head hoping to sleep a bit more? Then you get up. What happens next?Head for the washroom?Have a shower? Wash your...
by Caryl Ayearst | Mar 16, 2021 | Sleep
I used to get frequent headaches, in fact, most of them were migraines. Frequently I would reach out for aspirins with codeine – the only thing that worked to get rid of my headaches. The aspirin never stopped the migraines from happening, they just...
by Caryl Ayearst | Jan 21, 2021 | Sleep
The day is ending and heading into evening. You start to worry, maybe even a bit fearful, about going to bed.You start associating your bed or even your bedroom as an unpleasant place.Afterall it is a source of your pain.And not being able to sleep is...
by Caryl Ayearst | Dec 22, 2020 | Sleep
I think it goes without saying that we will be so thankful to see the last of 2020.It really has rocked most of us like nothing we have ever experienced.Oh the stories we will tell the next generation in 20 years from now on how we lived through a pandemic.And that is...
by Caryl Ayearst | Nov 17, 2020 | Sleep
Now what? You get into bed and before you know it, you fall sound asleep. And then 3 hours later you are wide awake. Perhaps you find yourself muttering why? Or saying to yourself…..NO don’t wake up!But then you do. There you are wide awake and...
by Caryl Ayearst | Oct 20, 2020 | Sleep
It is common to read that the expert recommendation for the amount of sleep we need is anywhere from 6 to 8 hours or maybe even 9 hours a night.I find this interesting because of the way sleep is actually calculated. For example, you go to bed at 11 and wake up...
