Getting Proper Sleep During The Trading Week?
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Quitting is not at all fun. If your body becomes acclimated to them (which mine was) it can be unimaginably hard.
I used to have migraine headaches so I had taken fiorinol w/ codeine (do not take this medication if you have headaches because my doctor said stopping can cause seizures, which is a combo of a barbiturate and codeine. I did originally take them during trading hours because it helped me relax when I was in a high risk trade or when a trade I was in had a retracement. As I became a better trader and stopped taking the meds I became more patient and these situations no longer bothered me.
That's hard core man.
I bet juicing would be good for trading too. Seriously.
*ahem*
Stick with test or something of that nature. No Deca, and stay they hell away from Tren. You DO NOT want added stress when you're on that shit. Anyone who knows about it will agree. lol
Hard enough to sleep with that shiz as it is. No added stress needed.
I bet juicing would be good for trading too. Seriously.
*ahem*
Stick with test or something of that nature. No Deca, and stay they hell away from Tren. You DO NOT want added stress when you're on that shit. Anyone who knows about it will agree. lol
Hard enough to sleep with that shiz as it is. No added stress needed.
Seriously stop the sleeping pills. I have had insomnia since began day trading. I am stressed about making money and I am very passionate about trading, I really love it. I had been taking sleeping pills for 2 1/2 years since beginning trading. 10 days ago I said enough. The are addictive, all of them, and you will build up tolerance. I had to keep taking more and more. I have tried everyone.
The first couple of nights w/o them were rough. After that I have been able to sleep 6 hours on avg and I feel much sharper when I trade.
Do you feel hazy when you wake up? I sure did. It messes with your ability to trade.
You sound like me so let me give you some advice. Work out in the morning, before trading ( hard on West Coast ) or schedule time say during the NY or Chi lunch hour when trading gets slow. If you are feeling hungry and can't sleep eat a fruit or vegetable that is high in fiber.
Consider taking up meditation or hypnosis you will feel much less stressed and relaxed.
One other suggestion. Get off the computer 3 hours before you want to sleep. Watch some boring tv with the lights off in your living room, you should not have a tv in your bedroom. Bright lights shut down your brain's production of Melatonin the natural sleep hormone.
It's funny but when I visit my wife's family in Europe I always sleep great. Maybe no stress on vacation, but I walk so much more than sitting at a desk, probably 3 miles a day on avg.
Lastly if you need a caffeine boost drink green tea. For some reason it easier to stop green tea without the headaches.
Good luck
I'm not laughing man. I'm dead serious. I didn't mean any disrespect to you. I know that shit's a bitch to kick.
When Valium first came out, the doc prescribed it to my grandmother, because my granddad was in Vietnam for the third tour, they made it out to be like candy back then, and they had no idea how harsh kicking it would be.
One day after a year or so of taking it my grandmother ran out of it and didn't want a refill, and a day or so later she started geting extremely sick and blacking out and stuff.....
Scariest thing was she had no idea what in the world it was from, because back then they didn't know how careful yyou had to be coming off stuff like that.
Definitely not laughing at you man. But I am dead serious about the juice thing.
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One other suggestion. Get off the computer 3 hours before you want to sleep. Watch some boring tv with the lights off in your living room, you should not have a tv in your bedroom. Bright lights shut down your brain's production of Melatonin the natural sleep hormone.
Good luck
Yep I agree. Check out the book "Lights Out" for some science behind the lights in the bedroom thing.
i am not addicted to them...nor do i have any withdrawal symptoms when i stop taking them....FRom 2002-2006 i never took them...I only started up again when i started daytrading 8 months ago and couldnt fall asllep til 3 am and then have to wake up at 6 30...When i leave town for vacation i sleep like a baby without them...however when i go camping or backpacking i take them because i get anxious about being woken up by bears and other animals and the moonlight so i have to take pill to ensure a smooth deep sleep.
The tv advice is good.Yes i have 1 in my bedroom as well as my computer....I am addicted to watching cnbc after the market(not cramer tho).And i know i have to stop and have tried....
Earplugs is very good advice also.I recently started using them as i live about 300 ft from one of the busiest freeways in the world!I had recently started focusing on the freeway noise and i think they cut down some trees near the freeway that previously did a great job at reducing the noise.
Also i have the bedroom windows covered with a plastic/rubber type of window covering.I now sleep on the bed with my feet at the window not my head.
The tv advice is good.Yes i have 1 in my bedroom as well as my computer....I am addicted to watching cnbc after the market(not cramer tho).And i know i have to stop and have tried....
Earplugs is very good advice also.I recently started using them as i live about 300 ft from one of the busiest freeways in the world!I had recently started focusing on the freeway noise and i think they cut down some trees near the freeway that previously did a great job at reducing the noise.
Also i have the bedroom windows covered with a plastic/rubber type of window covering.I now sleep on the bed with my feet at the window not my head.
Maybe you need to reset your body clock. Take a week off trading or whatever activities are preventing or distracting you from having a regular sleeping cycle. Your body may have gotten too used to the current routine. You can allow yourself to sleep in on a weekend for 12 hours and see if that helps. I find that when I lack sleep and my mind KNOWS that there are no consequences at all to waking up late there is more likelihood I won't wake up prematurely and that I'll get a good night's rest.
Your ability to sleep better on weekends suggests to me your sleep problems may be linked to anticipation expectation or excitement associated with what you are doing on weekdays. Do you enjoy trading? Do you find it exciting or do you find it boring? Stressful?
Your ability to sleep better on weekends suggests to me your sleep problems may be linked to anticipation expectation or excitement associated with what you are doing on weekdays. Do you enjoy trading? Do you find it exciting or do you find it boring? Stressful?