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THE TWENTY MINUTE NAP. (Sorry for those who do this already, don't mean to bore u but I've just read about someone else who get's fatigue)

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Set your alarm for 20 minutes, drink a glass of water ( I'll tell U why shortly ;o).

Close your eyes & block out everything around U, ideally in a quiet room. You can even go t bed & shut the door (I prefer have a radio or the Tv on in the background, defer from outside distractions.

Sleeping is not essential, although I do fall asleep pretty much every time now.

The reason U drink the glass of water is because when the alarm goes off you will inevitably have to get up t go to toilet, cos the chances are you'd rather go back to sleep.

If U do however make sure U set your alarm for 20 minutes before U do.

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The reason why 20 minutes is because they say after approximately 26 minutes U go into the second, deeper stage of sleep & the chances are U will feel more groggy than u did before the rest. By getting up to goto toilet, this will wake u up & by the time U have finished U should feel refreshed.

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Please give this a try. Don't say it won't work & dismiss it altogether, like a lot of people do. Do as I say, drink a glass of water, go into a quiet room, set your alarm for 20 minutes, close your eyes & relax completely.

When the alarm goes off, goto the toilet (if U didn't need to, try it again but drink more water ,o) You should feel far more refreshed & ready t face the rest of the day.

If I hadn't found this I would have been walking around like a zombie for the last 25 years.

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Oh & another thing I will say, I notice your profile is pretty short & it would be good if U could add to it, your name would be good & what happened to you, so as to let others know why U had your brain injury, cos in time you will remember details about others & your memory will start to improve.

Mine is still shocking but all these little techniques have helped me 10 fold.

Also, I just noticed someone else who posted how it would be good if people would include where in the country they are from.

I'll try n remember after writing this, hoping I don't get distracted ;o), to include this in mine, if I haven't already - my profile just keeps getting longer & longer & it was a long enough read t start off with ;o)

Also by looking at my profile, I have given little tips that I have encountered over the last 25 years too and hopefully you will do likewise ;o)

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Take care & wish you all the best

Stace Xxx

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Ah, i DID read it Stace. But forgot to 'Like' it. I have tried to nap for just 20 mins but it seems my brain needs more. It's a fine balance - too short and I still feel fatigued and crappy, too long and I feel fine BUT I resent the fact that I've slept for so long. Can't win :-). I shall try again. For some reason I keep 'meeting' fellow 20+ year Survivors recently :-).

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As I think I mention, if U drink a glass of water before u have your nap, it makes u get up & hopefully by the time you have been, u should feel refreshed & if U really can't be bothered t get out of bed after 20 mins, have 20 more but it is said after 26 mins u go into a second deeper stage of sleep as I explained.

I really think U ought to try again, but follow my instructions to a T - if I hadnt' discovered this, my life would have been as good as over & now I have a reasonable quality of life ;o)

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Oh & why would U ' like ' something if U had tried it & it didn't work for you. Surely U only ' like' it if U genuinely find it worthwhile ;o)

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SillyPhil in reply toStaceM8

Stace, I liked it because I'm pleased that you found something that worked for you AND you shared it with the rest of us. I hope that is OK with you? I will try it again because I resent having to spend 2 hours of my day asleep. I have tried various times to reduce the amount of time sleeping but my brain doesn't handle it very well. But it's worth another go... :-)

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StaceM8 in reply toSillyPhil

& course it's Ok, & then when U give it a go share the knowledge, cos I like U resented spending 2 hours asleep during the day, especially during the summer ;o)

But make sure U have a glass of water before u nap ;o)

And as I mentioned previously after 26 minutes your brain goes into a different stage of sleep so if an alarm goes off t wake u up, it's not as effective. but I find 20 minutes ideal for me. Sometimes I even close my eyes & count to 100 which has does have a limited effect & if U do that regularly.............

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StaceM8 in reply toSillyPhil

There ya go Phil. exactly what I did tday, woke up after 20 minutes, I'd forgotten t drink my water & really didn't want t get up. Set my alarm for 20 minutes and had another nap, 20 minutes later I was gonna have another 20 minutes but needed th toilet.

By which time I felt fine again & got up ;o)

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