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Insomnia

You should reduce the mental stimulation that you engage in after you have put yourself to bed. This means discontinuing bedtime television, reading, and conversation.

If you are unable to sleep and you decide to read or to watch television, remove yourself from your bed and go to a different room. You need to condition your body to associate your bed with sleeping, not with other activities.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School
Date Last Reviewed: 8/18/2006
Date Last Modified: 8/7/2006

Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.
 
 
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