However, it is still important to get up at one's regular rising time. Watching the clock may increase anxiety of sleeplessness and further disturb sleep. Strenuous exercise just before bed will disturb sleep. The chronic use of tobacco disturbs sleep due to nicotine and coughing. A poor bed results in discomfort, tossing, and turning.
Many medications disturb sleep.
One's physician can check medications taken regularly for possible sleep side effects. A 30-minute period before bedtime to relax helps sleep onset. Writing down things that need to be done the next day before bed clears one's mind. Disturbed sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness often indicate a serious problem, particularly if accompanied by high blood pressure and snoring. Whenever sleep is chronically disturbed, the cause needs to be discovered.