{"id":663,"date":"2014-06-24T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T22:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2009\/03\/19\/if-it%e2%80%99s-10pm-i%e2%80%99m-in-my-room-getting-ready-to-go-to-bed%e2%80%a6\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:56","slug":"if-its-10pm-im-in-my-room-getting-ready-to-go-to-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/if-its-10pm-im-in-my-room-getting-ready-to-go-to-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"If It\u2019s 10PM, I\u2019m in my room getting ready to go to bed\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, the socialite has changed. That\u2019s me. I made two huge goals this year regarding health and wealth. They take a great deal of concentration, planning and wellness. To stay well enough to work the 20-25 hours a week I know I\u2019m capable of working, I had to make great changes- in many ways they require a lot of sacrifice. Here are a few&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I go home early instead of hanging out, talking and drinking with friends. I\u2019m\u00a0home by 10PM on most nights and try to have lights out by midnight.\u00a0 This is hard when I get slightly manic, but I still make myself get in bed. I always need sleep meds, but they work a LOT better if I take care of my &#8216;sleep hygiene&#8217; first!<\/li>\n<li>I can\u2019t listen to anything too stimulating before bed such as loud music, conversations, DVD\u2019s etc. I listen to calm sports radio shows or Wait Wait Don&#8217;t Tell Me from National Public Radio here in the States.\u00a0 I know that if I go to karaoke and stay past 11, I will have trouble getting to sleep. It&#8217;s fine to hit karaoke once or twice a week, but more than that messes up my schedule!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s not as boring as it may sound. I still go out at night- I just don&#8217;t stay out late and I&#8217;m always sure to hang out with people who make me feel GOOD about myself!<\/p>\n<p>How do you manage your sleep?<\/p>\n<p>julie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, the socialite has changed. That\u2019s me. I made two huge goals this year regarding health and wealth. They take a great deal of concentration, planning and wellness. To stay well enough to work the 20-25 hours a week I know I\u2019m capable of working, I had to make great changes- in many ways they require a lot of sacrifice. Here are a few&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> I go home early instead of hanging out, talking and drinking with friends. I\u2019m home by 10PM on most nights and try to have lights out by midnight. This is hard when I get slightly manic, but I still make myself get in bed. I always need sleep meds, but they work a LOT better if I take care of my &#8216;sleep hygiene&#8217; first! I can\u2019t listen to anything too stimulating before bed such as loud music, conversations, DVD\u2019s etc. I listen to calm sports radio shows or Wait Wait <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/if-its-10pm-im-in-my-room-getting-ready-to-go-to-bed\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11297,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/11297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}