"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> Julia Altshuler > wrote in
> :
>
>> Goomba wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not convinced a half cup of tea did all that. Perhaps she just
>>> wasn't tired, or was stimulated by the night out or having had a
>>> piece of chocolate cake, or hitting that age where women often have
>>> difficulty sleeping.... who the hell knows?
>>> It almost sounds a tad neurotic to take one isolated minor event and
>>> tag it with such import, IMO. If you want to prove it, do some more
>>> controlled tests.
>>
>>
>> You're mixing up 2 case studies.
>>
>>
>> In my case, it was half a cup of tea and a single sleepless night. No
>> other symptoms.
>>
>>
>> In the other poster's case, it was 3 quarts of ice tea and enough
>> symptoms to land her in the emergency room.
>>
>>
>> --Lia
>>
>>
>
> So I work evenings and get home after midnight. I drink coffee at work
> maybe 1-1.5 pots in my 8 hr shift (I've cut back) and I drink coffee
> while I relax at home prior to bed maybe 2-3 cups before I go to bed
> around 2 am. I Sleep like a baby. Well I snore enough so the cat leaves
> the room but I have no trouble getting to sleep. Worry or guilt is a big
> cause of not sleeping. If fact those 2 make up the majority of the self
> imposed mental health issues today. So like the song says Don't
> worry...be happy (BTW the composer killed himself). A fixed bedtime
> routine works wonders, works kinda like self hypnosis.

What's a "self imposed mental health issue?"