What time to go to bed?

What time should we go to bed for the best sleep?

There is no best time as we all lead different lives which affect the time we can go to bed. We can all follow the same pattern though adapting to your lifestyle. As mentioned previously our internal body clock is regulated by the time of day, light and dark. The natural way is sleep in the dark and light tells our body it's time to wake up.

Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, this can help especially with falling asleep if you have difficulty with this. However tempting it is, try not to break this routine on the weekend, you may be tempted to stay up later or sleep in. If you have children you're probably screaming at me what's a lie in, I haven't had one of those for 10 years. Or if you are a party animal wondering why I am trying to ruin your fun. If you really must go out please do so, I can't be so mean as to say not too, lifes to short. Oh that is going against what I am saying, NO DON'T GO OUT. Is that better? What I am trying to say is you make the decision, if you have got sleep problems try to stick to it until a pattern is established. If you don't get your glad rags on and dance round your handbag, but try to stick to the routine as much as possible.

You decide what time you want to go to bed and wake up, as only you know what works best with work, children etc. Work out your routine for the week and decide a practical bedtime and rising time.