What is a Sleep Diary?
Your
Sleep Diary records how much Sleep you have gotten, when you went to Sleep and
when you got up and some other facts about your Sleeping routines. The Sleep Diary
is very simple. You will print out a blank form and you will fill it in. You do
not need to be exact with times. Estimates are good enough. Always track other
factors in your Sleep Diary, such as getting up in the middle and why.
Here
are some of the things that should be entered in your Sleep Diary every day:
-
Medicines
and doses taken; Times medicines were taken in relation to eating
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The time
you go bed .
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Approximately
when you FallaSleep
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Note
each time that you wake up during the night ,and for how long
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Note the
time that you wake up in the morning
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Note
whether or not you needed an alarm clock to awaken you
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Note every
nap that taken during the day, when you went to Sleep, and when you awakened
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Make
a note of how you felt during times of the day. Note if you felt groggy, drowsy,
or tired and what time
Download
Sleep Diary Form (Pdf)
