If you are anything like me, about a week, sometimes 2 weeks, before a Disney Vacation, you start having restless nights. Then, the night before your magical journey is about to begin, you are wide awake, tossing and turning, watching the clock.
I call this TETSS. Too Excited To Sleep Syndrome, and it's a serious problem.
Over the years, I've developed a routine to combat this problem, and it works, to lesser or greater degree, each trip I:
- Take 1 Tylenol PM (2 would make me too groggy the next morning)
- Drink 1 cup of Chamomile tea (don't drink too many fluids, or THAT can be an issue!)
- Have a light meal, trying to avoid anything too salty or heavy, or caffeinated
- Try not to go to bed until 8 hours before I intend to get up, knowing I'll likely only get 6, 7 if I'm lucky. I used to try to go to bed ridiculously early the night before, and would wind up waking up 4 hours later, unable to get back to sleep.
Portions of this article were originally posted on the Tips From the Disney Divas and Devos Blog, where Nick is a contributing writer.
Yes, I too have serious TETSS.
ReplyDeleteI fly to Orlando when I go to Disney World and my first flight out of Vancouver is usually at 6:30 a.m. This means getting up before 4 to get to the airport on time. When I go to bed, I worry that I won't hear the 2 alarms I set . . . A couple times now I have just stayed up all night reading.
I don't recommend this.
I have been known to take one benedryl about 9 at night in the hopes of getting some sleep before travelling.
Once I am there, it is all worth it, the excitement overcomes the lack of sleep quite quickly!
i wake up every hour..giggle and say i am going to disney! we usually take the 7 am flight.so we get up at 3 am!
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