Has anyone used any good phone apps that help with sleeplessness?

Rachel Ingersoll — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:37:17 -0400

Response by SPC Paul C. made Jul 20 at 2017 10:39 AM

SPC Paul C. — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:39:55 -0400

I just read a book and that puts me to sleep in 5 minutes. No app needed

Response by SPC Shawn Clarke made Jul 20 at 2017 10:50 AM

SPC Shawn Clarke — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:50:47 -0400

Sleep orbit and Atomesphere are both good apps, they both allow you to customize your sounds.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2017 10:52 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:52:04 -0400

Yea it is call turn the phone off and put it away.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2017 10:57 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:57:50 -0400

I use mine to occasionally play music to sleep to that I find on Youtube.

Response by SGT Brian Watkins made Jul 20 at 2017 11:03 AM

SGT Brian Watkins — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:03:16 -0400

I use spotify, one of the white noise play lists. I got so use to sleeping with some sort of noise down range I pass right out lol.

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Jul 20 at 2017 11:20 AM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:20:02 -0400

Kindle with a boring book does it for me every time.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2017 12:36 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:36:27 -0400

There are lots of white noise apps. However, I bought an actual white noise machine. They are small, cheap, and work great (especially when you have to work nights and sleep during the day).

Response by CPT Joseph K Murdock made Jul 20 at 2017 1:46 PM

CPT Joseph K Murdock — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:46:22 -0400

I take my sleep meds then talk on the phone for an hour until I am ready to sleep.

Response by CW4 NorthandMarianne Witcher made Jul 20 at 2017 2:00 PM

CW4 NorthandMarianne Witcher — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:00:29 -0400

Good, hard exercise, no booze (alcohol), and I read the Bible and pray. But I'm getting older, so playing strenuously with the grand-children is my 'hard exercise' and the most fun and influential fun. If PTSD, recommend a good military therapist -- you're NOT crazy, but none of us is designed for war -- and good, well-behaving (gotten through the worst of it) military/post-military friends can provide the venue for talking out so you can get some rest. My father was WWII Army Inf (Pacific) and roughly 30 yrs after the war had a wonderful sobbing episode followed by more than 24 hrs sleep - 'wonderful' because that episode helped him heal some more; several months before he died at 85 y/o he and I were chatting when he stopped, looked out the window at (later explained) 2 men and 1 woman in "business" attire who asked him if he had liked the feeling of killing a Japanese teen-aged soldier, eye-to-eye -- of course, he replied (I could hear his response), "No, of course not. [That soldier] was a human being." On and off since Vietnam I've had episodes, some sobbing, some wanted to hide, and violent dreams -- they've tapered off over the years, but I still adhere to the discipline in the first sentence. Via con Dios - Go with God.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2017 2:08 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:08:38 -0400

"Relax Melodies" from the Apple app store. Knocks me out every time.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2017 2:25 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:25:25 -0400

I downloaded a white noise app that I use when away from my real sound machine.