{"id":52,"date":"2024-01-26T15:41:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/adhd-oxon\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-06-09T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:30:16","slug":"sleep-difficulties-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/resources\/sleep-difficulties-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep difficulties\/insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sleep difficulties\/insomnia <\/strong>can be found under<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep\/\">https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep\/\">\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepstation.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.sleepstation.org.uk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepstation.org.uk\/\">\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepfoundation.org\/articles\/healthy-sleep-tips\">https:\/\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepfoundation.org\/articles\/healthy-sleep-tips\">www.sleepfoundation.org\/articles\/healthy-sleep-tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sleepcouncil.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/sleepcouncil.org.uk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sleepcouncil.org.uk\/\">\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/publications\/how-sleep-better\">https:\/\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/publications\/how-sleep-better\">www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/publications\/how-sleep-better<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice for the treatment of delayed sleep phase<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exposure to bright light, shortly after awakening, may help to reset the body clock<\/li>\n<li>Reduce exposure to light in the evening and in particular avoid screen time an hour or longer before bed<\/li>\n<li>Shifting the bedtime schedule: move bedtime gradually forward, by 15-30 minutes each night, until you get to the desired bedtime.<\/li>\n<li>Improving sleep hygiene, keeping regular hours and only using the bedroom for sleeping can help to strengthen the body clock\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep\/\">https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep difficulties\/insomnia can be found under https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/sleep-and-tiredness\/how-to-get-to-sleep\/ https:\/\/www.sleepstation.org.uk\/ https:\/\/www.sleepfoundation.org\/articles\/healthy-sleep-tips https:\/\/sleepcouncil.org.uk\/ https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/publications\/how-sleep-better &nbsp; Advice for the treatment of delayed sleep phase&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/305"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-adult-adhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}