Glasgow Sleep Clinic

18/08/2025

Struggling to sleep on these hot summer nights?

Spending time outside will improve your sleep quality overnight.
The more time outside, and the earlier in the day- the bigger impact.

Keep your bedroom cool by keeping curtains and blinds closed, but windows open during the day.

Avoid alcohol- as the body breaks down alcohol it increased body temperature making it you even hotter!

13/12/2024

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering face-to-face appointments at Hyndland Physio, 170 Hyndland Road, from January.

30/11/2024

Is your smartwatch really helping you sleep?

Sleep Action

24/11/2024

Hello Morning Coffee! Take back your morning coffee at glasgowsleepclinic.com

24/11/2024

Struggling with insomnia? Glasgow Sleep Clinic are now offering evening appointments on a Tuesday and Thursday.

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11/11/2024

08/11/2024

Bright light, movement & stress block melatonin release.
That's why doing something relaxing & avoiding exercise for around 2 hours before bed, and having a dark bedroom helps you fall and stay asleep

08/11/2024

What is melatonin?
A hormone to helps us fall/stay asleep. Production starts about 2 hours before bed and peaks in the early hours

28/10/2024

Why can I make myself stay up an hour late, but not fall asleep an hour early?

The processes that happen in our body: when feel hungry, when we feel alert, when we feel tired… are all controlled by a central clock part of our brain called the hypothalamus.
Although we experience a 24-hour day, if left without access to triggers such as clocks or daylight, we would experience a longer than 24-hour day. It is thought that the average human ‘circadian rhythm’ is actually 24 hours and 11 minutes.
Each day external triggers such as light, temperature and meal times synchronise us back to a 24-hour day. This stops us from drifting an hour later every week. Light is the most powerful of these triggers, so…
If you’re struggling to sleep aim to get up and out of bed at the same time every day, and get day light into your as close to getting out of bed as possible

21/10/2024

How does caffeine have its effect?

From the moment we wake-up we start to accumulate a substance called adenosine in all of the cells of our body. As the day goes on we collect more and more adenosine, which binds receptors to make us feel more and more tired.

Caffeine has it’s effect on wakefulness by binding to the same receptors as adenosine. So if we drink tea or coffee our body is unaware of all the adenosine we are accumulating. Caffeine has what a “half life” of 5-6 hours, which means 50% of caffeine’s active component remains bound to adenosine receptors 5-6 hours after consuming caffeine... so having a cup of coffee at 3pm is equivalent to having half a cup of coffee at 8:30pm.

If you struggle to sleep, it might be worth keeping caffeine more than 8-10 hours before bed.

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