Sleep
Sleep Matters!
Better sleep leads to more success in academics, more energy to do the things you
enjoy, and better dietary intake (less junk food and caffeine.) Sleep helps your body
heal and repair and decreases your risk of chronic disease.
Healthy Sleep Tips
- Stick to a sleep schedule. Have the same bedtime and wake up time, even on the weekends.
- Practice a relaxing bedtime ritual.
- If you have trouble sleeping, avoid naps, especially afternoon naps.
- Exercise DAILY.
- Evaluate your room - have a good sleep environment
- Sleep on a comfortable mattress and pillows.
- Use bright light to help manage your circadian rhythms - avoid bright light at night.
- Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine, and heavy meals
in the evening.
- Wind down.
- If you can't go to sleep, go into another room and do something relaxing until you
feel tired.
- See a doctor if sleeping trouble persists.
Adapted from Sleep Foundation: Healthy Sleep Tips.
Additional Resources:
Lack of Sleep - Effects on the Body
Transforming your Sleep Environment
Best Exercises for Sleep
Sleep Hygiene - What It Is and Why It Matters
All About Napping
All-nighters Can Be Harmful to Your Health
How Sleep Effects the Body - Infographic
How to Sleep Better - Infographic
Sleep Well - Infographic
Contact Us
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Phone Numbers
Clinic 601.266.5390
Pharmacy 601.266.4075
Patient Hours
Clinic:
Fall and Spring Semesters
Monday-Wednesday:
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Pharmacy:
Fall and Spring Semesters
Monday - Friday:
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Clinic & Pharmacy:
Semester Breaks & Summer
Monday - Friday:
8:30 a.m. - Noon,
1 p.m - 4:30 p.m.