- We have issues with sleeping.
I feel like me more than him.
- What is keeping you up at night?
- Pretty good question. (chuckling)
- His schedule is "Bar Rescue" five episodes,
five bowls of weed. (chuckling).
- Okay.
- And then he passes out.
(Rocco and Giancarlo chuckling)
- Sleeping as a couple is hard.
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This is really an experiment
that we're doing over the next 10 days.
So why don't we start,
just tell me a little bit
about what made you wanna do this?
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- I mean, I think for me
is finding more quality in my sleep.
I'm up out of the bed at 4:15 AM.
- And that means what time you go to bed?
- If it's a late night, maybe 11:30, 12:00.
- All right, so you're kind of running
on the low end of sleep, always.
- Yeah.
Periodically I'll sometimes sweat.
I don't really know why
- When I go to sleep,
I just think about everything.
But now I watch the same movie every single night
and it just puts me to sleep.
He snores a lot,
so it disrupts my sleep.
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- We have different temperatures, it seems like.
He loves being in an ice box.
- I wake up sweating.
- Anybody have trouble falling asleep naturally?
- I do.
- [Janet] Okay. (chuckling)
- He usually goes to bed around 10:30
and I usually stay up pretty late, smoking weed.
- I'll be going to bed at 3:00 AM on the sofa.
So there's a lot of different things,
our dogs sleeping with us.
There's a lot moving parts.
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- I have a bit of sleep anxiety.
Falling asleep is hard because I always feel like,
in the morning if I'm not getting good sleep,
I'm not gonna have a good day.
- I feel like my circadian rhythm's very off.
I'd fall asleep around four in the morning.
Most of the time,
it's just playing games,
other times it's working on projects and editing.
And then I wake up for work around 9:30, 10:00
and then on the days off 11:00.
- So you feel like you're sleep deprived?
- Yeah.
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- So I think what's really important for you
is thinking about quality.
Think about your bedding, first.
You want something that's breathable.
Another thing that can help,
which is counter-intuitive is wearing socks to bed.
If you keep your feet warm,
it keeps your core cool.
Snoring is a little trickier
because a lot of different things can cause it.
I would suggest that you get a sleep study.
That's not something
you're gonna be able to get done in 10 days.
So, what you can do is try using saline spray.
You could try Breathe Right strips.
While DJ is working on his snoring,
get yourself some good comfortable earplugs.
Certainly when it comes to bedtime,
two hour before bed, shut off the phone.
Instead of watching a movie
you've seen millions of times when you go to bed,
put away the phone
and watch a good movie.
You could also read.
We got books,
we got Breath Right strips,
nasal sprays.
- It's gonna get wild.
- [Janet] And some good socks.
- It's gonna get wild. (Janet chuckling)
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- Why don't we start with the dogs
'cause that's easy to knock out of the park.
Everyone's gonna sleep better
if they're not in your bedroom.
- We'll put like cartoons on for them
in the living room. (chuckling)
- If you can control the temperature of the room, great.
That might not fix your sweating.
You need to be thinking about the breathability
and what you're putting on top of yourself also.
And try sleeping with socks.
Think about the weed.
THC is not necessarily great for sleep.
If you're gonna smoke,
smoke at the beginning of your wind down
- I'm gonna do it.
- Oh my gosh.
- At the beginning of our sleeping future.
- Yes. (everyone laughing)
- I'm excited.
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- Thinking about your diet of work and gaming
and how that is affecting your sleep is really important.
If we start with a consistent 9:00 or 9:30
that's super important to set your circadian rhythm.
So typically, now you're getting five hours?
Six hours?
- Yeah, around five, six.
- 9:30 wake up.
Let's say six and a half.
So that means 3:00 AM.
I would like you to stop gaming,
1:00 would be great.
Work, I would say one hour before bed
but I would also encourage you to think
about other things you might wanna do.
Here comes sleep anxiety.
Okay. So what I would like for you to do,
one is if you're feeling anxious about sleep,
don't try to sleep.
You want to distract your mind
so that sleep can find you.
And the way you accomplish that is
you go to bed and you read.
Number two, is to make coping cards.
Get yourself some index cards
and write down your scary thoughts on one side,
on the other side, write the truth.
Does that feel doable?
- Yeah, absolutely.
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- We are getting ready for bed.
- Strips on noses.
- Strip on nose,
socks on.
- Socks on toeses.
- I am going to try out a new movie.
Hopefully he doesn't snore.
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(Dwayne snoring)
- So tonight, we are officially having the dogs
not sleep in our bed
and we've never done that before.
I'm sure we are gonna be crying
and they're also gonna be crying. (chuckling)
- I know.
- All right, so we just put the dogs in the cage.
- I'm already nervous.
- I know we're kind of freaking out already.
- They're already freaking out too
as you can see here. (chuckling)
- Hey guys, this is weird, huh?
Oh no, C is trying to get out already.
They know something's happening.
Oh my gosh.
(Giancarlo chuckling)
Oh no. Oh my God.
(both chuckling)
They don't ever act like that.
Oh my gosh. - Oh my gosh.
- All right, with just luck
I feel like we literally just dropped them off
at the kennel or something.
And they have no idea what's happening.
It's literally five feet away from our bedroom too.
This is ridiculous.
- I think I'm going to (chuckling) go to bed,
hopefully early.
I'm gonna try.
Around 2:00 or 3:00.
- And then you have to set your alarm 9:30.
- I thought it was 11:00 for the weekends or something.
- No, she said make it consistent.
- 9:30.
- We got this.
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- So I failed.
I actually lost track of time
and I ended up playing a few more games,
but someone else is also awake.
- [Haley] Yes.
- You can't see her.
- [Haley] I can't sleep.
- Oh my gosh.
The dogs were crying all night,
but we just have to keep up with it
because I actually felt a lot better.
And so did Giancarlo,
we had all this space
which allowed us to definitely sleep better.
It's definitely progress.
And night one, really set the tone.
So I'm excited to see what happens
- Day two.
Well, how?
I don't know how I slept yesterday though.
- You snored.
So we'll try again today.
Maybe it takes time, nasal strip.
I'm gonna put my phone down two hours before bed
that helps.
- [Rocco] The candle is lit.
The TV is off and the books are open.
- I haven't read a book since high school.
We mainly have books as decor,
but this time we're actually using our books.
- [Rocco] And yeah,
And it's gonna help our sleep.
(both chuckling)
This one's about different types of drag queens.
- See you guys in the morning.
- I'm not tired.
Not gonna lie.
I've been scrolling through TikTok for like 20-30 minutes.
I'm gonna read.
Probably read for 30-40 minutes,
however long it takes me to get tired
and then I'll be going to sleep.
- She's getting her ear plugs
'cause the last few nights,
I guess I've still been snoring.
My socks, I've been keeping my socks on.
That's been controlling the sweat a little bit.
So I haven't really had a problem with that.
- Yeah, you haven't been sweating.
- How do they feel?
- Like candy.
- So last night we tried turning the TV off.
- No cell phones.
- No cell phones, reading a book,
putting our little puppies in the living room
and lighting a candle and just feeling super relaxed.
And it honestly changed how we slept
and how we woke up this morning.
Just feeling so...
- So energized, ready to start the day.
I took the dogs out on a hour-long walk
on a Saturday morning.
- Yeah, he would never do that.
- Never. (chuckling)
- And I went to the gym instantly, as soon as I woke up.
Normally it takes me like three hours
to even process it.
And the dogs seemed fine.
They barely even cried last night.
- No, they adjusted pretty quickly.
- I know.
Well, we put on cartoons on for them.
So that definitely had to do with it.
Tonight, I'm so excited to just read,
get off the phone, and relax.
And just see how it changes my work week.
- Trying to wind down though
I'm got some artwork inspiration going on here.
And I also am writing.
It's been going well,
I've been waking up better.
I've been trying to calm my brain down more.
And I think that these activities are helping.
- Hopefully Dwayne doesn't snore today,
but I know he will.
(Dwayne sighing)
It's just. - Sorry.
- Something I probably will never get rid of.
The ear plugs didn't work for me.
I took them out.
It was not something I felt comfortable with in my ears.
But on the bright side, I slept well
- Okay guys, tonight's the big night.
I'm not smoking marijuana.
- We're gonna hide your vape pen.
- Yes, lock it up.
- Yeah, I'm gonna lock it up, in the trashcan.
(both laughing)
- You mean recycle. (chuckling)
- Recycle, recycle.
Oh my God, of course.
Oh my God.
- Hey guys.
I just woke up.
It's 4:00 in the morning.
I'm really wanting to hit my vape pen
but I'm gonna listen to the sleep expert
'cause all I want to do is improve my sleep.
So I'm gonna stay strong.
Wish me luck guys.
- Two nights ago.
It's the very first time in a long time.
I slept first before Haley did,
which was very interesting.
So that's progress I think
- He's underneath the big blanket tonight
because it's a little cold today.
I've been sleeping really good lately.
If he has been snoring,
I'm not noticing it.
- So he'll try a different blanket tonight.
I'll try the socks.
Sounds messy.
We'll see what happens. (chuckling)
- Getting to bed pretty late again today.
Excited to show you guys my flash cards.
If I sleep late,
I'll wake up late and waste a day.
And on the back I have written,
"It's okay to wake up late,
"if it works for you, it's fine.
"It's not an everyday thing."
- He says that the doctor is right
about the body setting a clock.
Is that what you said?
- Tell myself, getting tired (indistinct)
at the same time every day.
- My schedule, sleep schedule,
has been very consistent
because even though it is still relatively late
at 3:00 AM, at least I've been waking up
at a consistent time.
So then I'm getting better sleep.
- This concludes the 10 days of the trial,
the torture. (both chuckling)
With you, only a few nights you tried
without smoking marijuana and...
- It's been hard.
- Yeah, I think that one is gonna take a little bit longer
than 10 days, but all of the tasks
that the doctor gave us
absolutely changed how we slept.
There's no doubt about it.
To many more beautiful nights of sleeping.
(both chuckling)
- I can say, I've seen a little bit of a difference
in my sleep.
The reading and the writing definitely did help a lot
with a lot of the anxiety that I was feeling.
Thank you so much.
- The nose spray for me,
the saline, that definitely opened,
I could breathe a lot more.
- My sleep has improved so much.
It's really been helpful.
Good night.
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