WTF? Sleep patterns have swung the other way..
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For weeks I've been struggling with insomnia and not being able to get to sleep. When I DID sleep, I struggle to wake up in the mornings, feeling groggy and disoriented. It would take me some time to 'get going' and I'd be running on only a few hours' sleep a night.
This week I'm getting to sleep just fine, but now I'm waking up every couple of hours. I woke up at 4am this morning, back to sleep and awake at half five then back to sleep and awake from 7. I'm on annual leave at the moment so don't even need to be up that early. How can I just get a normal nights' sleep, around 6-7 hours?
It's doing my head in!!
This week I'm getting to sleep just fine, but now I'm waking up every couple of hours. I woke up at 4am this morning, back to sleep and awake at half five then back to sleep and awake from 7. I'm on annual leave at the moment so don't even need to be up that early. How can I just get a normal nights' sleep, around 6-7 hours?
It's doing my head in!!
Dear Funk,
you're not alone, is there anything more difficult to get than a good nights sleep?
I suffer from this myself (predisposed to it due to medical condition and had depression). Simple things first - no caffeine p.m., not too hot/cold/uncomfortable in bed. There are loads of common sense (and not so) tips if you search.
Are you worrying about stuff?
I found that setting aside, say, 15 minutes early evening to write mine down and what I was going to do about them - action/delay/reject a help. Tick off any previous ones you've sorted. Shows you've achieved something and sort of puts a barrier between them and normal thoughts, a bit like the classic todo list you learn in time management course.
What works for one person may not for another. Try things, you never know
Have you seen your GP?
someone elses troubled sleep, made me chuckle,
regards,
Jet
you're not alone, is there anything more difficult to get than a good nights sleep?
I suffer from this myself (predisposed to it due to medical condition and had depression). Simple things first - no caffeine p.m., not too hot/cold/uncomfortable in bed. There are loads of common sense (and not so) tips if you search.
Are you worrying about stuff?
I found that setting aside, say, 15 minutes early evening to write mine down and what I was going to do about them - action/delay/reject a help. Tick off any previous ones you've sorted. Shows you've achieved something and sort of puts a barrier between them and normal thoughts, a bit like the classic todo list you learn in time management course.
What works for one person may not for another. Try things, you never know
Have you seen your GP?
someone elses troubled sleep, made me chuckle,
regards,
Jet
Another one here, it's a b
d isn't it?
For the last week I've been waking up at 4.30am and just turning over and over until I get pissed off and get up at 6 or 7 totally knackered. It's as if someone turns the light on at 4.30, sleep over.
Night before last it was 2.30. That was really annoying.
d isn't it?For the last week I've been waking up at 4.30am and just turning over and over until I get pissed off and get up at 6 or 7 totally knackered. It's as if someone turns the light on at 4.30, sleep over.
Night before last it was 2.30. That was really annoying.
Do the warmer nights have anything to do with it?
Try this CD, anyway: Natural Sleep Inducement
It's great for getting you to sleep, I've found.
Try this CD, anyway: Natural Sleep Inducement
It's great for getting you to sleep, I've found.
Well after a long period of being 'up and down', I went to see my GP as per Jet noise's recommendation. I've been struggling with motivation, under huge amounts of pressure from a number of angles and had some really 'dark days'. My work has suffered in the last couple of months, and I don't really feel like my 'normal' self.
My GP has prescribed me Citalopram, but having read the side effects and feedback from people who're on it, I'm actually concerned it might not be the right approach for me. The problem is, I really do swing from having periods of positivity to very, very low periods. I don't know whether I should start the Citalopram or not.
Any advice anyone?
My GP has prescribed me Citalopram, but having read the side effects and feedback from people who're on it, I'm actually concerned it might not be the right approach for me. The problem is, I really do swing from having periods of positivity to very, very low periods. I don't know whether I should start the Citalopram or not.
Any advice anyone?
I was like this, the only thing that helped me sleep was alcohol. But that gets expensive, quite quickly.
What I can suggest, is that you get up at the same time (right time) every day (including weekends), and do some exercise. I don't mean 30 minutes of walking, I mean a good cardio workout or weight session. You need to feel like you've worked at the end of it.
Since Ive been doing that, I'm much better. I still wake in the night (3 times last night) but get back to sleep almost straight away. last week, I wouldnt be in bed before 2 or 3am. Now, I'm falling asleep on the settee at 11.
Good luck.
What I can suggest, is that you get up at the same time (right time) every day (including weekends), and do some exercise. I don't mean 30 minutes of walking, I mean a good cardio workout or weight session. You need to feel like you've worked at the end of it.
Since Ive been doing that, I'm much better. I still wake in the night (3 times last night) but get back to sleep almost straight away. last week, I wouldnt be in bed before 2 or 3am. Now, I'm falling asleep on the settee at 11.
Good luck.
I'd guess the inverse is true - cut out the alcohol for a good nights sleep.
I've been waking up for a pee several times a night, most nights, for a few years now - annoying but I usually get straight back to sleep again so not so bad. I find going to bed a little earlier helps - I think takes the pressure off having to get to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow so I can relax more. I reckon I get a good 6.1/2-7.1/2 hours a night which is pretty good for me.
I've been waking up for a pee several times a night, most nights, for a few years now - annoying but I usually get straight back to sleep again so not so bad. I find going to bed a little earlier helps - I think takes the pressure off having to get to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow so I can relax more. I reckon I get a good 6.1/2-7.1/2 hours a night which is pretty good for me.
A couple of years ago I had a short period of not sleeping, and I mean not sleeping. In a week I slept 5 hours max and I was so tired at work I once physically couldn't get up from my desk and go next door for a meeting (just as well, apparently, as it was st). I was so tired it was actually physically painful. Then suddenly it was OK again and I was back to sleeping solid for however long I decide to spend in bed. Which is often too long - recently I went to bed at midnight and the next thing I knew it was 12:45pm the next day, just like that.
t). I was so tired it was actually physically painful. Then suddenly it was OK again and I was back to sleeping solid for however long I decide to spend in bed. Which is often too long - recently I went to bed at midnight and the next thing I knew it was 12:45pm the next day, just like that.All of my insomnia problems have disappeared completely since I started wearing earplugs at night. I realised that I must have been very sensitive to all the little noises in the night, dogs barking, house settling etc. I sleep right through without waking up once now.
It sounds stupidly simple but give it a go it might just work.
It sounds stupidly simple but give it a go it might just work.
Interrupted/inconsistent sleep patterns are completely normal. It's a system that demands you get up at 8am and work for 8 hours, without fail, that is abnormal. And don't let any amount of capitalist BS spin convince you otherwise.
Naturally, if you didn't get much sleep, no problem, just grab a few hours in the afternoon. There is no rulebook for sleep. No reason to feel bad or guilty. Nor even for having a day off because you had FA sleep the night before... although best advised to call it one of those "24-hour" bugs.
Waking up in the middle of the night is a healthy attachment to your evolutionary up-bringings - it's good for group survival to have one member of the troop randomly wake and act as a sentry for predators/rivals.
Circadian rythms vary for everyone and they vary day-to-day.
Not being able to get to sleep or unable to stay asleep could mean you have issues with caffine, alcohol, weight-related problems etc. but it's more likely to mean nothing other than your brain decided so... and therefore, it's everyone else's problem, not yours!
8 hours sleep a night is what you need implies the system. Turd. They just don't want you falling asleep in the middle of work.
Naturally, if you didn't get much sleep, no problem, just grab a few hours in the afternoon. There is no rulebook for sleep. No reason to feel bad or guilty. Nor even for having a day off because you had FA sleep the night before... although best advised to call it one of those "24-hour" bugs.
Waking up in the middle of the night is a healthy attachment to your evolutionary up-bringings - it's good for group survival to have one member of the troop randomly wake and act as a sentry for predators/rivals.
Circadian rythms vary for everyone and they vary day-to-day.
Not being able to get to sleep or unable to stay asleep could mean you have issues with caffine, alcohol, weight-related problems etc. but it's more likely to mean nothing other than your brain decided so... and therefore, it's everyone else's problem, not yours!
8 hours sleep a night is what you need implies the system. Turd. They just don't want you falling asleep in the middle of work.
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