Trouble getting to sleep???
12 September 2003, 10:52 AM
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RightO folks, just been having a bit of a glance about on this forum, as you do? and was intrigued to see a few threads/posts about insomnia(sp?)
now, i seem to be up and about until the early hours, getting about 5 hours sleep, and feel ok, however, just lately, i've been sleeping like the proverbial log, and cannot get my head off the pillow after about 8 hours sleep?
can this be attributed to stress, bad diet, or just my body being weird for a bit!!!
any ideas.
seems the more i sleep, the more sleep i want!!!
BB
(or am i just getting lazy?)
now, i seem to be up and about until the early hours, getting about 5 hours sleep, and feel ok, however, just lately, i've been sleeping like the proverbial log, and cannot get my head off the pillow after about 8 hours sleep?
can this be attributed to stress, bad diet, or just my body being weird for a bit!!!
any ideas.
seems the more i sleep, the more sleep i want!!!
BB
(or am i just getting lazy?)
12 September 2003, 11:01 AM
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Thats exactly the same as me mate, I used to be up till 2am and get up for work at 5.30 am and be fine. Now I go to bed at 11-12 and get up at 8 and am absolutely knackered 
Don't know if its my body trying to pull back all the sleep it has been deprived of for the last few years but I am dreading doing earlies next week and geting up at 5.30 again if I am having trouble getting up at 8am this week.
Don't know if its my body trying to pull back all the sleep it has been deprived of for the last few years but I am dreading doing earlies next week and geting up at 5.30 again if I am having trouble getting up at 8am this week.
12 September 2003, 11:13 AM
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BB - you are getting old mate!
PS I have a routine in the week of drinking 8 large vodkas when I get home and 6:00 pm.m and getting into my pit by midnight - alarm goes off at 0730 and I feel fine.
PPS The vodka thing doesn't help it's just an excuse.
PS I have a routine in the week of drinking 8 large vodkas when I get home and 6:00 pm.m and getting into my pit by midnight - alarm goes off at 0730 and I feel fine.
PPS The vodka thing doesn't help it's just an excuse.
12 September 2003, 11:18 AM
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I'm no expert but do have problems sleeping sometimes. Basically stress, exhaustion, anxiety, diet, drugs (inc. alcohol) 
etc can play a big part.
I used to have a very stressful job and it was quite noticeable that I found it very difficult to get to sleep, and then difficult to wake up in the week. The alarm would go off I would sometimes pre-emptively turn it off without even remembering it! Then on the weekend I would wake up at the same time and jump straight out of bed!
At that point I started to realise that my brain was protesting about something! When I left the job and de-stressed my life that particular problem has all but gone away.
The other type seems to be getting to sleep relatively normally then waking up an hour or 2 later and then being unable to sleep at all despite feeling tired. I havn't got to the bottom of this one yet, but it only happens once or twice a year for a week or so....
You need to look at the quality of the sleep you are getting rather than quantity. If your brain is subconsciously very active all night then you will wake up feeling like you have had no sleep, no matter how long you think you have slept for. Try to stick to a routine of going to bed at the same time and do anything you can to de-stress. Exercise is good for this as it will help reduce built up stress and produce a feeling of physical tiredness which will help you too sleep.
Also, try and reach mental closure on your day before going to bed. If you are lying there thinking about something that happened in the day or worrying about something that is happening the next day then your brain will chew over it all night. Try and focus on something positive that you are looking forward to etc.
thats my "home grown" theory on the matter from the perspective of an occasional insomniac.... hope it helps!
etc can play a big part.I used to have a very stressful job and it was quite noticeable that I found it very difficult to get to sleep, and then difficult to wake up in the week. The alarm would go off I would sometimes pre-emptively turn it off without even remembering it! Then on the weekend I would wake up at the same time and jump straight out of bed!
At that point I started to realise that my brain was protesting about something! When I left the job and de-stressed my life that particular problem has all but gone away.
The other type seems to be getting to sleep relatively normally then waking up an hour or 2 later and then being unable to sleep at all despite feeling tired. I havn't got to the bottom of this one yet, but it only happens once or twice a year for a week or so....
You need to look at the quality of the sleep you are getting rather than quantity. If your brain is subconsciously very active all night then you will wake up feeling like you have had no sleep, no matter how long you think you have slept for. Try to stick to a routine of going to bed at the same time and do anything you can to de-stress. Exercise is good for this as it will help reduce built up stress and produce a feeling of physical tiredness which will help you too sleep.
Also, try and reach mental closure on your day before going to bed. If you are lying there thinking about something that happened in the day or worrying about something that is happening the next day then your brain will chew over it all night. Try and focus on something positive that you are looking forward to etc.
thats my "home grown" theory on the matter from the perspective of an occasional insomniac.... hope it helps!
etc
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