Poopy! What is wrong with my sleeping?

[fuzzybabybunny]

Lately I've been having some serious issues with sleeping. Last year I could fall asleep at 9PM and get up around 6AM. Now, if I go to sleep tired at 9PM, my body wakes up at around 1AM, and it's consistently around 4-hour sleep periods. Even if I'm dead tired from being awake 24hours and fall asleep in seconds, I'll wake up 4 hours later, feeling refreshed but knowing it's not going to last as long as if I have a full night's sleep.

When I wake up it's not because I have to go to the bathroom or anything either. I just sleep sleep sleep, wake up, not tired anymore, and can't fall back asleep again.

 

[MikeMike]

poopy?

poopy?

arent you 21?

 

[dug777]

are you;

a chick?

gay?

 

[montanafan]

I normally only get about 4 hours of sleep a night, like right now I have to get up at 6:45 in the morning and I probably won't get in the bed until around 3:00. It gets me through the workday okay and then I'll try to take a nap for an hour or two when I get home. If I don't get to nap during the week though it catches up with me and I spend a good part of my weekend sleeping too late.

Maybe instead of getting up when you wake up you could stay in bed and read a book or watch something on TV that will bore you back to sleep.

 

[Xylitol]

Every so often every month?

 

[Bateluer]

I usually sleep pretty decently, problem is that my allergies wake me up in the middle of the night several times. Have to go blow my nose several times before its clear enough to go back to sleep.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: dug777
are you;

a chick?

gay?

My guess is a 75 year old male pedophile...

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: dug777
are you;

a chick?

gay?

My guess is a 75 year old male pedophile...

For some reason I dont think so

 

[tcsenter]

Some possibilities...

Insomnia

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)

Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) [different from RLS]

Narcolepsy (if experienced with periodic episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness)

Side-effect of drug and/or alcohol use

Side-effect of too much caffeine or other stimulants (including nicotine)

Known side-effect of numerous prescribed drugs

Unmanaged stress/anxiety

Also some metabolic or endocrine dysfunctions/disorders (thyroid disorder, diabetes, et. al.)


If this persists in spite of trying the obvious and common sense approach to promoting better sleep, do not discount or ignore the possibility of a genuine problem that may be beyond your control and may require medical evaluation and treatment.

P.S.: An 'inferior' mattress is rarely the cause of these problems, no matter how many millions mattress companies spend annually on advertising to convince people otherwise

P.S. #2: I'm crazy-envious of your exceptional photography skills.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Try dreaming about fluffy zoo animals.