Still waking up early? When will that end?

I'm going to cut out my glass of water late in the evening. I've done a lot of the things many of you mention. Black out curtains, etc. Maybe I only need 6 hours of sleep anyway. Plus I will nap for a bit in the afternoon.
 
Sandie5 said:
I'm going to cut out my glass of water late in the evening. I've done a lot of the things many of you mention. Black out curtains, etc. Maybe I only need 6 hours of sleep anyway. Plus I will nap for a bit in the afternoon.
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You may be right, six hours plus nap isn't bad.

There was a time when some people believed we had a first and second sleep and would routinely get up in between sleeps and read or write.

After I read that I found I didn't worry about it too much and that right there was helpful in getting back to sleep.
per AI:
"First sleep" and "second sleep" refer to a historical sleep pattern where individuals would sleep in two distinct periods during the night.

History:
This sleep pattern was common in pre-industrial societies, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. People would typically go to bed early (around 9-10 PM), sleep for a few hours, wake up around midnight for 1-2 hours, and then go back to sleep until dawn.
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Della said:
You may be right, six hours plus nap isn't bad.

There was a time when some people believed we had a first and second sleep and would routinely get up in between sleeps and read or write.

After I read that I found I didn't worry about it too much and that right there was helpful in getting back to sleep.
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I too did that for a while. I would get up when I woke, say about 2am. Decided not to worry and fret about sleep; instead did a few chores about the house, or watch a show until I just began to feel a bit of sleep coming on again; go back to bed about 5am, sleep until 7:30 or 9am. I just "let it be what it was and relaxed about it for about 2 years; then the sudden light switch thing happened!
 
Hilarious! I just thought it was a Springer Spaniel!

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I trained my flat coat to wear a ball cap and sunglasses, while he rode in the front seat of the car; Buddy would sit up very tall with nose in the pointed ahead mode. Looking down the road, like "Oh, boy, road trip". I'd put his hat and sunglasses on him when I needed to use the HOV lanes in cities I would road trip through, to get through quickly, during rush hours...
 
Sandie5 said:
I'm still waking up at about 5 am. When will that end?
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If you're even remotely like me, probably never. I used to joke that because bands work mostly at night that our AM and PM were confused. Our AM was everyone else's PM. I retired in 1996 after performing for 25 years out of 40. That was 29 years ago, and I am still a true blue night owl. I did kind of break that for awhile in 2006 when I started riding my bicycle every morning at 10:00 AM. But it didn't last long. After a few months of riding in the morning and at night if I couldn't get out at that time, I started riding exclusively at night. Usually around midnight when it's nice and quiet and there is little to no traffic.
 
I'm the same way. I do not like getting out of bed when it's cold. I was doing well to stick my arm out, grab the TV remote and put on some mindless drivel in hopes it would put me back to sleep. But now I can't do that. When my wife passed away I dropped the cable TV in favor of streaming video on my computer, so I have to get up to turn it on. But I have a huge collection of movies and TV shows and I do not miss all the "Now how much would you pay?" commercials...
 
Most people are taking too way many medicines and drugs that includes caffeine drinks and alcohol. Constant daily caffeine and tea use especially. Our human bodies naturally oscillate on a 24 hour circadian rhythm we homo sapiens evolved with. For those that don't have prescribed medical issues, stop taking such substances to develop a stable homeostasis. Then tend to go to sleep and wake up at regular times. I still have insomnia at times that can always result from stressful periods and excitement like big events and binge and enjoy odd hours at times but then return to being natural for days between.
 
David777 said:
Most people are taking too way many medicines and drugs that includes caffeine drinks and alcohol. Constant daily caffeine and tea use especially. Our human bodies naturally oscillate on a 24 hour circadian rhythm we homo sapiens evolved with. For those that don't have prescribed medical issues, stop taking such substances to develop a stable homeostasis. Then tend to go to sleep and wake up at regular times. I still have insomnia at times that can always result from stressful periods and excitement like big events and binge and enjoy odd hours at times but then return to being natural for days between.
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I don't drink anything caffeinated after early afternoon (occasionally as late as 4pm but usually no later than 2). In the morning however is another matter. I've never smoked, don't drink much alcohol these days, but still like coffee!
 
johndoe said:
I fall asleep OK but after about 5 hours I have to get up to pee. Occasionally I will be able to go back to sleep, but usually my mind starts going and I'll just toss and turn.
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This. 👆 My bladder regulates my sleep cycle, the little f*cker. If I didn't have to get up to empty it, I would still be asleep.😴 By the time I return to bed, my mind is fully awake 😳, and there I am, or here I am. Damnbit. 🥴
 
When I was working I would get up around 5:30a have my breakfast then walk 8 blocks to work
After I retired, for about 6- 8 months I kept waking up at that hr couldn't get back to sleep
Now I usually got to bed at the same time every night 9:30- 10pm, can usually sleep thru the night.Sometimes if I wake up at 5:30 just roll over have classical music station on which lulls me back to sleep ,then I wake up around 6:30
 
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