Do you have problems sleeping at night?

Exercise during the day (not at bedtime) is the key for me -walking 3 miles/day, gentle stretching (when I remember) and most important, no coffee/tea after 4 pm.

I read that mug of warm milk promotes sleep (babies drink warm milk and are able to sleep without a problem!!)
 
Not really. I had insomnia all my life, really awful. But I seem to be over it now. I think because my brain has slowed down and I'm not "thinking" all the time.

Sometimes I wake up super early (like 3 am) and can't go back to sleep. I don't love that, but it's not so bad.
 
NorthernLight said:
Not really. I had insomnia all my life, really awful. But I seem to be over it now. I think because my brain has slowed down and I'm not "thinking" all the time.

Sometimes I wake up super early (like 3 am) and can't go back to sleep. I don't love that, but it's not so bad.
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Me too .. lifelong insomniac. It was difficult getting up for school, and work. Now that I don't have an early
morning schedule, woulldn't you know I wake up early (like you). Weird.
 
I have a terrible problem with sleep. I am up all night these days. I go to bed at 6AM and sleep till 1PM or later. I am up during those hours to(go) and to let the dogs in and out. So never just a solid good sleep. I want to be normal again, sleep at night and be up in the morning. I just can't seem to get anything done at night.

I went out last night for groceries. I don't like to be out after dark but it takes me a long time to get motivated to go do anything when I wake up in the afternoon.
 
Blessed said:
I have a terrible problem with sleep. I am up all night these days. I go to bed at 6AM and sleep till 1PM or later. I am up during those hours to(go) and to let the dogs in and out. So never just a solid good sleep. I want to be normal again, sleep at night and be up in the morning. I just can't seem to get anything done at night.

I went out last night for groceries. I don't like to be out after dark but it takes me a long time to get motivated to go do anything when I wake up in the afternoon.
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Haha! I KNOW!!! When I wake at 4 in the morning, I'm full of energy and I want to get up and clean and cook and create stuff.
Then I think, "That's stupid!" Eventually, I fall back asleep!
 
It's not very often that I get a restful and full night's sleep. When I do it's heaven. I fall asleep OK but get up too early and can't get back to sleep usually.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Do you have problems sleeping at night?
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I get up at least twice sometimes three times during the night to go pee. And sometimes I wake up an hour earlier than I should get up and I feel all awake and happy to get an earlier start to my day (because I'm just awful about going to bed very late and then having to sleep late), but after a couple minutes I suddenly feel terribly tired/sleepy again, then I go back to bed and right away fall asleep.
If I go to sleep at a decent hour, then I have a lot of trouble sleeping, I need to stay up until I'm really tired in order to sleep better. But I lose a lot of my day that way.
 
I sleep well almost every night. I sleep about 8 hours, wake up, then lie in about an hour before getting up to start my day. I always read for a bit to clear my head of other thoughts. It's rare that I can't get to sleep right away, about 2 minutes after the light is off.
I realize it's a gift. But, I never nap during the day.
 
Gaer said:
Lately, I've been waking every morning at 4 AM, but I go back to sleep.
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Yeah, that's me

I fell into a routine that I don't care to shake

I stumbled onto it when first retired
Got up early
Asked myself WTH I was doing
Went back to bed with the sound of neighbors warming their cars
Fluffed the pillow
Giggled myself back to sleep


(I've posted this waaaaay too many times, but the subject keeps coming up)

I call it The Second Sleep

no set time
whenever

then

I have what I call 'the 2nd sleep'

It rocks so hard, I seldom miss it

Whenever I get up, (of which is usually abnormally early)
I make coffee
Get on the web (here alot)
Fuss a bit with the budget
Do some writing (I'm a word butcher)

get re-sleepy

then

stumble back to bed.....sweet soft beddy bye

It's the only sleep that comes calling with complete consciousness
softly drifting...drifting into sweet sweet slumber
snort myself awake.....open one eye.....turn the pillow
drift back....waaaay back

......drooling a river

I highly recommend it

Wait.....

here it comes again

lay-Z-boy is tilted back

I've been fed

lights are off

TV is on (who cares)

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