bluetooth
12-08-2004, 03:59 AM
for ages now i wake up 4 am every morning and find it hard to go back to sleep although i eventually manage too
i dont sleep through the day
ive tried taking sleeping tablets
i dunno if this is important but i wake up often with a sore throat too?
i dont sleep through the day
ive tried taking sleeping tablets
i dunno if this is important but i wake up often with a sore throat too?
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Uff-Da!
12-08-2004, 10:17 AM
You lucky dog! You manage to get back to sleep again. This morning I woke up at 4. At 5 I finally decided I may as well get up. That is what happens almost every day. On rare occasions I can get back to sleep if I eat first, but most nights I am only able to get four or five hours of sleep before I awaken, and then am unable to return to sleep. Thankfully, I'm retired so I finally decided that my body would prefer to live on a 12-hour-day schedule. So that's what I usually do now. Sleep four or five hours at night. Then take a three hour nap later in the day. I know the usual advise is NOT to take daytime naps if you want to sleep at night, but I tried that many many times and it didn't work. I just can't go on day after day with only four or five hours sleep.
My doctor suggested that she refer me to a sleep clinic, but I declined. If I were still working, it would be different, but this works for me. Regardless of how little I drink in the evening, my bladder is going to wake me up after four or five hours. And once awake after more than two hours sleep, I simply can't get back to sleep again at least 95% of the time unless I've been up a minimum of four more hours. So what is the point in going to a sleep clinic? It would cost me a bundle and they'd try to push some more meds on me. No thanks!
Have you tried getting more exercise in the afternoon? That might help you sleep longer.
My doctor suggested that she refer me to a sleep clinic, but I declined. If I were still working, it would be different, but this works for me. Regardless of how little I drink in the evening, my bladder is going to wake me up after four or five hours. And once awake after more than two hours sleep, I simply can't get back to sleep again at least 95% of the time unless I've been up a minimum of four more hours. So what is the point in going to a sleep clinic? It would cost me a bundle and they'd try to push some more meds on me. No thanks!
Have you tried getting more exercise in the afternoon? That might help you sleep longer.
bluetooth
12-08-2004, 01:29 PM
umm.. well i havent no lol
i remember one example of when i decided to go walk home from college and it took me 30 mins and i dont recall having a sleep afterwards, but then i went to bed at 11, and woke up for 3 mins and went back to sleep
ive tried not sleeping during the day, and most things except the exercise part. even if i dont sleep during the day, ill still wake up. its totally uneccesary :(!
i remember one example of when i decided to go walk home from college and it took me 30 mins and i dont recall having a sleep afterwards, but then i went to bed at 11, and woke up for 3 mins and went back to sleep
ive tried not sleeping during the day, and most things except the exercise part. even if i dont sleep during the day, ill still wake up. its totally uneccesary :(!
Uff-Da!
12-08-2004, 03:38 PM
Exercise used to help me some when I was younger. Now it doesn't matter all that much. Once the bladder call comes, I'm awake. And the bladder call comes every night. Well, I think I made it seven straight hours of sleep twice in the past year.
You might try exercise several hours before you go to bed. I don't think you'd even have to make it 30 minutes, if you did some vigorous exercise. On those rare occasions I get up the ambition to exercise, I just put a polka CD in the player and dance around the house. That way I don't have to go out in the cold and rain, either. Too bad I don't get the ambition more often. For me, it might not help that much with the sleep, but it could improve my health otherwise.
You might try exercise several hours before you go to bed. I don't think you'd even have to make it 30 minutes, if you did some vigorous exercise. On those rare occasions I get up the ambition to exercise, I just put a polka CD in the player and dance around the house. That way I don't have to go out in the cold and rain, either. Too bad I don't get the ambition more often. For me, it might not help that much with the sleep, but it could improve my health otherwise.
bluetooth
12-08-2004, 05:24 PM
I might try the exercise about 5 in the evening or earlier, just some dancing to music around the house, one of my favourites! and i dont have go outside, good point
I get ambition, im on a campaign of loosing weight so itll be useful for two things!
thanks :)
I get ambition, im on a campaign of loosing weight so itll be useful for two things!
thanks :)
Uff-Da!
12-09-2004, 12:06 AM
Well, give me some of your ambition, will you? I don't need to lose weight, but I'm supposed to get exercise for my blood pressure, cholesterol and arthritis. I seem to think I am doing myself a favor if I manage to do about 10 minutes of aerobic dance a MONTH! Where do I find the willpower to do what I know I should do?
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