Insomniacs Unite

[fernwood]

I have noticed that many members here, from the USA, are often on here in the very early AM.  

For some reason, no matter when I get home from the previous night, I am awake very early.  Call it farmers hours+ .  Growing up on a farm, I often had to help with AM chores/milking in the dark.  Then take a bath or get cleaned up before school.  Eat breakfast.  Then board the bus sometime between 6:45 AM and 7:30 AM, depending on what year it was.  Bus routes often changed.  Usually made it to school by the 8:20 start time, but if there had been a tornado or other weather/flooding issues, was often delayed up to an hour.  

Find it very strange that my internal clock is still on that 4:00 AM (or earlier) wake up schedule after all these years.  Only difference is that now I am no longer going to bed at 8:00 PM, lol.  

Fellow insomniacs, what do you attribute your early rising to?

[lookatthat]

Anxiety.

[vegasjames]

Early rising? I generally don't go to bed until about 6am.

[upliftcrazy]

the sun burns my skin

[fernwood]

Jan 12, 2019 18:24:27 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Early rising? I generally don't go to bed until about 6am.

LOL.  

[Fossilman]

Army, oilfield and construction, plus ranching.... All outdoor jobs and early starting days.. It stayed with me!
Usually 6am every morning....

[Kai]

Jan 12, 2019 15:29:34 GMT -5 lookatthat said:

Anxiety.

Me too, very often.
Well, either that or hungry and annoying cats.

[toiv0]

I wake up 3 am to 5 am. Time.to get moving. Just the way I am.

[beefjello]

Ninja kitty lets me know it's time to get up by strategically stepping on me around 4:30 every morning. I'm usually in bed no later than 9 so it's really no big deal.

[upliftcrazy]

seriously, I do better at night I am up at the crack 2pm usually go to bed when I hear the birds start chirping about a hour before sunrise. I noticed that I don't get as many sales calls. exceptions seem to be the week end some saturdays I am up early.

[Rockoonz]

I have a 6am - 430pm work week 4 days a week and sometimes fridays, so the alarm goes off at 410am. Used to be when I would sleep in it was 6am, 7 at the latest. Now that retirement has made it to the short term goal list it seems like my off day hours are all over the place. Sometimes, like today (well, I have a serious head cold too) it's 11am. On the work days I really have to force myself to be in bed early enough to get enough sleep. I also have minor to moderate weight related sleep apnea, seems to be improving as I lose weight.

[johnw]

One of the nice things about being retired is going to bed whenever you want cuz' the biggest decision when ya wakes up is: so what am I going to do to-day?  And a little voice inside my head  sez "whatever you want to do, you earned it, this is your time," so I turn over and goes back to sleep.   Cheers, johnw

[rockjunquie]

I have had literal insomnia. It's no joke. For abt 2 years I averaged abt 3-4 hours of exhausted sleep. But, only in the morning. I couldn't fall asleep until around 4am and then only for a few hours. Every drug I tried was worse than the insomnia. I tried probably 10. Eventually, I found that 2 mg of xanax would do it. Then I would get up with a xanax hang over. Eventually, my clock reset. Now, I'm early to bed, early to rise. But, I have restless legs real bad, so some nights I still need xanax. Real insomnia sucks.  

[HankRocks]

After 42 years of getting up at 4:00am for work, I really haven't been able to break that habit since retiring 2 1/2 years ago. Usually walk to the gym, workout and home before 6:00am breakfast by 6:30 and on to the list of chores.

[fernwood]

I have many friends who have an insomnia diagnosis. Many tell me, I probably have it, just not diagnosed.

The strange sleeping patterns are a killer at times. Living alone and rarely getting out, does not help.

[lookatthat]

For a while I did the "fall asleep some time after 2:30 AM, alarm goes off at 7 AM (or earlier)" thing.
Now it's "Sleep from 11 pm - 4 AM, wake up in a panic and worry about everything" thing.
I need a solid 8 hours to perform my best, so.... not great.
I never slept well, even as a child.

[MsAli]

"In a 2005 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Poll, more than half of people reported at least one symptom of insomnia (difficulty falling asleep, waking up a lot during the night, waking up too early and not being able to get back to sleep, or waking up feeling un-refreshed) at least a few nights per week within the past year. Thirty-three percent said they had at least one of these symptoms every night or almost every night in the past year. The two most common symptoms, experienced at least a few nights a week in the past year, included waking up feeling unrefreshed and waking up a lot during the night. A 2002 NSF Poll found that 63 percent of women (versus 54 percent of men) experienced symptoms of insomnia at least a few nights per week.

Other polls have found interesting trends associated with insomnia. For example, 68 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 report experiencing symptoms of insomnia, compared with 59 percent of adults ages 30 to 64, and only 44 percent of people over the age of 65. Not surprisingly, parents report more insomnia symptoms than adults without children in the household (66 vs. 54 percent)."


*I have occasional Insomnia-it use to be worse (situational)

Stress, anxiety, not replacing old mattress or pillows, consuming too much caffeine, engaging in social media, tv before bed (especially in the bedroom) and so much more can lead to poor sleep

Once I learned to quiet my mind before bed and made my bedroom a cozy sanctuary (got rid of the tv for example) I sleep like a baby (most nights)

[mohs]

Luckily I really don’t suffer insomnia
Yet have a lot of empathy for those who do

One of my favorite philosophers is
E.M Cioran

He suffered from insomnia terribly
all his writing are related to this dis-ease

Warning!
w/ such titles such as

The Temptation to Exist
Heights of Despair
Trouble with Being Born

He’s a dark light
in the long night of the soul
and very truthful ha

best to all



mohs

[beefjello]

[amygdule]

I used to be a Rotating Shift Worker
Keeping track of Time and Tide
Is the difference between
You and I