Thread two for the 3am crew

Wide awake after 2 hours sleep, think I will have to get sleeping tablets as this must be wrecking havoc on my body. I go off to sleep quickly but at most, three hours later wide awake.

Woken at 3am with stomach pains, no chance of going back to sleep until it eases.

Oh dear. Wideawake at 1.20 after a good night on Monday night. No reason. Not cold, not hungry/thirsty, no bad dreams and I don't even need the loo. Just woke up and wide awake.

I shall read and hope to fall asleep again.

Bob Ross is on Sky Arts @ 8 each morning. His voice always used to send me to sleep when he was on BBC so I listened to it this morning and, as usual I was asleep fifteen minutes into the programme.

JamesandJon33 -
It's so annoying because I'm tired during the day having not slept properly.
I've cut out normal tea and chocolate.
I also noticed that wine made it worse .
Now I'm having milk ,honey and turmeric.
I haven't tried yoga - maybe it will help .
And probably not !

Bit worried about what happened last night. I’ve always been a light sleeper and wake up at the slightest sound. My partner comes round in the evening and watches tv here. I’ve recently started nodding off on the sofa after I’ve had my tea. Leave the door unlocked because it’s pretty safe round here. But last night I woke up just as University Challenge was starting and realised he’d let himself in, must have shouted hello, would have spoken to the dog and searched for the remote control. And I was dead to the world.

Esmay I have been trying to sort it out for ages. I can find no common denominator as to why I sleep reasonably well one night and not another. It isn’t exercise , or the amount I’ve drunk or even what I’ve eaten. A real puzzle,

It's a relief to find that I'm not the only one with this problem.
It began two years ago.
I slept well up until then.

I tend to fall asleep in the early part of the evening and then ,wake up at one,three and five.
Sometimes it's a fit of coughing /asthma or my bladder or nightmares.

I'm trying to sort it out.

I did a long walk yesterday,but had an extremely restless night.

I did go back to sleep for an hour I think ,but been awake for sometime now. As you saycornergran awaking night.

Not a bad night. Quiet dreams which I can't remember. I wish I knew what I did differently which results in a better night. My worries haven't gone away. Nothing different. I fell asleep reading quite early and then woke briefly to take my glasses off and put my book on the table.
If you can say BlueBelle what work do you do? The age span on Gransnet is so wide I always think everyone is my age 77 or older, but that's not the case.

Morning all 12 midnight till quarter to 5 so I ve had my 5 hours and feel pretty ok off to work at 8, work days are my happy days
Have a good day everyone

Hello. LGG! I have the opposite problem. Falling asleep is very easy, it’s staying asleep which I can’t seem to do.
crazyH, carpel tunnel is not a disease but causes problems same as , say, Asperger’s…
Awake now. Had a better night. I think not having a nap helps, although I’m in bed not long after 9 pm? I do read and think before switching the light out - physically and metaphorically 😆🤩

😂

I’m not going to start considering that one, or I’ll be awake all night

Thanks Doodledog

And 2 of my fingers are hurting - carpal tunnel syndrome 😫 - why is it called a syndrome I wonder 🤔

Infuriating, isn’t it? You have my sympathy, for what that’s worth.

Same here - dozed off earlier - wide awake - just can’t get back to sleep.

I fell asleep at about midnight, but woke up again an hour ago and can’t get back to sleep. It’s so frustrating. I have to get up and out of the house this morning, and have a long ‘to do’ list after being ill last week. I’m going to be running on empty. I’ve played a hypnosis track, which was relaxing, but didn’t send me to sleep. I had a long bath before bed, used scented oils in the bedroom, but nothing worked. I don’t know what to try next.

Oh, dear. I’ve just finished off the tube of Pringles…

After several decent nights I’m having a ‘waking night’. I’m more fortunate than many in that it isn’t every night now, used to be though so I do understand. I think I’ll make a cuppa, visit the bathroom and settle back down, wait and see. A book on my iPad is my saviour during these nights. If I don’t drift off I’ll be reading, not a bad way to spend a few dark hours. Best wishes to all night owls.

Hello. Glad I’m not the only one. Wide awake as usual. Once I get to sleep I’m ok, but it’s dropping off that’s hard for me. My mind is like a rolling piece of film that I just can’t shut off. I’ve tried everything under the sun. I know I should really get up for a while but I really don’t want to go downstairs where it’s cold, so I’ll read and give it a bit longer. This happens more often than not, but I guess it’s just something I need to accept - it’s not as though I have to get up for work. Good luck night owls!

I did what I sometimes do and slept deeply for about an hour and then, ping, wide awake for hours going over stuff in my head. So have left DH snoring and come downstairs for a mug of hot milk.

Well it’s not a good night tonight. Couldn’t get to sleep and now it’s after two and I’m awake again. Let’s hope milk and a book will help.

Morning everyone. Been awake since just after 12. My own fault as I had a large glass of squash before bed.