Waking up through the night

I’m the same!

Exactly the same here.

Same here, although it’s usually my bladder that wakes me!
Thankfully. I don’t need a lot of sleep, so I’m happy with 4/5 hours overall.

I have been doing this nearly every night for years. I also have to wake up several times to go to the loo.

You could try taking Hyocine tablets just before bed as a mild sedative (they are marketed as travel sickness pills). If you try them on a night when it would't matter if you were a bit groggy (not everyone finds this) the next day and you might find that it helps break the cycle.

I listen to Jason Stephensons Get Back to Sleep on utube. Usually gets me back to sleep.

I also make a few nocturnal trips to the bathroom, I think my blood pressure tablets have something to do with it. I rarely sleep for more than four and a half hours at a time.

Broken sleep is the story of my life.

I have the CALM app on my phone and listen to relaxing stories in hopes of drifting off most nights.

I had a period of waking like this or more frequently a while ago. These days, I’ve found listening to books on Bolinda from the library, helps me drop off again. It used to take a while but I hardly know I’ve been awake these days. The big exception is if DH or the guy in the flat upstairs are banging about.

Radio 4 has books as well. They can be set to turn off as well. I make it an hour to avoid the 45 minute sleep cycle.

I get out for the loo at least twice during the night. However, I am so tired that I go straight back to sleep. I have been known to fall asleep on the loo and wake up as I hit the floor. 🤭

I wake frequently during the night. I have done for a few years now. It's usually associated with a trip to the loo but I can be awake for an hour easily. At its worst, I get up for a cuppa and a biscuit. I try not to let it bother me because there's nothing I can do.

I usually have an awake gap of two hours or so around 2o’clock.I am used to it now and rather like the silence. I read my kindle or just think, until I nod off again. I always wake at 6 and if I need to, have a little nap after lunch. I don’t stress about it.

The fact that many people wake at roughly the same time seems to be something to do with the body's rhythm. I keep a boring book by the bed, which usually sends me off again. If you're really wide awake, get up and re-make your bed or some other mundane action.

Woke last night at 4.30am, usually much earlier. Went to loo, resigned to not going back to sleep, but must have dropped off quickly. It was nearly 6 when I next awoke.

Often awake for a couple of hours in the night, that’s when all my worries and problems surface and race through my head.

Try to distract myself and think nice things, but not easy.

I’ve enjoy good sleep forever. After a loo visit, if needed, I would go straight back to sleep.
Since taking avorstatin I’m awake half the night. Anyone else found this?

Yes I'm afraid many of us of a certain age belong to the 'broken sleep club' needing the loo is one reason, but I'm awake anyway usually 3ish, hard to get off again, if I do, like you when it's time to wake.

Yes in the same club! Pamela you should ask for a change of statin

It’s perfectly normal as we get older we sleep shorter chunks The fact you go back to sleep is great stop worrying about it and accept sleep changes as we get older

I wake at 3am now every night and have done for the last three months, it’s very annoying ! I rarely get back to sleep and am constantly tired.
I’ve got mild sciatica so not sure if it’s that. If I take a paracetamol I can usually go back to sleep but know these aren’t good for me. I’ve also tried Kalms but they make me dizzy, Phenergan is also good but I find it very strong and cut a 25mg tablet in four, and I’m still irritable next day.

Welcome to the club. That is the prime time to wake up.
I’ve tried counting and am now proficient at counting to 1,000 forwards and even backwards at a fast rate😂 Thinking of a name of something such as flowers for every letter of the alphabet keeps me awake working on letters I can’t think of a flower for😂 Some of my friends take magnesium supplements which they swear by for a good night’s sleep. I haven’t tried it yet as I’ve not had so many episodes of waking up in the night. It depends what I’ve been doing in the day.

I’m the same. I tell myself I have to open my eyes and I’m not allowed to close them under any circumstances. That helps me stop back off as it’s so hard to keep them open.

Magnesium Glycinate is the one to help sleep problems and I also take half a teaspoonful of Manuka Honey at bedtime.

I discovered that the honey helped when I had Shingles in the roof of my mouth before Christmas and the Manuka eased the soreness..... but suddenly I was sleeping better.

You don’t say what time you go to bed - if you go about 9pm and wake up at 3.30am , that’s not bad - you’re getting about 6 and a half hours of sleep.
I go to bed at 12.30 and wake up at 3.30am for a loo break and then after tossing and turning, ‘sleep’ till about 8.45a.m.

I've just started taking magnesium complex with zinc and it really seems to be helping.

I'm usually awake between 2 and 5 am. I have decided I must start using the time for something productive (but quiet) rather than lying there trying to get to sleep, reading, doing puzzles or frittering away time on YouTube or similar.

I have started a new crochet project so that's one idea.

Like others, I listen to audiobooks or podcasts, but they don't always help me get back to sleep. (Except "In our time")!