why do i keep waking up at silly o'clock!

@ren1982 (341)
February 8, 2011 9:47pm CST
so for a while now i have been having alot of trouble with staying asleep. i can fall asleep at night its more staying asleep that i have the problem with. it is now 3:45am here i went to bed just after 10pm and yet i am up again. i have tryed taking sleeping tables but again same thing happens i fall asleep with then but they just dont help me stay asleep! this has been going on for a good few months now but i am just waking up earlier now. i feel tired but just cant shut myself off to go back to sleep this is it for me i am not up for the day! i just want to be able to get a good night sleep again! do this happen with you? if so what have you tryed to do to stay asleep?
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@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
There are lots of factors that cause us not to get a good sleep, but there are things to do too to make us sleep like a baby as they say. Sometimes it stress makes us not to have that good sleep. You can try to make yourself busy the whole day, have a regular exercise that makes your body wanted to relax the whole night. I'm sure if you are tired you can get that much needed sleep you need. And put a little music if that is alright with you.
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@ren1982 (341)
9 Feb 11
hi yes i do think its stress that is stopping me from sleeping. and i do workout and try to keep myself busy in the days and when i go to sleep i do feel like i could sleep for hours but it just doesnt happen doesnt matter how tired i feel i just wake up at in the early hours and thats it for sleep for me
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 11
Getting 5 - 6 hours sleep every night is normal for me. I go to bed at around 1.00 am and get up at around 7am. That is normal for me. If I go to bed at around 10pm, like you I will get up at around 2/3 am and cannot go back to sleep. I guess each body has a different time allocation for sleeping.
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@ren1982 (341)
9 Feb 11
it was always like this for me tho i use to sleep so much more! and even if i stay up til say 1am i will still wake up at around 4am it just seems to be the time my body wants to get up even tho my brain is saying noooo more sleep! hahaha
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 11
Sometimes we need to believe what our body is telling us.
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@ren1982 (341)
9 Feb 11
haha yea but in this case i wish my body would just let me sleep!!!
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Feb 11
Hi Ren, I think you need to see a doctor about it. This may not even be a sleep problem. It is likely to be a breathing problem. That means when you stop breathing during your sleep, your body will wake you up, so that you can breath again. Once you wake up, it is impossible to fall back into a deep sleep. You need to see the doctor and check if something is wrong with your passage way or sleep posture or other reason.
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@ren1982 (341)
9 Feb 11
thanks! i have to see my dr next week so i will have talk with him about it then cos i am really getting fed up with this whole thing!
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
9 Feb 11
It doesn't matter what i do or don't do when I fall asleep. i will will wake up in the middle of the night to find out it is 3 or 4 am. Then I go back to sleep and wait for the 5:30 alarm to ring.
@ren1982 (341)
10 Feb 11
well yet again iwas up at 3:30am again this morning! i wish icould go back to sleep after i wake up but once i am awake thats it for me blah
• India
9 Feb 11
Well i also had the same problem before so what i used to do was i used to drink up a whole bottle of milk. Don't ask me why i do that but it made me real sleepy and i wouldn't get up in the morning if i did so. I always have some milk if i am not getting enough sleep for myself. It helps me a lot also and most importantly is that it fills my stomach so i wouldn't have to eat anything more again! Cheers!
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@ren1982 (341)
9 Feb 11
hmmm not really a big fan of milk! but maybe i will make a hot chocolate drink with milk before i go to sleep.... might do something??
@netrod (182)
• United States
11 Feb 11
I have learned about a new study that says the computer monitor depletes some levels of Seratonin in a person... This study says that drinking "Tart Cherry Juice" will naturally help replenish your Seratonin levels and allow you sleep better... You might try Googling "Tart Cherry Juice for Sleep"... Good Luck and sweet dreams my new friend...
@ren1982 (341)
11 Feb 11
never heard of it but might just give it a try! went to sleep at around 12:30am and up at 4:30am today so need to sort this not sleeping thing out! and thank you!
@julise (494)
• Indonesia
4 Mar 11
my ex had the same problem as you. in the end we manage to help him sleep without keep waking up. there's reason why he keeps waking up. he's pretty sensitive with lights, noise, and movement. so we change the curtain to black. we take out the clock in the bed room. as for movement. i barely move when i'm asleep. so there's no problem in this part. except that one time when i'm sick and i keep coughing. poor him, he didnt sleep well. you should figure out why you cant stay asleep. knowing the problem, then solve it^^
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
11 Feb 11
I get days (or nights) like those. Even if I am physically or mentally tired, I would still wake up in the middle of the night. And then I would have trouble getting back to sleep. But for me, it comes and goes. I would suffer through this a few nights, and then I'd be back to normal. A few weeks later, I would be at it again. Also no clue how to remedy this.
@dong88 (795)
• China
10 Feb 11
Sleep is very important.Good health is beneficial to sleep,conversely ,can affect our health.I do,so,try to make early to bed and early to rise.Early after get up,go jogging exercise.
• Bulgaria
12 Feb 11
I had a similar problem bud now I have it no more... it turns out that everything is love... when you have a loved one beside you- sleep is wonderful
@unme9090 (55)
• Malaysia
9 Feb 11
Do you get enough exercise recently or what's been borthering you in your mind? Just take a quick exercise before bed and make it a daily routine, it would be a lot easier to fixed this problem of yours. happened to me once.
• China
4 Mar 11
I work in three shifts around clock,so I always don't sleep well.