waking up in the middle of the night  

I have been doing this too, only about 3 or 3:30! I started taking some valarien root to help me sleep. It seems like it helps, even if I wake up for a second I get right back to sleep.. maybe it's an old age thing!

Yea i have the same problem i wake up at 3:30 or 4. it may be due to a bad dream at times but it sometimes i wake up for no reason. may be its because we have a disturbed mind through the day so our mind is strained at nights. people said our mind sleeps when we sleep but i heard that's not true it seems our mind is even more awake at night than day time. don know how far its true.

Do you recentlly need to go to work every day in that time? If I used to wake up several day in the same time, I will kept wake up at the same time even I didn't need to wake up so earyly anymore!

If you not the situation I mentioned, are there any chance you have too much pressure right now? I have some experience like you, but I just close my eyes and told myself sleep sleep and sleep, and you can image the picture sometimes you were very deeply want sleep, it really help me a lot!

Are you eating regurally and getting enough exercese like you should be getting? If something in your body has changed it could be the reason you're not sleeping at night. I know my boyfriend for example will come home from work and get streight into the beer. Doesn't really matter how much he has (though he manages to squeeze in at least two cans) he's up in the middle of the night craving sugar. On some nights its worse and others its not. Only time he sleeps through the night is if he doesn't drink (which is only once a week) and eats something before he goes to bed.

Perhaps if you drink alcoholic beverages cut down on them. Eat something small about an hour before you go to bed, and you should be fine. It may or may not help.

Also try to find ways during the day to relax and destress yourself. And, no the above mentioned alcohol isn't the way to go about it. It only fries your brain literally.

I do not know what to say that could help you stay asleep.Have you tried going to bed earlier or later at night to see if you still wake up at the same time? If you are still waking up at the same time no matter when you go to bed then there must be something that interupts your sleep like a noise that wakes you ,yet when you wake up the noise has stopped.

First of all, the fact that you are letting it upset you is worsening the problem - it's probably why it's hard to fall back asleep.

Second, as anything changed in your life recently?

Third, are you under any kind of stress that is more than normal?

Have you changed any of your habits?

Do you think you could be going through a physiological change?

Ultimately, letting it upset you is a huge contributing factor to not waking up refreshed. If you have the train of thought that you "need to get X hours a sleep a night" then your minds needs will overtake your bodies needs. Our bodies go through changes all of the time for a reason and our biggest obstacles to just accepting this seem to be that we think we should have control over the internal workings of our bodies.

Are you working in shift or something? It is your biological clock ticking. Try taking some milk instead of coffee and a cool shower before retiring to bed.

hi
this is general thing don't worry my friend .
sometimes i also wakeup 3am but after with in half en hour i go to sleep automatically.
if you thinking something every minute before going to sleep then you automatically wakeup between at 2am to3.30am.....
so don't think any one before going to sleep .......
and start sleep freely.
then every morning you will be very fresh and some confidence about the day.
thanking you
have a nice day and happy nights

...Hi pree, Sometimes something that you have been worrying about will be in your sub-concious and will interrupt your sleep. Try to find some Chamomile tea, it is a herbal blend, drink a cup or so before you retire, you should sleep through the night without waking. Before that, you might want to think about what may be worrying you and try to come to grips with it. A hot soaking bath does wonders for your eyeballs, just don't fall asleep in the tub. Lastly you should not be drinking coffee before you go to bed, but I am sure you know that "o). Take care.

omg. same thing here
i always wake up like @ 3am after i woke up. i cant get back to sleep.