Do you always wake up in the middle of the night?

@gr8life (6251)
Malaysia
March 23, 2009 12:11pm CST
I do. I always sleep early and wake up in the middle of the night or in the wee hours. Whenever it happens, I can't get back to sleep. I use the time to read or sometimes to clean the house - mop the floor, fold and iron the clothes and etc. Sometimes, I log in here and start mylotting till almost dawn. If I don't feel like doing anything, I just stare blankly at the wall or lie down beside my son and look at him while he is fast asleep. I wake up at the same time everyday- at 5.30 in the morning. It is alright for me if it is just for one or two days but if it happens to often, I really feel tired easily and sleepy too during day time. Do any of you have the same problem like me? Share your experience here.
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@laedyan (189)
• Philippines
23 Mar 09
Its my greatest problem these days. Waking up in the middle of the night after only an hour or two of sleep and when it comes to worst, not having a sleep at all. That makes me sleepy during the day and i don't know what to do anymore. When i tried to push myself into sleeping, the more active my mind will be so instead of lying in the bed staring at the walls and the four corners of my room, i opened the computer to watch tapes again and again that will lead my eyes to sleep. I tried drinking milk at night but it has no effect.
• United States
23 Mar 09
You know sometimes exercise will help you sleep too. YOu might want to try that and see if that works. Also any caffine products can affect sleep at night too. That is also one of my problems I drink too much caffine. Take care
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@kimutaku (145)
• China
24 Mar 09
yep.... I dont know why,these days I always woke up at midnight...and fell asleep again it bothers me a lot I dont like this way!!! but dont know what to do....maybe because I am older? but I'm not that old....
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
24 Mar 09
I always wake up numerous amounts of time during the night, I feel like a walking zombie most of the time..I have 3 children, with 2 under 2, so they are always waking up for bottles or changing.
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@Nhey16 (2518)
• Philippines
24 Mar 09
I always do, too. Before going to sleep I do drink a glassful of water, and in the middle of the night I have to wake up to pee. And after that I will drink another glass of water, and if the aircon's still on, I would have to get up again and pee in an hour or two. After peeing I usually drink a glass of water, so I just have to get up many times in the middle of the night. And most of the times, I feel dizzy but I don't have a choice but to get up.
• Philippines
24 Mar 09
I only wake up in the middle of the night if I dreamed something that make me awake. Then I can't sleep later on because I can't sleep.
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@Aquilis (175)
24 Mar 09
I do occasionally wake up in the middle of the night, though I don't really remember it, the only clue I have is that something has moved from where i put it, such as a glass of water or my phone. So im definatly up to something, but not too sure what!
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
23 Mar 09
yes i did as well... i always wake up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet at least once... sometimes it can be twice... and since i have to wake up in the morning to go to the toilet, i usually feel very tired and sleepy because my sleep is always disturbed... i wish i can have a one straight 8 hours sleep without interruptions... that way, i can wake up fresh in the morning... take care and have a nice day...
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@unuzzz (1273)
• Indonesia
24 Mar 09
Hi gr8life, wow, you do the housework at dawn? That's amazing, hahaa.. I cannot sleep until 2am everynight It's very very torturing Then I always got awaken around 5 because of the noise my parents made They always get up at that time, then my mom will make the breakfast and my dad turn on and watch the tv.. Geeeshh, the noises !! I always have to get up on the next morning at 7am for work And due to this, I'm seriously lack of sleep It's difficult to get back to sleep after those noises and it's almost 6am I often feel tired and super sleepy during day time I tried to sleep earlier, but I cannot close my eyes and stay awake until around 2am My solution is to take vitamin and some supplements But I still feel sleepy, so I often take a short nap around lunch break at my desk .. LOL Thanks gr8life .. ^^
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
23 Mar 09
Hi g8life, it will happen to me only when I will sleep late than usual time....and like you, I will spend time mylotting and wait when I will be sleepy again... I haven't tried cleaning, lol! I am lazy to do that honestly!
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@sameroad (3179)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I used to always wake up in the middle of the night and it would drive me crazy because i would have a really hard time falling back to sleep. I would end up laying there till 5-6am before i would fall back to sleep. I think one of reasons was because i wasn't being active enough during the day. I still had too much energy built up in me i guess... so now i work out every day and i have found that since i started doing that, that i am able to sleep much better at night and i don't every wake up anymore. i can sleep clear through the night.
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@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I usually start waking up in the wee hours of the morning, and I'll always get up and look at the clock, I don't know why I do that. Then I keep doing it for the next couple hours or so till its time for me to get up, I guess thats why I get tired during the day because I don't sleep very good towards the morning hours.
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@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
23 Mar 09
Hello there. I dont usually wake up in the middle of the night. On night that I do however, its usually very hard to get back to sleep. Sometimes I will get up and go to the bathroom and then get a small drink of juice or water and go back to bed. Usually I end up staring blankly at the walls or ceiling. After tossing and turning about 100 times, I will doze off usually when its time to get up again!
@Elegant7 (140)
• United States
23 Mar 09
Usually, I do not wake up in the middle of the night unless it's because I need to use the restroom. However, in rare cases I do and I tend to try to fall back asleep. When I can't manage that, I'll often read or browse the internet until either I need to get up for the day or I can manage to fall back asleep.
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@blion23 (403)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I think that this could be something serious. Go to see your doctor about it. Sometimes, I will wake up to go to the bathroom, but I have never had trouble falling back asleep. Try eating something or taking a warm shower before going to sleep tonight. Also do not do anything that will make you very energized and focus on relaxing before you decide to hit the hay. Good luck and best of luck.
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• United States
23 Mar 09
Last week and the week before that I was waking at all of the time at night. I could not sleep because I was coughing all the time. I felt so crappy throughout the day it seemed like everyday was rolling into each other. Now when I am not sick most of the time I will sleep through the night. Every once in awhile if my boyfriend goes to his friends I will go to sleep and wake when he gets home. I will stay up with him for a little while and than go back to sleep. Last night I stayed up until 4am and I regreted it. I did not get up early like I need to and than I just woke up for the day at 1pm! So I guess I do not sleep through the night like I should. Nice discussion and happy mtlotting to you gr8life
@tabachi (263)
• Philippines
24 Mar 09
yes,,i do..and that's because i'm insomniac..i can't ever get a full sleep...when i wake up,i always have a real hard time going back to sleep and most of the time..i don't anymore..i just read a book or listen to music..or watch tv..
• Romania
24 Mar 09
To have a deep sleep is recomanded to make a shower before go to the bad. Also is good what you say: to read o book,listening to music... I wake up every day on 7 a clock and I am tired in some cases... But this thing is becouse I go to the sleep on a late hour. That is... my bad!
@ds6413 (2070)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I go to bed around midnight and sleep the night without waking until the alarm rings at 7 am. If I do wake up and can't get back to sleep I will read until I fall asleep again.
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• United States
23 Mar 09
When i sleep at my parents house i always wake up in the middle of the night and i hate it so much. It bothers me and bugs me so much because i always feel that i didn't get enough sleep the next day. When i sleep with my boyfriend i never wake up in the middle of the night unless he sets the alarm to go to work, but then i always go back to sleep and sleeping over there helps me because i feel i have more energy and that helps me out through the day and especially on mylot i can stay on the computer longer and post more responses.
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• United States
23 Mar 09
always but i fall right back to sleep after moving around a little
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• United States
23 Mar 09
I wake up about 5 times a night and like you i get tired and sometimes have a hard time getting things done.I wish i knew what to do to get a goodnight sleep.
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