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Frequent awakenings, no restful sleep. Need guidance
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I've done that (I call is sleep restriction in my OP). Tried it several times under the guidance of a psychologist. It kind of works as long as my time in bed (TIB) is kept short (5-5.5 hours), expanding by 15 minutes every two weeks. As soon as I get to about 6 hours TIB all of the interruptions come back. Seems like a breaking point for some reason.
And even though I had fewer awakenings at 5.5 hours TIB the sleep wasn't quality so I was even more tired than usual when I woke up
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Interesting. I finally gave up on it myself, because I kept falling asleep during the day while sitting up and reading. And as you say, the quality of my sleep suffered. I'm sure it works better for some people than it did for us. Still might try it again in the future, but not until some other problems stabilize.