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so if you never go to bed until you are REALLY sleepy, have you ever been up all night and not feel sleepy enough to sleep? it has happened to me! also have times when I'm exhausted and still didn't sleep! Sometimes I make a floor bed for myself and can fall asleep that way! I never could figure that out? sometimes I will read until I feel relaxed enough to go to bed, and then I'm wide awake again! So annoying!
Another thing someone told me to try and it seems to help a lot, is, do not eat anything with sugar, if you can avoid sugar for 2 weeks you will sleep better!! but its SO hard! Because when we are tired during the day and don't feel like working hard you go for comfort food! Its a vicious cycle!!
And what if you’re never sleepy? I’ve always been a night owl and the longer I’m up the better I feel. Never feel great the first half of the day. When I was young I couldn’t go to sleep easily and then couldn’t wake up. Now that I’m older I can’t go to sleep or stay asleep. Up and down constantly. Cancer meds have made it all worse rarely being sleepy. If I do get sleepy it’s gone before I can transfer to bed. I feel for all of you. It’s miserable and bad for your health. I average 4-5 hours a night of constantly interrupted sleep.