@hmccarth5 @cila @judithjoy, I've always lived with interrupted sleep, even as a child. The internet is full of articles offer suggestions, like this one:
- How Interrupted Sleep Affects You and What to Do About it https://www.sleep.org/interrupted-sleep-what-happens-to-your-body/

Fellow members offer some tips in this related discussion:
- How is your Sleep Hygiene? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sleep-hygine/

My patterns have shifted over time depending on the causes, but interrupted sleep is my norm. The biggest culprit for me is that when I wake up for whatever reason: bladder, snoring husband, bad dream, stress, it is my active mind that prevents me from falling asleep again. Lately, I've been falling back asleep with the help of podcasts. I select a podcast before I go to bed. When I wake I play the podcast and set the timer for 30 minutes. The podcast has to be a talk podcast with no ads or music, simply calm voices. Some of my favorites are Hidden Brain, RadioLab, and Writers and Company. I usually fall back asleep before the 30 minutes.

What helps you get back to sleep?

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