Does anyone wake up daily at 3am?

Posted by livelivetothefullest @livelivetothefullest, Sep 29 4:04am

I have problems falling sleep. I haven’t able to have good night sleep as fatas I can remember. Went I finally fell sleep I have broken sleep pattern, and I wake up every night at 3am, I do not know why and I cannot fall sleep again, sometimes I go back to sleep at 6am. I do not feel refreshed in the morning. I have black circle under my eyes from the lack of sleep. Also feel irritated, sad, and brain fog/forgetful from lack of sleep. This is terrible. Any one have similar issues. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

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andytheman | @andytheman | Sep 29 5:41am

I wake up around 3:00 and go downstairs to grab c cup of coffee. If you are willing to take medication I use Seroquel. At least 5 hours sleep. Just a thought. Some people can’t take seroquel . Get a psychiatrist.

scottbeammeup | @scottbeammeup | Sep 29 7:39am

Me. I fall asleep at 11 and wake up at 3 or 4 AM. Lunesta doesn't work. Melatonin doesn't work. Both together don't work. I've just come to accept that's the way it is.

celia16 | @celia16 | Sep 29 8:51am

I do. Not every night, but a lot. How’s melatonin?

tyralynn | @tyralynn | Sep 29 10:28am

I often wake around then and have decided not to resist. Sometimes I fall asleep again to a podcast or I try to think of peaceful things. Doesn’t always work but if I try to think it’s fun it helps!!

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Sep 29 4:20pm

@livelivetothefullest
I have woke up around 3 AM for a number of years now. Sometimes I go back to sleep sometimes not. I tried a couple of sleeping pills but they didn't help so I decided to improve my sleep hygiene, if I sleep fine if I don't fine. Since I have taken seizure medication and lots of them for nearly 60 years, I think I am probably just immune to the fatigue side effect of these medications.
Personally I wouldn't take Seroquel myself.
Seroquel is not a sleeping medication but an antipsychotic for Schizophrenia and bipolar. My friends son takes it for schizophrenia and it helps him although he did develop Seroquel induced diabetes. AstraZeneca, the manufacturer knew about this side effect, but didn't bother to disclose that information. AstraZeneca paid over half a $1 billion in fines for illegal marketing of Seroquel.
Take care,
Jake

gloaming | @gloaming | Sep 29 7:06pm

I see advice to resort to melatonin, but only if you awaken. I take it at bedtime, and find that it helps me to stay asleep the few nights in a month when I elect to use it. I keep it, and zopiclone, potent by not using them more than about once a week. In fact, since getting over my atrial fibrillation via a second, successful, catheter ablation, I haven't used zopiclone in over 16 months. Don't get me wrong: I do fall asleep quite well, but I just don't stay asleep if I awaken for some reason after, even four whole hours. I can sometimes get back to sleep if I lie there and ruminate for an hour or more, but it's only 50/50 on that account.

I'm not like everyone reading this, and you won't be like me. I tough out the rough nights when I know I'm going to be lucky to get four or five hours, and I'll do this two/three nights running until I take melatonin...3-5 mg only. After a really rough spell, I used to take i/4 tablet of zopiclone because it seemed to do the trick. In fact, because he knew I have sleep apnea, the pharmacist who filled the prescription for one tab as needed suggested I cut each tab in half and to try that. I did, first night, and it worked so well that I felt I really owed it to myself to try the quarter dose. I'd give that quarter tab about a C+ grade, good enough, but not great enough.

colette8 | @colette8 | Sep 29 9:36pm

Like clockwork every night between 3am-3:45am I will wake regardless if I have had only 2 hours of sleep. Sometimes I do just get up, have coffee and start my morning routine. A couple hours later I can take a 1- hour nap, then ok.

sue4 | @sue4 | Sep 30 10:24am

10mg of THC…..

seniormed | @seniormed | Sep 30 10:50am

Melatonin is the best remedy for falling asleep. Take it an hour before getting
in bed. Safe but if you are concerned about rare drug interactions such as blood thinners consult your physician.
Large doses are used in critical care. It is anti inflammatory so I take 5 mg
every PM to help arthritis and sleep. It does not stay long in your circulation
so it doesn’t help our 3 AM awakenings.

ripley | @ripley | Sep 30 11:44am

I have similar problems. I believe my insomnia is caused by my fibromyalgia. I suggest you try and have a sleep study done to determine if your sleep issues could be due to sleep apnea. My sleep study didn't find any reason for my insomnia. You could ask your Dr for a prescription for Trazodone, an antidepressant often used by people who have sleep issues. It has a side effect of making you sleepy so mainly helps with falling asleep, but it helps some people sleep through the night. Thirty minutes before bed, I take a sleep gummy that contains 10mg CBN and 5mg THC (from Minny Grown). About 15-20 minutes later I take 2.5mg melatonin and 50mg Trazodone. This usually help me get 5-6 hrs of sleep. Charlotte's Web sells sleep gummys called "Stay Asleep", dosage is two gummy's that contain 10mg CBN each. I've tried them but only take one gummy.