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Waking up at 3 am

Posted by judybradford @judybradford, Jan 5 10:32am

What do you do when you wake up at 3 am and can't easily get back to sleep? You only have 2-3 more hours until you want to get up, so taking medications isn't a great idea because then you will oversleep.

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celia16 | @celia16 | Jan 5 6:23pm

I’ve had it for over a year. I have wondered why and suspect post covid syndrome. I’ve tried various things, but nothing helped that much. It has improved on it’s own, but I still wake up between 2-4. Now, I can usually return to sleep. Plus, I go to sleep early between 8-9 p.m. so, I normally get 6 hours before I wake up now. I’d like to sleep from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m.

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2tnt | @2tnt | Jan 6 4:57am
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@celia16

I’ve had it for over a year. I have wondered why and suspect post covid syndrome. I’ve tried various things, but nothing helped that much. It has improved on it’s own, but I still wake up between 2-4. Now, I can usually return to sleep. Plus, I go to sleep early between 8-9 p.m. so, I normally get 6 hours before I wake up now. I’d like to sleep from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m.

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I had to go to a sleep psychologist. He told me to force myself to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00 every night for two weeks. I then switched to a 9:30 bedtime and was able to sleep 7-8 hours a night.

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celia16 | @celia16 | Jan 6 7:18am
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@2tnt

I had to go to a sleep psychologist. He told me to force myself to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00 every night for two weeks. I then switched to a 9:30 bedtime and was able to sleep 7-8 hours a night.

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Thanks for the tip. I will try it.

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cb3 | @cb3 | Jan 6 9:46am
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@2tnt

I had to go to a sleep psychologist. He told me to force myself to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00 every night for two weeks. I then switched to a 9:30 bedtime and was able to sleep 7-8 hours a night.

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That's interesting. My circadian sleep cyle has een of for several years. I've gone from night to swing to grave in my sleeping cycles. I'm really fed up with it. That along with nerve damage from cancer tratment 11 years ago have invaded my life. I've been taking R-Alpha Lipoic Acid for almost a year. I still suffer with nerve damage. Soon I will inquire about acupuncture treatments.

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