I have an ok sleep schedule, I still wake up tired at times.

  •  Jadey ()   ( @snw@feddit.nl ) 
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    21 year ago

    Awful. I often take 1-2 hours to manage to fall asleep and I always wake up feeling absolutely fucked, usually taking at least another hour to get out of bed.

    Add it all up and I usually end up wasting ~3 hours of my life every single day on sleep. I’ve tried pretty much anything under the sun short of nuclear options like Ambien (which I’m terrified of), nothing seems to help.

  • It depends. I usually sleep pretty well, but I have a bizarre tendency towards lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, and even “involuntary astral projection” where I have the sensation of leaving my body. I figured out that CBD and cannabis help stop this, so lately I’ve been free of most sleep disturbances.

    • Are you, me?

      I’m the same way. I feel tired in the late afternoon / early night, but then a few hours later (when most people would be going to bed), I get a second wind and feel wide awake again until the middle of the night. I feel like what I really need is a 26 hour day.

  • I’ve had insomnia for years now, and I’ve taken trazodone and melatonin, but it was still a struggle to get tired sometimes. In January I started also taking diphenhydramine hcl, and it’s made a world of difference.

    I’m not going to cite a specific brand, but there a a bunch out there if you want to try it for yourself.

  • If your sleeping 7 plus hours a night and still feeling knackered it’s worth talking to a doctor and having some tests done, there’s loads of reasons for feeling tired all the time.

    In terms of improving sleep having a consistent sleep and wake time is super important and having a wind down routine is helpful.

    If you struggle to get to sleep a good technique is to get up after 15-20 minutes (not timing but when it feels like you’ve been trying to sleep that long) and do something with a low thinking requirement like reading a book or watching bad TV.