tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520412246310459623.post6422487306860413516..comments2023-09-06T07:14:09.986-04:00Comments on No more running: To sleep, perchance to dream …Debbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727115174070254910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520412246310459623.post-36704317389904061832012-04-13T08:17:11.716-04:002012-04-13T08:17:11.716-04:00I know about the 2nd 2:30 and 4:30 because these a...I know about the 2nd 2:30 and 4:30 because these are generally target toilet times for me. Even though I hate it that I get up at least one and usually two times during the night to go to the bathroom, I'm grateful that I can get up, go, and go back to sleep when I return to bed - at least most nights. <br /><br />The only time I've had the problem you describe is when I've been traveling to faraway time zones and need to readjust. Or, as Ginger outlined, I in explicably wake up and can't go back to sleep and I'm exhausted through the whole time.<br /><br />I too have read a lot about the "blue light" effect and how you shouldn't use the computer or watch TV within a half hour or hour of going to bed. But I do that every night and it doesn't seem to had an effect, so either I'm immune to it or so used to it that it doesn't matter.<br /><br />Here at my mom's house, I wake up consistently earlier than I do at home and I think it has to do with being further north where it gets light earlier and in a place where the light invades the room in a different way. But at 2:30 or 4:30 I wouldn't think light would be your issue...<br /><br />Good luck getting back on schedule.denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873046572246069891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520412246310459623.post-9097336366667551722012-04-13T07:25:48.608-04:002012-04-13T07:25:48.608-04:00Although - something I've been reading a lot a...Although - something I've been reading a lot about lately is exposure to "blue light" such as from television and computer monitors. Apparently it can mess up your sleep patterns significantly. So that might be something to look into.gingerzingihttp://gingerzingi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520412246310459623.post-74260689133568324972012-04-13T07:24:28.013-04:002012-04-13T07:24:28.013-04:00Ugh. I feel for you. That's my pattern too, wa...Ugh. I feel for you. That's my pattern too, waking up around 2:30. Only I'm not UP bouncing off the walls, I'm exhausted! I know people will say "If you can't sleep get up and do something, don't just lie in bed sleepless," but I'm far too groggy to do anything. It's miserable.<br /><br />I don't know how I get back on track because I don't really know what causes the insomnia to start with. There are several possible contributors, but they don't <i>always</i> cause sleep problems, and sometimes I can't track it down to anything! <br /><br />Given your pattern, all I can suggest is trying to take a nap in the afternoon. A lot of people believe that the 8-straight-hours is an unnatural pattern anyway, that humans are better adapted to 2 or 3 shorter sleep periods.gingerzingihttp://gingerzingi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com