Weird Sleeping Pattern Problem

[Buck Birdseed]

It's as if a switch has suddenly been flipped somewhere.

Up until a week or so ago, my sleeping pattern was this: Go to sleep at some point between midnight and three o'clock, in a relatively slow way, drifting off for about 20 minutes before sleep ensues. Wake up at around 6 AM, look at the bedside clock, immediately fall back asleep. Repeat once per sleeping cycle until about 11 AM, when I conciously decide to not go back to sleep and have got my eight-to-ten of shuteye.

Now, for some reason, when I wake up at 6 AM, I can no longer immediately go back to sleep. Instead I twist and turn irritably for half an hour or more, leaving me shattered the next morning.

Any sensible explanation? I've got no problem falling asleep at night!

[monolith94]

I wish I could have sleep

[FrustratedPoet]

you sleep until 11am?

I hate you.

[Flandrien]

It is getting light sooner (if you live on the northern hemisphere).
Is the light keeping you awake ?

[Lancer]

Try getting up at 6 and being active, go for a walk.

[Buck Birdseed]

I don't think that's it... I mean, I usually sleep until broad daylight even in mid-winter. But yeah, lemme check a meteorological site.

Sunrise at 6:26. It's a possibility! But I'm sure this didn't happen last year...

[Buck Birdseed]

Originally posted by Lancer
Try getting up at 6 and being active, go for a walk.

Four hours of sleep? I can't function without at least eight.

[General Ludd]

Go to bed earlier. I always go to bed at 9:00 (but usualy read for a couple hours depending how tired I am) so I always have a good chance of geting enough sleep, even if I have trouble sleeping.

[MRT144]

not as bad as mine. i go to bed at 10am and wake up at 5pm, just in time to get to work.

[Lancer]

Maybe you're worried about current events. Go for a walk at 6AM, then go to bed early that evening. You'll naturally wake up early the following morning, go for another walk. In this way you'll re-establish a good sleep pattern.

Don't drink coffee for a couple of days.

[Urban Ranger]

Sleep earlier, unless you have a reason to be nocturnal.

[Jac de Molay]

Melatonin might be helpful for a screwed up sleep pattern. A lot of shift workers use it with varying success.

[Paul Hanson]

Be active, otherwise you'll find sleeping difficult. It's happening to me: although I do a fair amount of work, I do very little in the way of exercise or manual labour, so what happens is that I go to sleep at 2am and wake at 6am, still tired but unable to sleep any longer.

[MRT144]

paul, i work a very physical job, for 4 hours and it does me no good! i hate it!

[Paul Hanson]

Maybe so, but I'll bet you're dying to sleep afterwards.