[Frazzled]

I often feel sleepy at around 8:30 or 9pm, and indeed do doze off if watching the TV or reading. Should I go to bed this early to see if it helps? The problem is I wake up early (no alarm) around 5:30 am so I might end up waking even earlier and I am not sure that is helpful either.

[Martin Reed]

Well, that’s a great question and the answer is completely up to you @Frazzled!

Would you be going to bed around 8:30 PM — 9:00 PM because that feels like the right time for you to go to bed and would fit your lifestyle?

Or, would you be going to bed at that time in an effort to make sleep happen or in an attempt to control sleep?

If it’s the latter, does your experience tell you that sleep responds well to effort? Does your experience tell you that sleep can be directly controlled?

Something else to consider is that if you go to bed around 8:30 PM and typically wake/get up at 5:30 AM, you’d be allotting 9 hours for sleep at night. Does that seem appropriate?

I hope there’s something useful here.

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