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I am thinking this is something I have to accept. I know I am a night owl but I get so sleepy about 8 or 9 pm and take a half hour nap. Then I can stay up and watch my favorite shows on tv and go to bed about 12 or 12:30. I do sleep very good now. I have been sleeping good for a year. I went 2 years with insomnia tossing and turning until I found Martin Reed.
I wake up at 5 or 6am, sometimes I can sleep until 7 or 8 but not very often. I am 72, retired and would love to sleep until 8 or 9 but am accepting my hours are 12 until 7, usually waking at 5 or 6 am. If any one has any suggestions on how to sleep late I would love to hear it. I have went to bed at 12 oclock, 1 oclock, even 2 oclock but it seems 6 am is about when I wake and there is nothing I can do about it!
It’s great that you’re sleeping well now! I wonder if taking an earlier nap would help you, if you are able to do that.
I just have no control over if I am sleepy or not. I can relax but if I am not sleepy I cant sleep. I dont take a nap in the early evening, wish I could but not sleepy. I am just accepting I am waking up earlier than I want but it is what it is. I know a lot of people would be glad to sleep like I do now basically 12 until 7 am. That sure beats staying up all night and tossing and turning. Glad I dont do that now. I also feel good the next day so I know I have had enough sleep. Sometimes on the weekends I sleep until 8. I hate when I wake up at 5am but try to relax until 6 or 7.
Maybe you should try to forgo the 8 or 9 pm nap then and you might start sleeping better. I am now trying resting in bed when I wake up too early and by relaxing and telling myself it’s okay, I can get up if I start tossing and turning I find I’m actually falling back asleep. I think this is much better for me than forcing myself to get up at 3, 4, or 5 am.
forgo the 8 or 9 oclock nap, easier said than done. I get so so sleepy. The only way would be if I was active. But what to do at that time of night? Clean out closets or walk around I guess but no one wants to do that. I think it is just ACCEPTANCE. I know I cant get up and go to the couch and then back to bed, that does not work for me at all. But all is fine, if I get to sleep later that is good, if not I am happy to be sleeping the night, so many cant do that!
Jesseco, I think relaxing is good. That helps me a lot, I just say relax, I cant force myself to sleep and I usually relax from 5am until 6 or 7. I am not a teenager any more so I think those late mornings are a thing of the past.
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