It sounds as though you are going to bed around 9:00 PM but you aren’t getting out of bed to start your day until around 7:00 AM — this means you are allotting ten hours for sleep.
It also sounds as though you are currently averaging around four hours of sleep each night — so, by allotting ten hours for sleep you are basically virtually guaranteeing yourself six hours of wakefulness during the night.
I think you would find it helpful to reduce the amount of time you allot for sleep/spend in bed to more closely match your current average nightly sleep duration. So, you might want to try allotting no more than around five-and-a-half hours for sleep for a couple of weeks and see if that leads to any improvement.
Good luck!
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