[DavidOK]

I’m 41 and besides having Cerebral Palsy, I’m in good health (recently had a physical). I have had an Apple Watch for the past 2 years and just recently started looking at some of the health data. I was a little surprised to find I’m only averaging 5 1/2-6 hours of sleep a night. However, I feel fine and am able to function at work, etc., and I’m going all day long, but really don’t feel tired. I do drink coffee, but it’s more because I enjoy it; not because I need the boost (I don’t have a cup of coffee until 9 or 10 in the morning). Since I get up at 4:30am to go to work, I started going to bed 30 minutes to an hour earlier, thinking I’d get more sleep; I just started waking up an hour earlier. On weekends, I still sleep about the same amount. The last time I slept more than 8 hours was about a month ago the night after walking through a large airport to catch a flight to vacation. Could it be that I’m just a short sleeper? What originally got me looking at this was I’m a meteorologist and noticed my sleep schedule, thinking it was because I’m busier during severe weather season, until I got looking at other data on my watch. When I lie down, I go to sleep quickly. When I wake up, I don’t feel tired and feel ready to get up, though I don’t want to because I usually have an hour or hour and a half that I could sleep before I have to get up for work.

Thanks!

[Chee2308]

My experience with insomnia is, don’t try to fix anything if it’s not broken. A lot of times, it leads you down rabbit holes. It can make it worse too because all that sudden attention and monitoring can be mentally stimulating that makes sleep a bit harder to come by. Best wishes to you.

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