[SallyR]

Hello, I have just found this site and hope to find how others have coped with sleep restriction. I find the tiredness it creates makes me more anxious than ever and I question whether it’s for me. I am interested to hear how others manage this.

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum, Sally! How are you getting on since you posted?

Sleep restriction doesn’t usually lead to more sleepiness because your initial sleep window should always be a little bit longer than your average nightly sleep duration. Since the goal of the sleep window is to build sleep drive during the day and reduce the amount of time you spend awake at night, it often leads to lower levels of anxiety — if you are able to stick to an appropriate window for at least a few weeks.

With that being said, if you do feel a bit more sleepy in the short-term, sometimes this can be a reasonable trade-off in return for better sleep for the long-term!

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