[Karen5]

i have had insomnia for years. It has presented different ways. Right now I am waking at 4 am and can’t fall back asleep. Very frustrating as I am really dragging. I am also pretty inactive now I have a broken leg and am not able to do my regular activities. Any advice on how to get back to sleep?

[Martin Reed]

Hello Karen. What time do you typically go to bed at night? Has your insomnia followed a similar pattern for the past few years?

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[Karen5]

Hi Martin

i go to bed around 10:00 10:30. My sleep problems have varied over the years. I have had problems falling asleep but now it’s more like waking at 1 or 2 am and being up for a long time or just waking at 4 am. If I do stay up later which I have tried I wake up early anyway if I stay up til 12 I will wake at about 5. So that’s my story been to two sleep docs. One recommended sleep restriction but I work and don’t know if I can function on 4 hours as she suggested. The other gave me meds not crazy about that. Thanks

[Martin Reed]

I don’t normally recommend people restrict their sleep time to below around 5.5 hours. A limit of 4 hours is very aggressive so I am not surprised you struggled with that!

Do you typically feel sleepy and ready to sleep when you go to bed atound 10 or 10.30? When you wake during the night (which is completely normal, by the way), why do you think you find it hard to fall back to sleep?

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[Karen5]

Hi Martin, thanks for responding. Yes I am tired at 10:00-10:30. I am generally tired by the evening and by 9 I usually start my no electronics winding down for the night things. Reading or some other kind of activity. As far as why I can’t get back to sleep it varies. I have a busy mind so if there is something on my mind i will start thinking about it. There have been a lot of very stressful things that have occurred over the last couple of years in my life. Other times I think it is just hard for me to relax and I just get upset because I am awake and thinking I won’t get back to sleep and thinking I am going to be dragging all day. Obviously this is the opposite of what I should be doing. I am almost freaked out now by being awake during the night. I try breathing, listening to meditation or sleep music on my phone, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

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