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—What time do you usually go to bed at night
In general, it has usually been whenever I feel sleepy. Since this began, I have tried both going to bed earlier, which just made me awaken earlier. Last night I tried what I understand to be “sleep compression” by using four hours as my guide for trying to get up at 5:30 by going to staying up and out of bed until 1am. I couldn’t quite make it, went to bed around midnight, and awoke between 3 and 3:30am.

—when do you get out of bed to start your day in the morning,
Ideally, I would like to get up about 45 minutes–1 hour before sunrise, which right now means about 5:30 or so.

—how many hours of sleep would you say you get on an average night?
When this first started in late June/early July, it was about four–five hours. It has decreased to about 3.5-4 hours now, at best.

—When you wake in the middle of the night, what is your reaction, if any, to that awakening and what do you do after you wake?
AT this point, my reaction is “OK, I am awake”, rather than pure frustration I felt after a month of it. I have tried a few strategies:
– Rather than try to keep my eyes closed, I try to keep them OPEN; at first, this seemed to get progressively harder, and made falling asleep easier… now, it does not really work anymore.
– I tried sleeping in another room, but the only option (couch in living room) has too much light.
– I have also tried to limit my screen use/blue light exposure.
– I tried a melatonin supplement, which worked PERFECTLY the first night; afterwards, not much or at all.
– Starting tonight (assuming it is going to happen again), I am going to try reading a very dull book in another room.

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