[peglegb97]

Hello, I have had a similar issue in terms of tracking. I have stopped wearing my Fitbit to sleep, I just use it purely to track steps now. Maybe this is something you can try?

[peglegb97]

Thank you Martin and everyone for contributing, this is reassuring for me. I’ve been limiting my life due to sleep and I don’t want to do that anymore.

[peglegb97]

Thank you all for your responses I really appreciate it as I’ve experienced this issue for quite a while. So as long as I leave at least 2 hours between exercise and going to bed it should be fine?

[peglegb97]

I try to only go to bed when sleepy, I seem to wake up more during the night if I have exercised in the evening rather than taking a long time to fall asleep. Back when I was trying to go to bed early it would take me and hour or 2 longer to fall asleep.

I stop checking the time at 10pm, I’ll go to bed anywhere between 11pm and 1am depending on how early I feel sleepy. I currently try to wake up every morning at 6am.

It could be a kind of nocebo effect because I did experience poor sleep a few times after exercise, now I believe it causes poor sleep. I have Hashimoto’s which I take medication for to manage but no other health issues I am aware of, I may have to speak to a doctor about it. I am a pretty anxious person too.

[peglegb97]

Hi Scott, thanks for your reply. In the past, I’ve exercised 3-4 hours before bedtime and had interrupted sleep as a result. But this may also be because of eating, dehydration, overexertion etc. I have to make a real effort not to exercise too hard.

Is there a general recommendation to follow in terms of exercise timing and sleep? What experiences have you had with exercise? Appreciate your help.

[peglegb97]

Hi Scott, thanks for your reply. Yes it probably is an effort to fall asleep faster than I would naturally. Was it sleep restriction and going to sleep only when sleepy that helped most with breaking your TV in bed habit?

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