Waking early

[blackemerald1]

Of course it's a thought based on 3 hours of sleep so take it for what it's worth lol.

^^Still a good thought though Abby! :cool:

 

[Survivor3]

I used too wake up in sheer panic, as if the world itself had ended, it's not so bad now and I'm back 70% to waking 'normally'. I have to have the radio on all through the night though. It's a must (too give my mind something too focus on). Not music because I'm a musician and it would keep me awake, but the BBC world service talking channel. I find it soothing whilst drifting off or for when I wake up.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I am the poster child for bad sleep. I have nightmares an average of 4 times a night, and wake up screaming, I wake up wide awake a few hours after I fall asleep, I have trouble falling asleep.

I break my sleep into 2-3 different parts of the day. Only an out of sorts zombie on day 1, instead of every day. I can exist quite happily on nothing but naps for months when need be.

I'm down with this one. Whenever I feel really tired I go to bed. I get so much more sleep when I do this.

I get up for an hour, or 22 minutes, some period of time where I act like it’s time to be up... do my morning rituals... and go climb back in bed. (This one makes mornings suck for about a month after the insomnia is over, but is often scary effective.

I do this too. I even have coffee, then about two hours after I got up, I go back and sleep some more.

Music doesn't work for me, I tend to analyze it and get aroused by the rhythms or a particularly moving passage or inventive solo. I know people that do better with music but I am not one of them.

I have found this to be true too. I wonder if it is because I was a musician. I listen to books on tape now. That helps a lot!

 

[whiteraven]

I used too wake up in sheer panic, as if the world itself had ended, it's not so bad now and I'm back 70% to waking 'normally'. I have to have the radio on all through the night though. It's a must (too give my mind something too focus on). Not music because I'm a musician and it would keep me awake, but the BBC world service talking channel. I find it soothing whilst drifting off or for when I wake up.

I just started going to bed with the radio on. It has to be low enough, though, that I can't understand the words. I really like having that "white noise" - for some reason it helps me.