Good Morning Wednesday

I know it is still Tuesday in UK but is 6am on Wednesday now in the Harbor City. It is a cool 12c (53f) but sunny. Why am I awake so early.. in a word insomnia. I have suffered this sleeping curse most of my adult life. Sometimes I wake at 3 in the morning and unable to return to sleep. Anyone else have insomnia?

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Good morning to you Swannie! Sorry you can't sleep.
I don't suffer with insomnia.
Not sure being online will make you sleepy... have you got a book to read instead? How about making a brew take it back to bed and read. Rest your mind, let the words of the book eventually roll into one...... snuggle down and zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Hi Swannie. Sorry you suffer as you do, have you tried pills for it? Maybe you don't want to though?
I can't get always get to sleep at night, but I do sleep once I'm off, only to wake 4 hours or so later, needing a wee usually, but I can get back to sleep again, only to wake late morning. Good job I am retired.

Not as easy as that Pesta, I know & no I wont take pills either.

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I have sleeping problems, mine are not exactly insomnia and could be termed as worse. My work for over 25 years was on permanent night shifts and as a result of this my 'circadian rhythm' (body clock) no longer works as it should. It's not as bad as it once was but without that regulation of a body clock my system doesn't know when to sleep and when to be awake. All I do is to let my body dictate when to wake and when to sleep, that way I can still function but often not very well in the mornings. There it is though, with hindsight I wouldn't do those shifts again, but it suited me at the time for many reasons.

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Yes, I realise that Tiff, not making light of it. TBH I have, when stressed or worried about something, not been able to drift off.
On those occasions I seem to be able to train my mind (eventually) to drift away. I conjure up and 'see' a black square and concentrate on it deeply, trying to see into it. Daft I know, but it works.

Then if I waken early in the night (usually the same time which is about 3ish). On those occasions, living alone, it makes me feel more alone. Horrid. So I make a brew and get the book out. Maybe an hour later I start to drift and hey presto, the snoring starts

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At night to drift off, I imagine a wall with either even or uneven bricks or stones, it helps sometimes. I don't have a problem going back to sleep if I wake.

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Good advice Pesta.
Well it works for me anyway. Reading knocks me out pretty quick.

Good morning Wednesday - when it arrives that is.

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Your advice is most grateful Pesta.

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Baz my insomnia used to be worse before I had a UPP (laser surgery) to remove throat fatty tissue which obstructed my breathing while asleep (apnoea). It was not uncommon for me to wake a dozen times during my supposed sleeping hours.

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Tiffany I do take herbal sleep supplements as a rule but sometimes I am forced to take a mild sedative which works fast. I find listening to soothing music occasionally works for me. In the bad old days I was known to remain awake until dawn. I find there is nothing worse than laying in bed for hours trying to coax yourself to sleep.