One week yesterday and can't sleep.
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One week yesterday and can't sleep.
This is my third attempt at sobriety. The last being seven years ago. My birthday is a week ago yesterday. I have not been able to sleep before five am since. Any suggestions? How long will this last? I don't remember this from the previous two attempts.
Ok so it might be pretty painful but you might have to for go sleeping until noon to rewire your sleep wake cycles. If your desired wake time is say 9 am- 12am (that's late for me I'm up at 5 bed by 1030. You have to skip some initial sleep to get yourself to bed close to your desired bed time. When it's that time lights tv off soft music fan good. I use to suffer from insomnia a l
If I slept til noon everyday I would have trouble falling asleep before 5am too. Even if I wasn't an alcoholic. You need to shift your sleep cycle back to a normal schedule by waking up before noon I think.
If you're able try to get some exercise during the day. It helps relax the body and mind. Insomnia can hit all of us from time to time. I recall in my first few weeks after I stopped drinking/using that sleep was hard to come by. When I did sleep I'd have dreams that were just ridiculous.
A week is huge. Keep at it! Sleep will find you soon.
A week is huge. Keep at it! Sleep will find you soon.
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if my math is right you are getting 7 hours of sleep.
i would not consider this an insomnia at all... that's normal, healthy amount of time.
i certainly would not be able to fall asleep early, if i slept until noon.
as others have suggested you simply need to re-adjust your sleep cycle. either skip one day and sleep for 2 hours only i.e. 5-7 am (i know it will suck big time).. but it might make you much more sleepy the same night in the earlier hours.
exercise is very important.
go for a 45 minute walk an hour or two before you plan to fall asleep.
try natural remedies such as l-tryptophan and/or melatonin.
i would not consider this an insomnia at all... that's normal, healthy amount of time.
i certainly would not be able to fall asleep early, if i slept until noon.
as others have suggested you simply need to re-adjust your sleep cycle. either skip one day and sleep for 2 hours only i.e. 5-7 am (i know it will suck big time).. but it might make you much more sleepy the same night in the earlier hours.
exercise is very important.
go for a 45 minute walk an hour or two before you plan to fall asleep.
try natural remedies such as l-tryptophan and/or melatonin.
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