Sleep question

[isu22andy]

Question for CF keyboard experts . Often go to bed at 10:30 pm and wake up randomly around 5:00-6:30 AM, sometimes to go to the bathroom but often times not . My alarm isn't till 7:15 . Often times I sleep that extra time in between but is this making me more tired ? I usually spring wide awake at that 5:45 ish time and swear I feel more awake then I do at 7:xx

Thoughts ?

 

[BCClone]

You get up at 7:15? Must have a late job.

Almost seems like too much sleep if from 10:30 to 7:15

 

[SCNCY]

The only thing I remember from psychology was a little section on sleep. If you wake up in the middle of your sleep cycle, then you will feel tired, regardless of the amount of sleep you got. When you wake up at the end of your sleep cycle, then you won't feel tired. It sounds like at 5:45ish is a natural time where your sleep cycle is ending.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I tend to get up whenever I feel awake to a certain degree, unless there's more than 45 minutes until my alarm will go off. My alarm is set at 6, and I usually wake up 10 minutes before. I think your body naturally determines when it should wake (barring loud noises or something else that would wake you up). Don't fight it too much.

 

[isu22andy]

You get up at 7:15? Must have a late job.

Almost seems like too much sleep if from 10:30 to 7:15

Seasonal work haha not doing that as of lately .

 

[Cyclonepride]

My most productive and restful sleep cycle would be about midnight to 6, with a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day.

 

[carvers4math]

I would just keep the alarm set when it is but get up if you are wide awake before it goes off. If that isn't enough sleep, your body will probably adjust and let you sleep until the alarm the next night.

 

[3TrueFans]

Question for CF keyboard experts . Often go to bed at 10:30 pm and wake up randomly around 5:00-6:30 AM, sometimes to go to the bathroom but often times not . My alarm isn't till 7:15 . Often times I sleep that extra time in between but is this making me more tired ? I usually spring wide awake at that 5:45 ish time and swear I feel more awake then I do at 7:xx

Thoughts ?

Not an expert obviously, but you go through cycles when you sleep, so if you wake up the first time and you were in a lighter sleep part of the cycle you'd probably feel more refreshed. If you go back to sleep for awhile and wake up with your alarm you may have gotten back into a deeper sleep so waking up would be harder.

 

[chuckd4735]

If I wake up on my own and feel good, I never go back to sleep because I always feel like hell when I wake back up.

 

[knowlesjam]

Should have gotten more sleep as I misread the post title and thought the discussion was going to on sheep. Then I saw the post responses and given that I didn't see any Hawk posters, just confirmed that it wasn't about sheep...5:30 AM alarm is too early...

 

[Mr Janny]

I get up around seven. Get out of bed around nine.

 

[cyclones500]

I get up around seven. Get out of bed around nine.

You've been dancin' with Mr. Brownstone.

 

[Tre4ISU]

Question for CF keyboard experts . Often go to bed at 10:30 pm and wake up randomly around 5:00-6:30 AM, sometimes to go to the bathroom but often times not . My alarm isn't till 7:15 . Often times I sleep that extra time in between but is this making me more tired ? I usually spring wide awake at that 5:45 ish time and swear I feel more awake then I do at 7:xx

Thoughts ?

Are you me? We need to just get up that first time. Like was said above, getting into a sleep cycle after that and waking up isn't good.

Also, 9 hours of sleep isn't too much. Most people can't or don't get that much but it's healthy to get 8-9 hours.

 

[cyclones500]

My most productive and restful sleep cycle would be about midnight to 6, with a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day.

Specific times and sleep-lengths may differ slightly, but that would be a productive cadence for me, too. (Seasonal variance may apply, too).

 

[cyclones500]

Not a direct answer to the thread query, but somewhat related: Occasionally, I'll have bouts with insomnia, can't shut off my brain, I keep checking the clock as sleep-time dwindles, and I think, "I'm going to be worthless in the morning if I can't get a few hours' sleep." Finally, I doze, and almost without fail, I wake up just as refreshed as I would with a full-night's sleep.

Why is that?

 

[Cyclonepride]

Not a direct answer to the thread query, but somewhat related: Occasionally, I'll have bouts with insomnia, can't shut off my brain, I keep checking the clock as sleep-time dwindles, and I think, "I'm going to be worthless in the morning if I can't get a few hours' sleep." Finally, I doze, and almost without fail, I wake up just as refreshed as I would with a full-night's sleep.

Why is that?

I turned my clock to the side a long time ago so that I can't see it from my bed. I'm convinced that half the battle is mental, and if you don't know how much sleep you've gotten, you tend to feel less tired.

 

[3TrueFans]

Not a direct answer to the thread query, but somewhat related: Occasionally, I'll have bouts with insomnia, can't shut off my brain, I keep checking the clock as sleep-time dwindles, and I think, "I'm going to be worthless in the morning if I can't get a few hours' sleep." Finally, I doze, and almost without fail, I wake up just as refreshed as I would with a full-night's sleep.

Why is that?

Could be a mild case of vampirism.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Question for CF keyboard experts . Often go to bed at 10:30 pm and wake up randomly around 5:00-6:30 AM, sometimes to go to the bathroom but often times not . My alarm isn't till 7:15 . Often times I sleep that extra time in between but is this making me more tired ? I usually spring wide awake at that 5:45 ish time and swear I feel more awake then I do at 7:xx

Thoughts ?

My first thought: Parents with little kids are cursing you right now

I rarely go to sleep before 11:30PM and am awake before 6AM. Even on weekends, I can rarely sleep past 6:30-7:00. Similar to Pride, if I could get a nap in the afternoon it would be ideal for me. My wife likes to use snooze, but I hate it. Going back to sleep for 8-10 minutes ruins me. If it's after 5AM and I wake up, I may as well stay awake.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Not a direct answer to the thread query, but somewhat related: Occasionally, I'll have bouts with insomnia, can't shut off my brain, I keep checking the clock as sleep-time dwindles, and I think, "I'm going to be worthless in the morning if I can't get a few hours' sleep." Finally, I doze, and almost without fail, I wake up just as refreshed as I would with a full-night's sleep.

Why is that?

While you're laying there awake, try asking yourself "How exactly do I fall asleep?" I've kept myself awake for a good hour with that stupid thought.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Not a direct answer to the thread query, but somewhat related: Occasionally, I'll have bouts with insomnia, can't shut off my brain, I keep checking the clock as sleep-time dwindles, and I think, "I'm going to be worthless in the morning if I can't get a few hours' sleep." Finally, I doze, and almost without fail, I wake up just as refreshed as I would with a full-night's sleep.

Why is that?

There are several versions of this, with varying counts, but it works pretty well in making you drowsy enough to sleep. The important part is inhaling deeply through your nose and exhaling forcefully through your mouth, completely filling and emptying your lungs.

Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four. Hold your breath for a count of seven. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight