Too early.

[64BEL]

Normally, anything past 4:30am is sleeping in for me - no matter what time I go to bed. Lately I've been falling asleep watching TV around 9:00pm. Then I wake up around 1:00am and can't sleep, so I watch TV for a couple of hours, then sleep again for an hour or two. But, this has most likely been due to living in the couch recliner for the past 3 months recovering from ankle and foot surgery. I did try the bed last Sunday night, but only managed a few hours before I went back to the couch. I slept in the bed again last night for several not very good hours. I'm trying every night, now, to get accustomed to being back in the bed. My sleep patterns have been all messed up for these past 3 months. Monday I have to be up at 4:30am for my first 6am shift back at work. Oh Boy!

 

[MarPar]

Normally, anything past 4:30am is sleeping in for me - no matter what time I go to bed. Lately I've been falling asleep watching TV around 9:00pm. Then I wake up around 1:00am and can't sleep, so I watch TV for a couple of hours, then sleep again for an hour or two. But, this has most likely been due to living in the couch recliner for the past 3 months recovering from ankle and foot surgery. I did try the bed last Sunday night, but only managed a few hours before I went back to the couch. I slept in the bed again last night for several not very good hours. I'm trying every night, now, to get accustomed to being back in the bed. My sleep patterns have been all messed up for these past 3 months. Monday I have to be up at 4:30am for my first 6am shift back at work. Oh Boy!

Back to work already?? Riding a desk for a bit yet?

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have no trouble falling asleep, but I find myself waking up between 2:30-4:00 nearly every day after having 5-6 hours of sleep. Once I wake up, I’m up. I do however, start getting drowsy 2-3 hours later and may take a 15 minute nap. Sometime in the afternoon too.

 

[64BEL]

Back to work already?? Riding a desk for a bit yet?

I pretty much ride a desk all of the time. LOL I started going back into the building on the 28th. I worked short days combined with PT for the first week, and I put in a couple of 8 hour days last week with no problem. I've been going to PT a couple of times a week then working a short day afterward on those days. This coming week my schedule is all over the place (which isn't unusual). Next Sunday I'm working a 12 hour shift. I'm pretty much back to normal work-wise, and I've pretty much gotten back in the routine. I'm down to one crutch and the walking boot. But at home I'm walking on bare feet (carefully) more and more. I even managed to mow the lawn on Thursday. That was a big deal. I'm planning to go back to a standing shower tomorrow. That'll be nice.

 

[MarPar]

I pretty much ride a desk all of the time. LOL I started going back into the building on the 28th. I worked short days combined with PT for the first week, and I put in a couple of 8 hour days last week with no problem. I've been going to PT a couple of times a week then working a short day afterward on those days. This coming week my schedule is all over the place (which isn't unusual). Next Sunday I'm working a 12 hour shift. I'm pretty much back to normal work-wise, and I've pretty much gotten back in the routine. I'm down to one crutch and the walking boot. But at home I'm walking on bare feet (carefully) more and more. I even managed to mow the lawn on Thursday. That was a big deal. I'm planning to go back to a standing shower tomorrow. That'll be nice.

Great news Dave!

 

[68sprtsat383]

3AM for me on work days. Normally 6:30AM on non work days.

 

[kiwigtx]

Try reading the Bible when you awaken too early; the devil will make sure you are sleeping again in no time.

But I don't sleep in a motel.

 

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[Coelacanth]

It's odd how common this phenomenon is. Same thing for me, even only a few years ago, I would sleep through the night and the biological clock would wake me up at around 7 AM, which is my alarm for getting ready for work. If my alarm didn't go off, I'd wake up almost at the exact time.

The waking up in the middle of the night--usually 3 or 4 AM, for no reason at all--and being unable to get back to sleep, started happening to me sometime during the COVID time frame.

I don't want to be the conspiracy theorist but I wonder if those vaccines that were forced on everyone might play a role. I've heard from a lot of people that this happened after COVID, and of course doctors will blame age or some other scapegoat cause. Those vaccines messed with human DNA and were rushed out without the same long-term testing that other vaccines like measles and chickenpox did. Nobody knows how they might affect us a long ways down the road.

Another thing that happened to me around the same time, for a few years now, is I will spontaneously feel a tightness in the center of my chest, like my heart is racing or palpitating. When I check my heart rate however, it's normal. I've played ice hockey my entire life and never once had this sensation before, even after physical exertion. Now I can be sitting on the couch watching TV and suddenly have this palpitation happening for about 30 to 40 minutes. Again, I've heard a lot of other people say they've noticed the same thing.

This isn't political but I *do* blame the vaccines for these biological changes. I hope long-term studies are being done to investigate this, and not simply blame these physical anomalies on age.

 

[SlingLow]

The waking up in the middle of the night--usually 3 or 4 AM, for no reason at all--and being unable to get back to sleep, started happening to me sometime during the COVID time frame.

I don't want to be the conspiracy theorist but I wonder if those vaccines that were forced on everyone might play a role. I've heard from a lot of people that this happened after COVID, and of course doctors will blame age or some other scapegoat cause. Those vaccines messed with human DNA and were rushed out without the same long-term testing that other vaccines like measles and chickenpox did. Nobody knows how they might affect us a long ways down the road.

Well, I too wake up after 5-6 hours of good, solid sleep and have difficulty getting back to sleep. I never did the covid vaccine and have never done a flu vaccine so, from my perspective and a study of 1, I say 'myth'.

 

[Coelacanth]

Well, I too wake up after 5-6 hours of good, solid sleep and have difficulty getting back to sleep. I never did the covid vaccine and have never done a flu vaccine so, from my perspective and a study of 1, I say 'myth'.

You're lucky you weren't forced to vaccinate. Here in Canada, you'd lose your job if you didn't have proof of vaccination.

 

[SlingLow]

You're lucky you weren't forced to vaccinate. Here in Canada, you'd lose your job if you didn't have proof of vaccination.

I don't have a job, but I still wouldn't vaccinate. One of my good friends dropped dead from that ****. Ain't no job worth surrendering your own body.

One of the reasons I won't do vaccinations is that no one can tell you what's in it, it changes every year, and there is no track record or testing that you can be referred to. I consider it voodoo and will take my chances with my own, properly functioning immune system. I think one of the problems with today's youth is that they've never drank from the hose or eaten a little dirt. You need exposure to be tough.

 

[multimopes]

I wished long ago to the Almighty to be a part of normalcy. I have no circadian rhythm at all. Me & another member on here (JDmac72chrgr) are stationary engineers meaning we rotate shifts all the time. Working usually 7 days, afternoons or midnights straight. We get one weekend off a month. It has been proven that having an unstable sleep schedule rewards a person with a lousy life & an early death. New studies show that a man's average life span has dropped to 73 & women's is 79. These figures do not take into account of working shifts which takes an average of 5 years off your life. So technically, by the law of averages, I have been dead for several years already. Being that I have been doing this for over 35 years and am 72, I can honestly say that sleep is my favorite sport! Either that or maybe I am just fascinated with the inside of my eyelids! Also, being a shift worker, you are on call much of the time. If someone calls out sick, you get called in early to split that shift. I did, however, back in the late 90's, have a real day job, 7 to 3 Monday through Friday, with weekends & holidays off. I had my own office & it was just wonderful. It was well worth the 140-mile daily commute. That was so long ago, it is like it was a dream. I know quite a few folks that are experiencing sleep issues as mentioned in this thread. For a lot of folks, waking up is becoming aggravating yet from my perspective, (I'm jealous). I can really identify with that! As a matter of fact, I am working the damn midnight shift right now & it's 2:00 in the morning!
I don't recall where I heard this phrase, but it does echo my sentiments; "Be all you can be; dream"!

 

[Speedbird]

Me on midnight shift. Catch the coast to coast red eye to get home. Non rev.

 

[Frank Mopar]

Aging is what is happening!!! I wake up most nights 2-3 times to drain the main, which is an annoyance because it doesn't change. Usually, it is in 3-hour blocks. I do manage to return to deep sleep, but 3 hours later, it's the same thing again. Final get-up is between 6:30 and 7:30, and I usually grab a power nap midday/early afternoon for about 25-40 minutes. I am routinely in bed between 9:30 and 10:30 at night, maybe stretching it to 11:00 pm. I like the fact that I am getting older, however, the damned aging of the human vessel is frustrating and I hate it...cr8crshr/Bill

Not a normal part of aging. Sounds like prostate issues. I would see a dr asap. If you already have see a dr and everything is good carry on. IMHO

 

[68BabyBlue]

I wished long ago to the Almighty to be a part of normalcy. I have no circadian rhythm at all. Me & another member on here (JDmac72chrgr) are stationary engineers meaning we rotate shifts all the time. Working usually 7 days, afternoons or midnights straight. We get one weekend off a month. It has been proven that having an unstable sleep schedule rewards a person with a lousy life & an early death. New studies show that a man's average life span has dropped to 73 & women's is 79. These figures do not take into account of working shifts which takes an average of 5 years off your life. So technically, by the law of averages, I have been dead for several years already. Being that I have been doing this for over 35 years and am 72, I can honestly say that sleep is my favorite sport! Either that or maybe I am just fascinated with the inside of my eyelids! Also, being a shift worker, you are on call much of the time. If someone calls out sick, you get called in early to split that shift. I did, however, back in the late 90's, have a real day job, 7 to 3 Monday through Friday, with weekends & holidays off. I had my own office & it was just wonderful. It was well worth the 140-mile daily commute. That was so long ago, it is like it was a dream. I know quite a few folks that are experiencing sleep issues as mentioned in this thread. For a lot of folks, waking up is becoming aggravating yet from my perspective, (I'm zealous). I can really identify with that! As a matter of fact, I am working the damn midnight shift right now & it's 2:00 in the morning!
I don't recall where I heard this phrase, but it does echo my sentiments; "Be all you can be; dream"!

People who have lived a 9 to 5 life have zero concept of shift work, and most wouldn't last a week at it. My greatest asset when I started driving a truck was an odd ability to float my circadian rhythms. I ran around the clock in the tank truck business, where many customers had 24-7 loading and unloading hours. Later, I did a few team operations, and I was a true freak who could actually sleep in bunk rotations. Running the west coast this way during my law school summers was the easiest work I ever did.

That was then. When my corporate tour ended, at the age of 50. I could still rotate sleep, but the process was no longer easy. I was fortunate to land in a situation where I could sleep at the same time every night, and managed to make it last until retirement. Knowing my work history, my primary care doctor, who had many drivers as patients, ran numerous tests to measure any underlying issues from my past sleep history. She concluded that I was an anomaly, who had been dealt the perfect genetic hand for truck driving.

In retirement, I still sleep in the same pattern, and typically wake up at my old start time. The difference is three years in, I'm often sleeping four hours more, after a short time awake. My quick answer when asked what I'm doing in retirement is that I'm catching up on lost sleep.

 

[multimopes]

Please pardon my earlier bitching,(post 35), I just bumped my head & it loosened up another thought, somewhat related to this topic, lol. Although this is somewhat plausible, (maybe 1%). I was born at around 11 am. It's just more BS from my damaged brain, but because of my arrival into the world at that time, I feel that this was God's plan for me to wake up naturally around that time. When we were kids, my brothers & sisters just loved to sleep in till around that time, on weekends & during the summer! One thing to note was my parents let us do that, which just reinforced my "natural" wake time. Of course, I do realize that they needed us out of the way so they could attend to all the things they had going on.

 

[Tony Tee]

Occasionally when I can't fall asleep. I just stay up watch TV or just work on something till I get tired and sleep. or just stay up the whole night and easily fall asleep the next night instantly! Kind of a reset for me.