What time do you go to bed at night?

pinkstars

I'm having awful trouble at the moment with depression and anxiety and have a fixation on trying to get the right amount of sleep.

No matter what time I go to bed at night I am tired the following morning.

It's really hard as I have just started back at work and I am calling in in the morning to say I won't be in until the afternoon. (And I am going back to bed)

I am on heavy medication I find showering at night helps as I have zero motivation to do this in the morning!!!

scudzilla

if i'm tired i go to bed, if i'm not i stay up, that's served me well, although i've been on nights (love 'em) for the past 8 1/2yrs so body clocked is fcuked

artanevilla

No screens at least 2 hours before bed, and no caffeine 5 or 6 hours before. Some exercise in the evening, but not too close to bed time, to tire you out.

Also use your bedroom for sleep only, it helps your brain associate bed with sleep, making it easier to fall, don't be lying on your bed on your laptop or that during the day for instance.

ygolometsipe

at bedtime

K4t

I don't sleep, I just dream..

AndonHandon

I read until I start to nod off. Getting up early eventually makes you tired earlier.

dgt

You could try meditation to help rest your mind

Sheep Lover

dgt wrote: »

You could try meditation to help rest your mind

Or a ****?

con___manx1

I work 4 on 4 off shift 2 days and 2 nights my body clock is wrecked. Its nearly midnight and I have t get up at 5am ;(

ongarite

You could try one of the many sleep analysis apps for your smartphone.
They monitor your sleep by the movement you make in your bed.
If you are in a proper deep sleep you will be motionless.
If you aren't getting into this sleep phase it could all lead to the symptoms you mention of tiredness.

It keeps changing a little for me - but on average I get up a little after 5am. I go to bed somewhere between 2300 and midnight.

imitation

About 11 for a good nights sleep. However I have resigned myself to the fact im not a morning person, i get up often feeling dire, at least after about 30min Im grand. The only difference is that less sleep makes me useless throughout the day. To be honest too much time in bed also makes you tired, I honestly find there is no winning and you may as well plough on rather than getting fixated on how tired you are.

cloud493

1 or 2, then I'm for 6.30. Not one for sleeping.

Greenmachine

A little after midnight for me. Went to bed and took me over an hour to sleep. Perfectly normally for me at this stage. I have been like that for as long as I can remember. I have been taught and practice sleep hygiene and even use mindfulness, so I am not thinking too much before I lay down in the bed.

PARlance

pinkstars wrote: »

I'm having awful trouble at the moment with depression and anxiety and have a fixation on trying to get the right amount of sleep.

No matter what time I go to bed at night I am tired the following morning.

It's really hard as I have just started back at work and I am calling in in the morning to say I won't be in until the afternoon. (And I am going back to bed)

I am on heavy medication I find showering at night helps as I have zero motivation to do this in the morning!!!

As harsh as it might sound, you will probably have plenty of time to lie in soon, as I imagine most employers will be looking to replace someone who is not showing up for work because they're tired.

Maybe let the anxiety of losing your job override that of your lack of sleep for a week or two. Get up even if tired, go into work tired, go home tired and go to sleep when tired. You will quickly adjust your sleeping patterns.

If not, and you should probably do this anyway, you should seek professional help with your depression.

CiDeRmAn

I hit the hay, if I'm on duty the next day, around half 11.
If I'm not on in the morning I'll be up til half one or two.

artanevilla

I would seperate going to bed and starting to try to sleep (which I imagine the op is referring to). Its usually after 12 before I stating to try to sleep and often pushing 1am, I'm a night person so I'd never sleep early. Now as below I might actually go to bed at 10:30 or 11pm but watch 2 hours of tv in bed, be on the internet etc. Often is after 12 when I actually go to bed too.

artanevilla wrote: »

No screens at least 2 hours before bed, and no caffeine 5 or 6 hours before. Some exercise in the evening, but not too close to bed time, to tire you out.

Also use your bedroom for sleep only, it helps your brain associate bed with sleep, making it easier to fall, don't be lying on your bed on your laptop or that during the day for instance.

I'd disagree with that, I find watching tv right up to bed time, or in bed or falling asleep watching tv helps me sleep. I often switch to listening to the radio though as I like that too but always one or the other I struggle to sleep in a silent room. I also see it with my parents they fall asleep watching tv every single night.

Also have a proper entertainment setup in my bedroom, 40 inch tv, speakers, meadia player etc and do a fair bit of my tv watching from the bed and quite like this way of doing it.

Sam Kade

AndonHandon wrote: »

I read until I start to nod off. Getting up early eventually makes you tired earlier.

The opposite is true if you have too much sleep it makes you even more tired. Six hours should be enough for an adult.

PandaPoo

I go to bed at around 11pm or midnight, I don't get to sleep until around 2am.

I'm going to try harder though, I'm exhausted and end up napping at some point throughout the day.

jester77

I go to bed around midnight and get up at 6:30. I go for a cycle after I get up, shower, get the little guy up and ready, we have breakfast and I drop him off before heading to work. There are mornings where I just don't want to get up and give the cycle a miss, but I always force myself to get up and I have never once regretted it.

You should add some exercise to your morning routine, I feel so energetic after it and ready to tackle the day. I am tired when I get up but that quickly disappears once I am on the bike.

The Backwards Man

I go to bed when I've no more work and get up when I have work.

Sam Kade

Sam Kade wrote: »

The opposite is true if you have too much sleep it makes you even more tired. Six hours should be enough for an adult.

6 hours sleep regularly and I'd might as well just stay at home. I might get away with it for a few days if I have a massive 12 hours sleep or something to recharge but on an ongoing basis I ideally need 7 to 8 hours minimum to be functional.

The Backwards Man

Any more than six hours and I'd have bedsores.

The Dark Side

artanevilla wrote: »

Also use your bedroom for sleep only, it helps your brain associate bed with sleep,

What about sex?

Penelope Moldy Composer wrote: »

6 hours sleep regularly and I'd might as well just stay at home. I might get away with it for a few days if I have a massive 12 hours sleep or something to recharge but on an ongoing basis I ideally need 7 to 8 hours minimum to be functional.

Wait until you have a kid - then you'll realise how little sleep you actually need to function medium-term.
You can go for months and still function reasonably well on 5 hrs sleep a night,

Anything less it becomes tricky.

TheBeardedLady

Go to bed about 11.45 and get up at 7.10 and that seems to suit me.

osarusan

Between 11.30 and 12.30 usually.

Penny Tration

On work nights, I go to sleep for around 11pm and get up at 6am.

If I'm not working the next morning, I go to sleep around 3am and get up at 9am.

Ghost Buster

[QUOTE=artanevilla;95187574]No screens at least 2 hours before bed, and no caffeine 5 or 6 hours before. Some exercise in the evening, but not too close to bed time, to tire you out.

Also use your bedroom for sleep only, it helps your brain associate bed with sleep, making it easier to fall, don't be lying on your bed on your laptop or that during the day for instance.[/QUOTE]

Hah.
I read a Kindle in bed and usually crash within minutes. The only thing that wakes me is the bang of the Kindle falling outta bed!

54kroc

Straight after Glenroe.

kylith

I want to go to bed at 2230, aim for 2300, and usually get to bed at 2330.

And then I usually wake 15-30 minutes before I need to and I'm pissed off for the day. I don't have that problem at weekends for some reason.

BeerWolf

12-1am... get up at 7am for a shower.

Got permanent black circles under my eyes.

Novella

I usually go to bed somewhere between 10:30 and midnight. I get up at around 7:30 or 8. I used to be a total night owl and worked until 3am and would only go to bed at the time I now wake up. Quite a reversal.