How much sleep are you getting?

Andrea B.

For anyone waking too early, do not rule out sleep apnoea.

My issue was apnoea sending heart rate though roof and then a resultant adrenalin overload.

Battled for 5 years until diagnosed, as I was not aware of what just woke me.

At the very least do a pulse rate monitoring on yourself over your sleep time and results may give you direction.

Dazler97

I drink 8 cups of tea a day on average last one at half 10 then can be 5am getting to sleep then get up around 2pm, I'm also on sleep meds

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120112142#Comment_120112142

why are you on sleep meds if you drink so much tea I suspect that’s why you’re not sleeping 😅

sugarman20

I doubt the 8 cups of tea are helping with the aul sleep. I cut out caffeine from 1pm.

tritriagain

1 good nights sleep every 10 days or so usually because I'm shattered from not sleeping the previous nights. tried everything. but when I wake up I'm wide awake. went to sleep at 11.30 last night and got up at 2.30 am after being awake for half an hour. I'm never asleep after 6.00 am.

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120112607#Comment_120112607

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120112607#Comment_120112607

I have insomnia without tea so

dahat

Bed approx 10.30pm weekdays & up at 6am each day.

Weekends maybe 11pm & up at 7am each morning.

Bar the odd occasion I’m asleep within 25mins for going to bed.

Train 7 days a week to a good level so happy to have a balance for now.

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120113085#Comment_120113085

I'd be the exact same in terms of times going to bed and getting up. I have to get that training session in each morning otherwise I don't feel right.

Cluedo Monopoly

8 hours minimum every night and I need it.

I never have had a TV in bedroom and leave phone off downstairs before heading to bed.

dahat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120113112#Comment_120113112

Do all my training late evening (6pm) so it’s tricky getting it all right on terms of sleep & grub.

Hippodrome Song Owl

3-5 hours on week nights. 7-9 hours at weekends. Not enough unfortunately.

I struggle to fall asleep due to a weird issue with hypnagogic hallucinations, which cause me to jump up and scream in terror several times before I properly fall asleep. It comes and goes over the last 15 years, but it has been particularly bad for the past few months to the point I'm putting off going to bed over it. Once I'm fully asleep I'm fine but it's a struggle to get asleep. It's also incredibly disruptive to anyone else in the house too.

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Graces7

I have heard it opined that worrying about not sleeping causes insomnia, and of course we are all different.

Sleepy

4 to 7 hours. I stay up way too late and am subsequently utterly useless in the mornings.

7 and a half hours a night approx. Sometimes 7, sometimes 8.

HalloweenJack

I usually sleep between 1am and 7am during the week. I work from 8 to 3 and I have a 15-30min nap when I get home.

At the weekends I might stay up a bit later and would wake up between eight and nine and also have a longer nap after lunch.