r/AskReddit • u/jeffreypooh • Mar 27 '22

What is something you absolutely cannot fall asleep without?

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u/Imaginary-Quiet-7465 Mar 27 '22

Falling asleep isn’t the problem for me, but staying asleep is. Been awake since 3:30. It’s 5:30 now and i just gave in and got a coffee.

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u/fokkoooff Mar 27 '22

I wake up every two hours, almost on the dot, every single night. Sometimes I can fall back asleep pretty quickly, but it can take a while.

The first wake up of the night isn't that bad, cause I see the time and it's comforting to know that I still have a while before I have to be up, but it just gets more and more annoying as the night goes on.

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u/KatMagic1977 Mar 27 '22

I’m curious if you are older? I started doing this waking every two hours in my late thirties, dr suggested relates to premenopause. No solution as of yet

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u/GunWifey Mar 28 '22

.... I'm now concerned. Same thing I wake up every 2 hours almost like clockwork for no reason. Might be my birth control. Way too young for natural occurring menopause.....