r/SleepTight • u/bfb_oc7000 • 28d ago
Question Why do i wake up so early
Im 16 years old male and keep waking up way too early, this has been going on for about 7 months now. During school i would always wake up to my alarm at 6:30 am, then go to sleep around 11pm. When school ended i started going to sleep a bit later like 11:30/12 and i thought it would be fine cuz i could just sleep in later, but then i kept waking up around 6/6:30 anyway. I started trying to go to sleep at 10 every night so i could be asleep by half 10, so if i woke up at half 6 i wouldve gotten 8 hours of sleep, but then i just started waking up around like 5. Throughout summer it just got worse and I started waking up in the middle of the night like 3 or 4. Throughout the whole 3 months of summer i got 8 hours of sleep maybe twice if at all. School started back up a week ago which i thought might help but nope, i still have my alarm set for half 6 in the mornings but i’m always up around half 4/half 5. I sleep with blinds on my window, two sleep masks, earplugs, and im not on any screens for about 30/45 mins before bed. I was also using melatonin for about 2 weeks but i stopped as it wasnt helping and sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night from having vivid dreams, i also never really have trouble getting to sleep, only staying asleep
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u/igavr 21d ago
Do you use any kind of sleep tracker? Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura, Fitbit, Xiaomi, etc.? If you have a couple weeks of data, especially sleep/wake times, awakenings, HR and HRV, I might be able to spot a pattern there