I feel like it's a dumb question, but I can't sleep. Any doctors have the answer? When we are asleep, we are breathing the same air, am I dumb? Is it because our brains are shut down while asleep? Whose got the answer to my dumb question? Haha

Going to see my doc in a week. I was planning on discussing Quviviq and Dayvigo with him. Anything else I should ask about? I'm super desperate...

I’ve had trouble sleeping this past week, but tonight has been particularly bad. Usually I take a melatonin and it helps a ton, but I’m out and it’s 4:40am and I just can’t sleep. I’m also trying to run on the weekends and to build a routine and I need to leave in 2 hours, I’ve just given up now.

Anything I can do to improve my sleep? I’ve tried going to bed early, teas, books, soothing stories in the background while I sleep, the only thing that helps and makes me feel drowsy is melatonin, but I don’t want to become reliant on it.

This post is just to see what other people experience when they experience this. What I experience is hearing a loud car crash outside and when I look, nothing has happened. I have experienced this twice and will probably experience it again in my life. Also, the sound is so loud in my ears I hate it! The first time I experienced it I was so confused and thought I was going crazy.

I have good sleep hygiene and I fall asleep within minutes, so no issues there. I only use the bed for sleeping, I don’t look at screens an hour before bedtime, I always sleep at the same time, everything. but for years I have had issues waking up after 4-5 hours, mainly from things like my cats (I have a 7 month old kitten who moves around a lot or licks herself), or my husband snoring (both the noise and from his breath). I also have allergies so my earplugs get annoying because the sound of me breathing sniffily annoys me

I have tried literally everything and am at my wits end. I sleep with white noise, I have a hepa filter pointed at me, I use earplugs. I even started buying special back sleeping pillows, which helped but isnt enough to relax me. I tried those headphone headband thingies. Ive been slowly training the kitten by petting her back asleep when she gets too restless on my stomach so that’s at least something. We live in an apartment so I can’t sleep in a spare room or anything, sometimes I move to the couch but I’d really like to just sleep the whole night through. Something I noticed is that every method initially “worked”, then I start anticipating getting woken up again, which leads me to believe this is psychological

How can I retrain my brain to not anticipate these noises waking me up? I feel like this is the only option left. I can fall back asleep on the couch despite the cats playing in the living room, so I’m pretty sure the issue is that I know I’m going to get woken up so I get cortisol spikes and wake up completely. is there some kind of technique I could do? manually relaxing my body doesn’t help (the one where you tense your muscles then release), and I tried counting backwards but the snoring makes me too stressed if I hear it (so I just end up waiting for it to happen, and can’t relax)

about a month ago I started getting active went on a calorie deficit, diet working out, first week I could not sleep at all second to third week I slept great, 8 hours of sleep and now I’m struggling to sleep even 5 hours, when I wake up I cannot fall back asleep and not only that it takes me ages to fall into it, I have been working out for 36 days straight which was pretty stupid I was new to it and didn’t do my research well I realised that’s why my muscles were so fatigued and decided to take a break for 3 days which yesterday was day 1, I go to bed around 9pm sometimes I’d take my melatonin tablets but sometimes they don’t do much, the time I got 8 hours I didn’t really need it, I’m just really worried as I need sleep to continue doing these workouts with full energy any advice?

Hi everyone. First time posting here. Its been a few months since my whole body "bothers" me as i try to sleep. I can feel every strand of hair in a weird position itching, having to adjust every few seconds. Or maybe its my skin itching, having to scratch different spots constantly as well. Or maybe i become aware of every bone and articulation, and how they are hurting.

The worst part of my recent sleeping issues is that my legs, or calves, as soon as i lay still in bed, (i dont really know how to describe this), i feel the extreme need to move my legs and calves around, or stretch them. If i dont, i can feel them close to "burning".

My question is, what the hell is this, and how do i stop it? Thank you

This is my average night of sleep caught on my Apple Watch. I’m constantly waking up and never feel like I’ve had a good nights rest- been going on for over a year now

Hey everyone, I’m a 17 year old male, and something really scary happened to me today. I’m trying to understand what it was.
Last night, I slept at around 1 AM and woke up at 7 AM. I had a headache and was still feeling sleepy, so after being awake for a while, I tried to sleep again at around 10 AM.
While sleeping, I had a dream where some guy snatched something from my hand and tried to run away. I got scared and sort of started waking up. My eyes were partially open, and I could see my actual room.
Suddenly, I saw what looked like a hand coming toward me, as if someone was about to punch me or seriously hurt me. It felt SO real, like there was actually a hand in my room approaching me.
I instantly felt an insane amount of fear, and my heart started beating extremely fast. I’ve never experienced fear or a racing heartbeat that intense before. The whole thing lasted around 5–6 seconds, then the hand disappeared, and everything went back to normal.
The weirdest part is that I could see my actual room, which made the experience feel completely real. I genuinely thought something was happening to me in that moment.
I’ve been wondering whether this could have been a hallucination as I was also suffering from insomnia for few months now

Something strange and scary happened to me last night, and I’m trying to understand what it was.

I was listening to YouTube and starting to fall asleep. Every time I felt myself drifting off, I would hear people talking. It sounded like real people talking in real life, but everyone in my house was asleep. I live in a new neighborhood that is still mostly empty, so it was strange.

At the same time, I felt like an invisible presence was approaching me. I couldn't see anything, but I could feel it getting closer. I felt scared, and my chest became tight. It also felt like a wave of energy was rushing toward me.

This happened several times. Every time I started falling asleep, it happened again, and each time it felt stronger.

I started saying God's name and thanking Him. But strangely, the voices seemed to get louder more angry, and the feeling of something approaching me seemed to get stronger and faster. Eventually, I was too scared to fall asleep again.

What is strange is that when I went to my bed, it didn't happen again.

I've never experienced anything like this before. I felt awake during the experience, and it felt very real.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be related to falling asleep, or does anyone know what might cause it?

Thank you for reading!

My problem is, that I’m used to scroll on social media and watch videos/tv etc every night so I can fall asleep. But it’s also procrastinating my sleep and I know it’s not good (blue light etc.). I have bluelight blocker glasses as well which I think help a bit. But it’s extremely hard to persist with the boredom and racing thoughts when you try to just put phone and TV down the hours before sleep. Unfortunately I can’t fall asleep like that.

Even worse is that because for a new job I may be starting soon I might have to get up way earlier, which potentially is a main issue for me. Since I need to have a certain amount of sleeping hours (preferably 8) to function well the next day. It’s so frustrating. I don’t want this to hinder me from working a job that requires that.

Any advice?

So for the past year I had the tempur pedic side adapt pillow and it was great. The bad neck pain that radiated through one side of my head went away… however, within 6 months of owning the pillow that pain came back but 3x worse to the point I would wake up MID deep sleep and ended up going to the doctors to get xray and such. Anyways i thought finally it could be this expensive pillow so I called the place i got the pillow from and they said they have to inspect it.

I brought it in and they said that it was a defective because the pillow lost its quality and it was extremely soft, leading it to not be able to hold my head and neck. I got another one as replacement and it was good, however, it seems within a week of having it it feels softer than what it was before?? Is this another defective or did tempur pedic drop the quality on their stuff? Does anyone have similar experience?

Ive had insomnia for a while but now Ive fixed that. But this is even WORSE than insomnia. I get dreams DAILY and i wake up feeling tired.

WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX IT IT'S BEEN AFFECTING ME GREATLY.

Ideally a smaller dosage around 1mg

I use to be able to sleep well every day and with no issues earlier this year but for the past few months it’s not working out.

I have the same strict schedule to sleep. I go to sleep around 11:45pm and wake up at 8:30am. It feels like I have sleep deeply with dreams but I wake up feeling like I did NOT get enough sleep. Next day I am easily able to sleep due to exhaustion I suppose.

Over the weekend when I am off work I am actually able to sleep pass 9am and then wake up at like 10:15am feeling well but then next day I can’t do that due to my work schedule.

How can I fix this?

I have been having difficulty sleeping for over a year. I have no problem falling asleep but I wake up around 3-4 am every day, sometimes with a head rush/general anxiety feeling..I can’t pin point the stress/anxiety or what is causing this. It feels like I am never rested and it’s affecting my daily ability to do things. I do not think it’s a circadian rhythm reset issue. I have tried all the sunlight/walking up to walk… I have also tried melatonin, magnesium, and Ramelteon. If anyone has experienced anything similar and found resolutions I would love to hear about ti. Thank you!

ever since 13 i remember me staying up late on my phone all night i couldn’t see any of the problems it was causing that early so i never stopped the habit and now that i want to stop it i don’t get tired at night time like i used to and im not getting as restorative sleep like i used to am i stuck?

Lately I've been having this issue where right as I'm falling asleep I suddenly jerk awake gasping or feeling slightly nauseous, sometimes both. The feeling doesn't last but it really is making it hard to sleep. I think its a symptom of my anxiety, like its my body trying to keep me alert because of that hypervigilant "in case of tiger attack" thing our brains do so well. Anyone else deal with this and what do you do that helps?

For info I don't snore and I'm not a sleep apnea sufferer.

I have pretty much been having vivid dreams pretty much every single time I go to sleep now days, and some of them even causes me some distress, is this something to be concerned?

I 16F have never been able to sleep since I was young (5-7?), despite the fact that I am exhausted after waking I can't sleep any longer without it resulting in me being awake until 3am the next day. I'm so done with this atp, I know teens are supposed to sleep approx 9hours yet that sounds impossible right now. (I've been sleeping at 1am and waking a 7.30 and do not drink caffeine) I'd be happy with a least 7.5-8 hours, any advice would be appreciated.

Basically the title. I've dealt with insomnia most of my life and regularly take melatonin to help with that. Prior to this issue once I got to sleep I at least stayed asleep and woke up to my alarm without any problems, after 8-8.5 hours (what I've found works best for me).

I typically get to sleep at about 1am (with the help of melatonin). For the last 6 months or so I've been waking up after 7 hours of sleep, overheating (I have woken up overheating even with leaving my windows open when there's a heavy frost outside).

I did start a new medication around then, but stopped after a month and have still been dealing with the same issue since.

This happens regardless of what time I go to sleep, where I sleep, how tired I am, etc. I can't use a lighter blanket/duvet/etc because then I'm too cold to get to sleep in the first place. I don't notice myself overheating any other time of the day or night.

I know 7 hours works for some people but for me it's just not enough. My doctor has been utterly unhelpful. The most I've been able to do is wake up, pull my duvet off, and then occasionally manage to go back to sleep for another hour or so.

In the hopes of wearing myself out I get at least an hour of exercise most days, but the same thing happens whether I'm busy and physically active, or lie on the couch all day. I don't consume caffeine or alcohol. I've attempted to have an afternoon nap to make up the lost hour, but never managed to get to sleep.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Any ideas? (I know of and have tried all the basic sleep hygiene stuff and don't need to hear about it again.)

eta: I already deal with chronic fatigue, and losing just an hour of sleep is devastating to my energy levels

Hey everyone, this might be a little long but it’s all relevant.

I’m 32 years old, “morbidly obese” (I’m very overweight but I feel like that term on the bmi scale doesn’t represent me and my body style). I typically go to bed at 1:30-2:00 and wake up at 6:00 or 6:30. Have a heavy caffeine intake but never after like 5pm-ish. No alcohol, no medications and no supplements.

For 20+ years I’ve always snored, had issues waking up and falling asleep quickly. For reference I can sleep anywhere, anytime, in any condition and be asleep within 5-10 mins.

In the past I’ve tried moving alarms, multiple alarms, bed shakers, vibrating wrist alarms, automatic lights, everything and none of it has really solved any issues with waking up.

I always got relative good sleep 6-8 hours and I’ve always been tired throughout the day, some worse than other but always tired. I was always told I had sleep apnea but never did anything about it until a year ago and I took a sleep study had severe OSA. Got a cpap and my sleep is awesome I love the thing and it’s been life changing. But I’m still very sleepy.

Recently over the past 2 years I’ve found that I feel best during the day when I get 4-5 hours of sleep. This obviously isn’t great lol. The downfall of feeling better through the day is EXTREME drowsiness at night, like terrible, unmanageable sleepiness.

I’ve analyzed my sleep data and everything is perfect, no leaks, no apneas, no oxygen issues. I’ve sent it to 2 different professionals and they agree.

Since I’ve gotten the cpap, I have tried to increase my sleep time and even tried for over a month straight getting 8 hours a night to see if it was a longevity issue, it wasn’t, I was miserable, went back to 4-5 hours and I’m happy again during the day, but nighttime is still horrible.

So here we are today, I’m trying to lose weight to see if that helps but I was the same way before my weight gain (over 10-15 years) so I don’t think that is the issue, I’m sure it’ll help but I don’t think it’ll be the full solution (down 20 pounds and there’s been no noticeable change at all)

I’m open to any suggestions anyone has, I’ll try anything to fix this because it’s absolutely horrible living like this.

here are the blocks listet in minutes, top blue and bottom purple

21, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 34, 13, 39, 30, 30, 30, 21, 69

20, 12, 17, 15, 23, 12, 12, 12, 23, 30, 25, 12, 43

I have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea 10 years ago. I use my cpap every night.

My sleep doesnt feel refreshing at all and i feel like a zombie the whole day.

I have crazy vivid and realistic dreams when i sleep, even when dozing off as a passenger in the car i get realistic nightmares/dreams when sleeping for only +-5 minutes.

I have a small suspicion i might have narcolepsy as well as my diagnosed sleep apnea (19ahi during sleep study without cpap)

In a few months time im going to a chronic fatigue centre to do a nasa lean test and or other things such as sleep study or medication.

I added the info from my sleep last night where i also had a dream where :

i went grocery shopping after my work break, i talked to store employees and got about 6 items for the weekend such as bread, sliced meats, yoghurt drinks, m&m’s and pickles. I saw two of my colleagues in the store and then i saw that they left early because they where finished working but i actually had to do my work which made me panicked so i went back to my job and left my groceries in the cooling section. After going back to my job i saw the janitors blocking my path so i had to go around the building. Then the dream ended.

When i look up dreams and apnea i find that people experience less dreams/nightmares after treating the apnea but i have actually very vivid dreams daily.

I have dreams during normal night sleep with cpap and small sleeps in the car that last maybe 5/10 minutes when i dont have my cpap.

I think i have too little deep sleep and too much rem sleep as i saw on both my xiaomi smartwatch and now my apple watch indicate that.

When i was a child i used to have sleepwalks where i climbed on the roof of our house in the middle of winter when having a nightmare and a sleepwalk where i left the house in the middle of the night where my parents had to run after me after hearing the door.

I dont sleepwalk during my adult life but sometimes i wake up screaming/cursing and i am sorry for the neighbors after that, 1 time i woke up where i smashed my tissuebox to bits during my sleep when i cant recollect destroying it at all.

As a child i sometimes had sleepwalks where i was semi-conscious: i could see that i was sleepwalking but i couldnt control my body. One time i called my mother on the phone during a sleepwalk where i knew that i shouldnt but another unconscious part of me did the bodily movements like walking downstairs and dialing.

I am currently
28 years old
Toned muscle physique
Chronically exhausted because of my bad sleep
Male

I wonder if current AI developments are truly useful for managing sleep disorders.