Do you need less sleep then you use to? I wake up at 4:30/ 5 AM!

[Anonymous]

Grant it I go to bed earlier then I use to, 10:00 versus 12:00 pm but I get up anywhere from 4:00 to 5:00 am. Even if I go to bed late, I get up that early. Although awake, I can't get the drive to do something substantial like cleaning or writing, occassionally ready but somehow my mind can't focus as well. Trying to motivate myself to do something substantial

[Anonymous]

~raising hand~

I try to use the time reading vs. playing on the computer/reading DCUM but I go to sleep close to midnight and I'm awake at 4:45 am. I go to sleep at 10:00 pm and I'm awake at 4:45 am. I go to sleep as late as 1 pm and -- I'm awake "late" at 5:15 am. (LOL!)

I was thinking about trying Melatonin (my kids take 3 mg each night to help them sleep) but I don't think sleep is the issue for me; it's the darn auto-alarm in my head.

[Anonymous]

I am 50, but have been waking in the middle of the night since my kids were babies, so 17 years. I hate it, but I think I got conditioned to wake up when they were young and haven't been able to quit. I know I need more sleep, because I am tired during the day, and I also have developed fibromyalgia. So, wonder if there's a link with the poor sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grant it I go to bed earlier then I use to, 10:00 versus 12:00 pm but I get up anywhere from 4:00 to 5:00 am. Even if I go to bed late, I get up that early. Although awake, I can't get the drive to do something substantial like cleaning or writing, occassionally ready but somehow my mind can't focus as well. Trying to motivate myself to do something substantial

Somewhere around 48 I became a morning person. I like to use the time to just sit with my coffee in the quiet waiting for the natural light to come in the window. For a period of about a year and a half, I was using the time to work out. It was great. I felt great and looked pretty good, but sadly I fell off the wagon. I have been hoping that sometime in the not so far future, that bug will bite me again. But for now I am just enjoying the silence.

[Anonymous]

No, I still need 7.5 hours. Not quite 50, though. Do you do serious cardio?

[Anonymous]

I still like to sleep, but the orthopedic issues make it hard to stay in bed for long. Neck and back pain.
I am not yet at the point where I get up at 6 am without something to do.

[Anonymous]

What I find is that I can go for days on 6 or 7 hours of sleep which I couldn't do when I was younger. However, I can't stand pulling all nighters. I can't figure out whether it's because I physically have problems doing it or I just don't care enough to stay up all night finishing something! I panic less these days!

[Anonymous]

I wake up at about 6:30-7:00. I used to need multiple alarms to get up at 7, now I can't sleep much past 7. I still go to bed late - 12:30ish.