Posted by craiggetty on November 3, 2005, at 14:41:56
In reply to Waking up Early, posted by anodyne on October 30, 2005, at 16:12:17
This problem has been the bane of my existence! I usually go to be around 12am, then wake up at 3:30ish for a couple of hours. Then back to sleep until whenever I can afford to depending on my day (9:30 - 10:30). I don't feel rested when I awake, and will nap again the first chance I get.
I've tried all the herbal stuff to no effect. Trazadone makes me feel hungover, Sonata didn't really work (if I took it when I woke at 3:30A it would shorten that awake time, but then I feel even more tired in the morning). 0.5 Klonopin lets me sleep through the night, but I'm not rested. 0.25 Klonopin is okay, but I can't rely that I'll sleep through the night. Alcohol doesn't help, and neither does THC. It's quite frustrating. It was okay in my 20s because I would use this 2 hours AM window to get work done, but these days I'm just too damn tired. If I'm lucky I'll read a book, otherwise, I'll stare at CNN or Adult Swim.
I've had a sleep lab test done. They didn't arrive at any diagnosis (like apnea or RLS), but they found that my wake time was 150 minutes compared to the normal of 20 minutes - and this was on a night when to my knowledge I didn't wake up for that 2 hour window, but only for about 30 minutes to go to the bathroom and then have the nurse hook all the wires back up to my head. I'm supposed to have a follow-up with a neurologist to get more info, but that will take a couple of months. Until then maybe I'll try to get some Ambien.
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