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all you experts, I have a question

susiesusie Member Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2012 in General Discussion
Yes, I know I could go to a doctor, but why do that when I have GB?

Here lately I have been having sleep issues. No matter what time I go to bed or how tired I am, I wake up after only sleeping 3 hours. Last night, out at 11:00 pm, up at 2:00 am.

The night before, out at 10:00 pm, up at 1:00 am. This has been the pattern. I could chalk it up to the hubbie's hot flashes or my arthritis bothering me if it were sporadic and not time specific.

That is the puzzler, why 3 hours?

So, come all you perts, what say you?
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    dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 31,950 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by susie
    That is the puzzler, why 3 hours?



    Turn your alarm off. Don
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    bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    Wrong forum.

    Ask the experts is two pages over...
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    320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wake up at 3:06 no matter what time I go to bed, can't figure it out. Must be some sort of internal alarm clock. I go back to sleep after a bit, but darn!
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    armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,483 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got any stress in your life??????????????
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    rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    I don't know how old you are but
    once you get past 50- sleeping
    3 contiguous hours (for me) is a blessing.
    Besides I get more work done twixt 3am and 6am
    than I do all day.
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    woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    maybe you need a 2:45 am backrub?
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    bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,664 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My expert opinion is you are having sleep issues.
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    JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    try some exercises tonight before dinner. Like a walk or a short run.

    or try taking a zantac before bed.
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    ForkliftkingForkliftking Member Posts: 4,907 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get a treadmill and walk for an hour each evening while watching TV. You will find that the more you exercise in a day, the more you will sleep.
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    andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I too have the 3-hour sleep pattern. No drugs or alcohol involved. But, whenever I go to sleep, 3 hours later I awake. All you can do is relax and let yourself go back to sleep. That, or keep a book, next to the bed and read a chapter or two. That also helps me get drowsy again.
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466 ✭
    edited November -1
    Do you wake up move to a new Position in the bed and go back to sleep or are you up from there.
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by andrewsw16
    I too have the 3-hour sleep pattern. No drugs or alcohol involved. But, whenever I go to sleep, 3 hours later I awake. All you can do is relax and let yourself go back to sleep. That, or keep a book, next to the bed and read a chapter or two. That also helps me get drowsy again.


    I keep magazines handy that way I can finish a few articles and not get involved in reading and just stay awake.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Visit the refrigerator when you wake up. Something in there is calling your name.
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466 ✭
    edited November -1
    Also you could try Melatonin. If you do do it when You do not have to be anywhere the next day. It leaves me groggy the next day. I take on 5 MG tablet 30 minutes before bed time.

    You can find it at most stores in the Vitamin area. Put out by Spring Valley. Even Walmart has it.
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    JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think women in Alabama have found a cure for that problem, take a drive by yourself [:D]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    stress will do it, and you should seek a solution now before your body adapts to it, and you do it forever, melatonin works to get me there, but i have woke up like you have, and take another one, they are natural, or you can try somonex/tylonol pm, they will keep you out for awhile

    i sleep with a fan, the noise and breeze helps allot, since i quit my naps it helps too, occasionally i'll get a ten minute one in but only if its before 4pm or i'm not sleeping
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    bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have heard that the 3 o'clock wake up is due to your blood sugar taking a nose dive. Might have to do with dietary issues. See a doc......
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    I went through a period of waking up after 3 hours of sleep myself a few months ago. It morphed into some serious insomnia and I couldn't fall asleep until 5-7am. I ended it by forcing myself to stay awake until 10pm the next day before trying to sleep. It took several days of semi-exhaustion before I got back on the track of getting a full nights sleep which lately I have been extending to about 7 hours a night. I also increased my activity level which sure didn't hurt anything. Good luck!
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    htredneckhtredneck Member Posts: 178 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lay off the caffeine...
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    SawzSawz Member Posts: 6,049
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by htredneck
    Lay off the caffeine...


    bingo
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,958 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:but why do that when I have GB?

    Holy Crap, not another mis-guided soul. This is not a medical forum. Free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it. Free medical advice may be worth much less.


    Warm milk.
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    jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cut the mid day naps out.
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    sovereignmansovereignman Member Posts: 544 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jltrent
    Cut the mid day naps out.
    Take 2 benadryl and sleep until morning!
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    RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could be sleep apnea. Can have serious consequences in the long run.
    True. See a doc and call us in the morning if you have difficulty with more firearm related issues. [:D][:D]
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    carguyojcarguyoj Member Posts: 43 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you snore, chances are that sleep apnea is the culprit. With sleep apnea, you can sleep for 8 hours and still fall asleep at your desk or worse, behind the wheel of the car. The only thing I would suggest is to contact your doctor, get referred to (or self-refer to) an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) specialist and have a sleep study done. Most insurances will cover a sleep study. If it is apnea, you may be prescribed a breathing apparatus called a C-PAP that will help keep your airway open during sleep by forcing a few pounds of air into your nose during sleep. It's not as bad as it sounds. It sure beats the torture that you're going through now.
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Exercise is the key Susie: U need to get out and do some walking,mowing,weed eating.Or just walk around the block 5-6 times a day.
    Maybe do some yoga or light weight lifting a few times during the day...
    I dig ditches and install pipe for a living and at 50 yo,I still only sleep 5-6 hrs a night but,it is a really deep,sound sleep.
    I wake automatically,15 min before the 0500 alarm sounds.Just enough time to brew and drink 2 8oz. cups of coffee,do my binnis and get to diggin....
    I honestly believe the older we get we need less and less sleep,even when doing heavy manual labor.
    Best wishes and prayers to you, to get your optimum amount of rest per night...
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take two lorazipam and sleep like a log.

    The take two rhetalin in the morning to wake up.
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    kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,857 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go to the bathroom and go back to bed ...
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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    hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,183 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    just ask your husband, he will tell you sex is the answer, the more you give him the more he will sleep....... oops, maybe it works the other way too...
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    susiesusie Member Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks guys, I think I now know the answer, drugs chased with alcohol and a wild night of chasing the hubbie around our big ole bed (exercise), hook myself up to an electronic contraption that makes me look like I'm headed to outer space, turn off all other devices except a loud fan and that should do it. [:D]

    Actually, thanks for the ideas. I do snore and hubbie has a c-pap that he has put on my face in the middle of the night to quiet me down. Been checked but O-2 level only dropped to 89% and the magic number was 88%. Will be getting checked again this year.

    Stress is my middle name here lately. Hubbie finished up his last radiation therapy treatment this week so now we will be doing the "let's check and see what we find or don't find" routine.

    #4 is keeping us busy with all his activities, I've been notified I will be RIF'd unless I find a new job by 22 September which might require a move, but #4 only has one year of school left so we can't all leave the area.

    With the postal downsizing frenzy hubbie's post office is being combined into the main office so he will be out of a job as well. If we can hold off the hounds until May 2013 we can go anywhere. Being a retired Army family has kept us from being firmly attached to any place.

    Thanks guys.
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    River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022 ✭
    edited November -1
    I get pretty good sleep. Used to start worrying if I wake up in the middle of the night, and that would keep me awake. Several years ago, I switched from worrying to praying. It works like a charm.

    Here's my advice:

    1. Honey is a natural sedative. Take two teaspoons of honey before going to bed. Works like a champ.

    2. If you do wake up in mid-morning, don't start thinking about things to do or worry about. That will just complete the wake-up. Talk to God instead.
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    woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 25,785
    edited November -1
    I Understand How they Feel[:D][:D][;)][^]quote:Originally posted by eboydell
    I sleep for approximately three (3)hours also. Once the pain medication wears off, I become uncomfortable, and wake up. The problem is that the longer you allow it to repeat, the more reinforcement the habit receives, and thus the more difficult it is to break.
    I get up at 4:30 am, so I do not want to take another sleeping pill.
    I don't know about you, but I have been suffering with horrible dreams for many years, so sometimes I'm happy that I woke up. Different places and different people, but the same thing always happens. After I arrive and speak with them, they suddenly get angry and attempt to kill me.
    Same dream, night after night.
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    RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Susie,
    One last thought since you mentionned c-pap. I was diagnosed with moderate to severe sleep apnea and struggled with a grim determination to adjust to one of several "cpap/bipap" options. (6 months of hell.)Just couldn't do it.
    Ended up trying an oral herbst. Low tech for sure. Should have been the first thing tried to my way of thinking. No adjustment period; now sleeping through the night and waking up rested in the a.m. AND, my wife gets a better nights sleep because I'm not tossing and turning ANd she doesn't have to tune out the constant drone of the pap machine.
    Good luck, with that, and everything else on your plate.
    Rob
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