It is 6.30 am on Saturday 15th June 2019 and it appears that I am the only member on line. WOW!!!.
I had a bugger of a night. Woke at 2.30.. could not go back to sleep so got up and had a coffee, which usually means I can then go back to sleep, but not this morning. Finally gave up and got up at round 5.0am. Bugger!!!
Maybe had something to do with the fact that we are pack and the rig is connected ready to head off today for a couple of weeks trip.
Our first since August '18.
I don't know .... the older I get the less I seem to sleep.
Are you experiencing similar habits with your sleep patterns.???
I guess that the ""Pitts Stop"" don't help any.
Jay&Dee
Radar said
06:59 AM Jun 15, 2019
Hi JayDee
Yes my sleep habits are getting worse at 71 years, I wake up with the most silliest dreams that I then do not how to explain them or want to. My wife tells me she only gets a few hours sleep each night, just lays there mostly but will read for an hour or two.
Whenarewethere said
07:21 AM Jun 15, 2019
You're not eating big meals in the evening? & Not too warm in bed? & going for a short walk before bedtime can help especially in the colder temperatures? & no screen time for an hour before sleeping?
Paul said
07:36 AM Jun 15, 2019
Hi JayDee, I can relate to the early hour of rising though my excuse is the noisy rooster who seems to have a faulty wris****ch, he was up and crowing about 4.30 this morning and the last few mornings, could be a long couple of months sitting this property, the only bonus is the amazing sunrises I've seen in the last few days, good luck and cheers Paul.
-- Edited by Paul on Saturday 15th of June 2019 07:37:09 AM
Mike Harding said
08:06 AM Jun 15, 2019
Yep, I relate to other posters too.
Wake pretty much every night between 1am and 3am and am usually awake for anything from 10 minutes to four hours and I experience "busy" dreams every night.
Occasionally, when I've had a few bad nights on the trot I pop a phenergan pill. These are an "over the counter" medicine intended for nausea and allergy but have a side effect of causing drowsiness. One of these usually gives me a good night's sleep and breaks the pattern. NB. They are available as a generic = cheaper.
Dougwe said
08:21 AM Jun 15, 2019
G'day John,
I reckon this topic is a goodie but maybe more suited to 'I Digress' but as it is here now I will say my bit
I have been a light and bad sleeper since my teenage years and is no better now, sometimes worse. I too have silly mixed up dreams when I do get some sleep sometimes and can't remember them when I wake. My mind wonders all over the place and can at times take ages to hopefully nod off and then it is only for a couple of hours. I have to pay a visit a few times each night as well so that doesn't help I spose. I have had things checked and all seem OK but for one thing.
I have been only 2 months ago diagnosed with 'Obstructive Sleep Apnea' (OSA) and have been connected to a CPAP machine at night since. Now, instead of others, if there were any around me hearing me snoring etc, I hear myself breathing, mmmm. After two months now I am still not sleeping any more or feel I am sleeping any better. The machine registers 6-7 hours of use per night and mask fit is 100%. AHI during the test was 35 and is now ranging anywhere between 5 and 8, so something must be working I spose as I was told I needed to get down to 5. Problem is, I really don't feel any different and definitely not sleeping any better. The machine might say 7 hours but no way am I asleep that time.
So, yep, I have a sleep problem similar to you John. Bugga hey!
I think that's all still on topic
miroku12g said
08:45 AM Jun 15, 2019
After many years of getting up early [4.30 am] even though with retirement i still wake around 4.30 - 5.00 am every morning, whatever time i go to bed, once awake my mind is like: OK, what am i doing today, who am i going to meet ? just have to get up, winter or summer, but you know what, that can be the best time of the day, birds just waking with a dawn chorus , no cars, trucks, planes -- Peace, until " Her In Doors" gets up :]
Dave
Treecrest said
10:28 AM Jun 15, 2019
Hi Jay&Dee
I have the same body clock and 70.
Between 2.30 and 3,30, I wake, get up, and have a coffee, then have the radio or a Podcast playing very quietly - just enough to hear it, and after some 1/2 hour or so, I will drop off to sleep. The noise is enuf to block out the tinitus!
Glen
iana said
10:32 AM Jun 15, 2019
Yeah same, having a sleep test next week.
outlaw40 said
11:30 AM Jun 15, 2019
Gee if i slept till 4.30 am the cook would ask if i had a nice sleep in .!!!!!
Eaglemax said
01:40 PM Jun 15, 2019
Like Dougwe I've got a CPAP (the auto model). I've had it for 6 years and diagnosed moderate sleep apnea.
I think in the OP's case a routine set according to your lifestyle is best found. My routine is a hot chocolate before bed then lie in bed and read the news on my mobile phone. Then roll over and sleep.
Eating before bed doesn't effect me but perhaps talking to my wife about our adult childs poor health can leave me pondering for hours. If that happens better to get up after one hour and watch TV for one hours then bed.
Tony
Bushpie said
07:36 PM Jun 15, 2019
I love my sleep....... but like all I have developed the dreadful h@bit of waking during the night. The worst bit is feeling like I have been awake for hours. But I usually get back to sleep. However it doesnt seem to bother me too much, as long as I keep working .
Mamil said
08:33 PM Jun 15, 2019
I too was diagnosed with mild sleep apnoea and bought the CPAP machine and dutifully used it for two years. Just forgot to put it back in my bedroom after one trip and realised I didn't sleep any better or worse without it. I'm suspicious that the boom in sleep studies, apnoea diagnosis, and the sales of CPAP machines is just the latest big health rip-off bonanza. Not saying no-one needs them, and I'm sure there are many who benefit, but from talking amongst my circle of acquaintances there's many stories like mine, which would suggest they are being massively over-prescribed.
iana said
06:08 AM Jun 16, 2019
Pssst anyone awake ?
outlaw40 said
06:38 AM Jun 16, 2019
Have been for hours
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iana said
08:47 AM Jun 16, 2019
For those awake at night, if you have a PC, a good game to play id Railway Empire, it will see you through the night.
Olive Oil said
05:47 AM Jun 19, 2019
We wake up at four thirty, five every morning. Nothing to do with any bodily functions. Nothing wrong with early rising. Nine o'clock is a late night for us.
Ps I'm posting this reply at five forty five, been up since four thirty.
-- Edited by Olive Oil on Wednesday 19th of June 2019 05:50:57 AM
Plain Truth said
04:14 PM Jun 19, 2019
We go to bed about early too,about 8.30-9.00,but with this cold weather we find we are sleeping in a lot later.
I think the old bones need more rest.We are like two old bears hibernating this winter out.
Planning a Spring get away.
Our sleep pattern,go to bed when we are tired,get up when we feel like it.
JayDee said
09:42 AM Jun 30, 2019
After starting this post, I have to tell you all that we arrived home yesterday after a short 2 weeks up around Maryborough and Woodgate Qld.
I slept very well in the van and some morning it was around 8.0am before waking and greeting another day. A Bonus .
But first night home and I retired a 10.0 and I did did not surfice until 6.0am and no Pitt stops. Go figure that.
It is 6.30 am on Saturday 15th June 2019 and it appears that I am the only member on line. WOW!!!.
I had a bugger of a night. Woke at 2.30.. could not go back to sleep so got up and had a coffee, which usually means I can then go back to sleep, but not this morning. Finally gave up and got up at round 5.0am. Bugger!!!
Maybe had something to do with the fact that we are pack and the rig is connected ready to head off today for a couple of weeks trip.
Our first since August '18.
I don't know .... the older I get the less I seem to sleep.
Are you experiencing similar habits with your sleep patterns.???
I guess that the ""Pitts Stop"" don't help any.
Jay&Dee
Hi JayDee
Yes my sleep habits are getting worse at 71 years, I wake up with the most silliest dreams that I then do not how to explain them or want to. My wife tells me she only gets a few hours sleep each night, just lays there mostly but will read for an hour or two.
You're not eating big meals in the evening? & Not too warm in bed? & going for a short walk before bedtime can help especially in the colder temperatures? & no screen time for an hour before sleeping?
Hi JayDee, I can relate to the early hour of rising though my excuse is the noisy rooster who seems to have a faulty wris****ch, he was up and crowing about 4.30 this morning and the last few mornings, could be a long couple of months sitting this property, the only bonus is the amazing sunrises I've seen in the last few days, good luck and cheers Paul.
-- Edited by Paul on Saturday 15th of June 2019 07:37:09 AM
Yep, I relate to other posters too.
Wake pretty much every night between 1am and 3am and am usually awake for anything from 10 minutes to four hours and I experience "busy" dreams every night.
Occasionally, when I've had a few bad nights on the trot I pop a phenergan pill. These are an "over the counter" medicine intended for nausea and allergy but have a side effect of causing drowsiness. One of these usually gives me a good night's sleep and breaks the pattern. NB. They are available as a generic = cheaper.
G'day John,
I reckon this topic is a goodie but maybe more suited to 'I Digress' but as it is here now I will say my bit
I have been a light and bad sleeper since my teenage years and is no better now, sometimes worse. I too have silly mixed up dreams when I do get some sleep sometimes and can't remember them when I wake. My mind wonders all over the place and can at times take ages to hopefully nod off and then it is only for a couple of hours. I have to pay a visit a few times each night as well so that doesn't help I spose. I have had things checked and all seem OK but for one thing.
I have been only 2 months ago diagnosed with 'Obstructive Sleep Apnea' (OSA) and have been connected to a CPAP machine at night since. Now, instead of others, if there were any around me hearing me snoring etc, I hear myself breathing, mmmm. After two months now I am still not sleeping any more or feel I am sleeping any better. The machine registers 6-7 hours of use per night and mask fit is 100%. AHI during the test was 35 and is now ranging anywhere between 5 and 8, so something must be working I spose as I was told I needed to get down to 5. Problem is, I really don't feel any different and definitely not sleeping any better. The machine might say 7 hours but no way am I asleep that time.
So, yep, I have a sleep problem similar to you John. Bugga hey!
I think that's all still on topic
Dave
I have the same body clock and 70.
Between 2.30 and 3,30, I wake, get up, and have a coffee, then have the radio or a Podcast playing very quietly - just enough to hear it, and after some 1/2 hour or so, I will drop off to sleep. The noise is enuf to block out the tinitus!
Glen
Like Dougwe I've got a CPAP (the auto model). I've had it for 6 years and diagnosed moderate sleep apnea.
I think in the OP's case a routine set according to your lifestyle is best found. My routine is a hot chocolate before bed then lie in bed and read the news on my mobile phone. Then roll over and sleep.
Eating before bed doesn't effect me but perhaps talking to my wife about our adult childs poor health can leave me pondering for hours. If that happens better to get up after one hour and watch TV for one hours then bed.
Tony
.
We wake up at four thirty, five every morning. Nothing to do with any bodily functions. Nothing wrong with early rising. Nine o'clock is a late night for us.
Ps I'm posting this reply at five forty five, been up since four thirty.
-- Edited by Olive Oil on Wednesday 19th of June 2019 05:50:57 AM
We go to bed about early too,about 8.30-9.00,but with this cold weather we find we are sleeping in a lot later.
I think the old bones need more rest.We are like two old bears hibernating this winter out.
Planning a Spring get away.
Our sleep pattern,go to bed when we are tired,get up when we feel like it.
After starting this post, I have to tell you all that we arrived home yesterday after a short 2 weeks up around Maryborough and Woodgate Qld.
I slept very well in the van and some morning it was around 8.0am before waking and greeting another day. A Bonus .
But first night home and I retired a 10.0 and I did did not surfice until 6.0am and no Pitt stops. Go figure that.
Anyway happy dreams guys and gals.
Jay&Dee