elusive sleep--a question/poll

[Deleted]

I'm curious, in an average month how many mornings do you feel completely NOT well-rested? And what do you attribute it to?

Me: I'd say about 50%. No kids to blame, no stress to blame. I'm blaming my age, going off birth control & the resulting hormonal roller coaster. Also my love of wine probably doesn't help.

[GailGoldie]

all mornings... the joy of 3 kids

[thatgirl2478]

lol - maybe 75%? Our problem is our 12 yr old dog who suffers from sleep fecal incontinence. Yeah, dog poop at 3 am is a pretty lousy way to wake up.

[mollz007]

It used to be higher, but my sleeping pills help a lot, so maybe 20%. When I do wake up feeling not well rested, it is usually because I had too much caffiene the night before, and stress.

[h]

I rarely feel well-rested in the morning. I have always assumed this was the case for most adults.

[eddy]

Right now 100% of the time. But I have a baby who wakes in the night and I am working.

[Deleted]

Maybe 25%? In the hottest of summer, it may be 50%.

[steph96]

Pretty much all the time. It doesn't matter how much sleep I get.

The only halfway recent time I can remember actually feeling well rested was about 6 weeks ago. We went out drinking the night before. Got home around 1am. I fell asleep within 30 minutes. Woke up at 5:30am (which is earlier than I ever wake up!) and felt great. I got up and started cleaning the house. I felt great all day. It was amazing. It seems like heavily drinking is the only thing that makes me actually feel well rested in the morning.

[sapphireblue]

I never feel well rested. Not even when I was a child. I don't know why. I wake up all through the night. I've had a sleep study, tried Ambien and over the counter sleep aids, nothing seems to help.

Steph, I agree with you. Sometimes I wake up in the morning knowing that I only woke up two or three times during the night and feeling better than normal, and it's usually due to alcohol.

[audette]

I can't remember the last time I woke up feeling actually rested. No kids or pets or medical reason for it, as far as I can tell, I'm just tired all the freaking time.

It's frustrating. I work out, eat well, and get enough sleep.

[bunch]

Almost never. I can't think of a recent morning where I woke before my kid did. Eta: I mean always. See, I can't even do basic reading comprehension.

[Ashley&Scott]

I'm always tired.

[agnes]

I never feel rested waking up in the morning. I'm almost always tired. But I do seem to be less tired around 11am and 7pm