Do you wake up feeling rested?

[laurack]

I never wake up feeling rested. Whatever amount of sleep I get, I have a hard time getting out of bed. I just have never been a morning person I guess but I wonder how normal this is.

People tell me “after kids, I was ruined! I couldn’t sleep past 6 if I wanted to!” But I’ve not found that to be the case at all for me. Without an alarm or my kids waking me I’d probably sleep 10+hours. I’ve read that if you get the right amount of sleep, you should wake up feeling “energized” but whether I get 6,7,8,9 hours I have a hard time getting up

I generally feel fine during the day but every morning I hate getting out of bed

So, do you wake up feeling rested? Wake before your alarm, feeling energized?

[cleo29]

No. In part because my sleep is nearly always interrupted by my oldest.

[Deleted]

Not really, but during the week only sleep between 3 1/2 to 5 hrs. I'm just happy that I can stay conscious all day.

[ECB]

I do sometimes feels rested. Do I feel energized? No. We also have a dog now who sleeps with us- she likes to move around a lot at night, which clearly affects my sleep.

I USUALLY wake up on my own by around 6/6:30. If I don't need to get up, though, I don't. Now that DS is 9 - he can take care of himself in the mornings so we often have lazy Saturday/Sunday mornings if nothing else is going on.

And that's what usually helps me- having a good 1/2 hour or more to just lay in bed, watch the news, and veg. That's what often makes the difference in how I feel once I get up. I just can't jump out of bed and "go" and feel great.

I'm a very lazy person is what is boils down to.

[greysgirl]

I am like you, I never wake up feeling rested no matter how much sleep I get.

[wildrice]

I get out of bed pretty easily these days, but I don't think it's because I feel rested. It's usually because I have to pee, and then the same issues that give me a crappy night of sleep (waking up and being unable to fall back asleep) kick in.

I am basically always tired, but I do think that's very normal. I am not sure that means there isn't anything that should be done about it, but I don't know if I know anyone who feels "energized" on a regular basis.

[pantsparty]

Never. I typically get 6-7 hours of sleep during the week and 9-10 hours on the weekend. I'm always tired and groggy when I get up, and it takes me awhile to get going.

[walterismydog]

I don’t know what rested means.

[NewGirlNic]

Mostly. I typically wake up within 15 minutes of my alarm (usually because I have to pee or the kitten is clawing at my hair because he wants food. LOL). Now that it's cooler and dark in the mornings, I have a hard time getting out of bed just because I'm so comfortable and warm. I try and go to bed early during the week (in bed by 11), and my alarm goes off at 5:45.

On the weekends I usually don't stay up much later. And again, I'm usually up by 6-6:30. Once and a while I'll get up and go to the bathroom, let the dog out, feed the animals and get back in bed... but I can't fall back asleep most times. I'd rather use that time to have a hot cup of coffee by myself, read, watch something on the DVR etc. DS and DH usually get up by 8-8:30 on weekends.

I notice when my diet is off or I'm not getting regular exercise that my sleep suffers. I can't fall asleep at night (even though I feel exhausted), I don't sleep soundly and I'm much more groggy during the day.

[cjcouple]

I find my diet makes a huge difference in how well I slept and how energetic I felt in the morning.  When I was on the Whole 30, I slept amazing and woke up feeling great despite not having caffeine. And my back stoppped hurting.

  

[devonpow]

lolololololol

No. I fear I will never feel rested again. I think that ship has sailed. 

[TR]

Yes. But I usually get at least 8 hours of sleep and I take a Unisom every night that helps me sleep pretty deeply. I don’t love when my alarm goes off, but I just get up and usually feel awake pretty quickly.

ETA: I should also add I don’t have kids.

[meowmaps]

I used to pre-baby. I'm a good sleeper. If I'm tired I generally fall asleep within seconds of hitting the pillow. I used to go to bed between 10 and 11 and wake up between 6 and 7. Not anymore. Now it's up and down a couple times a night. I do not do well with interrupted sleep. It takes me a bit to go back to sleep.

[lovelyshoes]

Only when I go to bed by 10 and get 7-8 hours of sleep for at least several days in a row. It has to be consistent for me to start feeling rested. I almost always wake up in the middle of the night because I am a light sleeper. If I go to bed after 11 I won’t feel rested no matter what.

[mel]

I started wearing a Fitbit to track my sleep and it's laughable how many "restless" times I have during the night. I never feel rested.

[jane6672]

It could have more to do with the quality of sleep than quantity. If you're getting a lot of hours but you wake up/are woken up frequently, or sleep restlessly, that means you still aren't getting good sleep.

I read Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker recently, and it's fascinating! All about the science of sleep.
Though to be honest, in my current cycle of stress-induced insomnia, it just makes me sad thinking about how I'm dooming myself to poor health and stupidity. 

[agnes]

Haha no.

I have never felt rested and I have no kids. And there’s only like a few hours in the day I don’t feel tired.

[wambam]

Rarely. I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep, even with medication.

I get stressed out if I think too much about it though. Like, when I read articles about why sleep is so important, I get stressed because I’m not sleeping enough which in turn makes it MORE difficult to fall asleep. So I avoid it.

[eb777888]

After giving up coffee a few months ago, I do. I only gave it up because it was giving me stomach issues and good sleep was a product of that. It didn't even occur to me that it would help my sleep since I drink it early and typically have no sleep issues. I sleep better and wake up easier and actually need less sleep than before. I'm waking up at for a 6:30 exercise class every morning and that is something I could have never done before. I guess I'm more sensitive to caffeine that I thought? I was having a venti americano every day, which is quite a bit of caffeine.

[minionkevin]

Maybe once a week can I get right out of bed and feel rested, get through the day where I am not dragging, and make it to 9:30-10PM. I sleep best from about 5-7AM but since I always wake up between 5 and 6:30, depending on the day, I miss out on that sleep. Sometimes, like yesterday or today, I feel fine getting out of bed with my alarm, but a few hours later when I get to work, the exhaustion hits me and it is a struggle the rest of the day. I am pretty sensitive to caffeine so I only drink 1 caffeinated beverage per day, and only until noon (at the latest 1PM). Add to that I am newly pregnant and I am lucky to make it until 8:30 most nights.

[BaliHai]

Often, yes. The week before my period I usually deal with insomnia (which started when I got pregnant with DD2 and never stopped, though with her it was the whole.entire.pregnancy.), but I am generally a pretty deep sleeper and a solid eight hours does me a lot of good. But then there's times like this morning where I am dragging and really, really tired even though I was asleep before 10 last night and woke up at 6:15, so Idk. ETA: I am neither a morning person nor a night person, for the record. I'm like a 1-5pm person. lol.

[noodleoo]

LOLOL. Nope. But that's mostly because I'm 36 weeks pregnant and between having to pee all night and being uncomfortable, I wake up too much. I also have some kind of insomnia going on where I just can't fall asleep. I really hope that passes when the baby is born. But I know I won't be feeling rested for at least a year with the baby coming.

I used to be a good sleeper before kids. The one time I really felt rested was when I was unemployed for a few months and getting 9 hours of sleep a night. When working, that doesn't happen. Not enough hours in the day.

[jane6672]

Sept 26, 2018 8:49:06 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

After giving up coffee a few months ago, I do. I only gave it up because it was giving me stomach issues and good sleep was a product of that. It didn't even occur to me that it would help my sleep since I drink it early and typically have no sleep issues. I sleep better and wake up easier and actually need less sleep than before. I'm waking up at for a 6:30 exercise class every morning and that is something I could have never done before. I guess I'm more sensitive to caffeine that I thought? I was having a venti americano every day, which is quite a bit of caffeine.

Yeah, I cut back on how much caffeine I was having, and was really strict about the time of day I drank it, and it did make a difference.

But I've been so tired recently I've been drinking more coffee and it's probably compounding the problem. 

[eddy]

I both jump out of bed in the morning and never feel rested.

Once I am awake, I can’t fall back asleep so there is no point in laying there. Doesn’t mean that I am not instantly down for a nap 30 minutes later lol.

I go to bed at 9 pm and wake up at 4:50 am so I am getting a pretty good night of sleep. But life is just so exhausting and add in a heavy workout, I never feel rested. I am feeling extra tired lately because all of the work at home is falling in my lap due to H’s surgery recovery. I am not getting enough down time, which makes me feel no amount of sleep is going to undue the tired feeling.

[twilightmv]

For the most part. I have kids. On weekends, when I can sleep until 6:30/7, I’m in really great shape. I get up at 5ish for work though, and that always feels rough no matter what time I went to sleep.

[isabel]

During the week, never. But I tend to go to bed later than I should and am up before 5, so that's not exactly ideal.

On the weekends, if I get to sleep until a decent hour, I'm usually pretty good to get moving. I do prefer to be lazy and wake up slowly, but once I'm out of bed, I'm usually fairly awake.

Then again, I often find that I could go for a nap in the middle of the day.

All of that feels like kind of a non-answer.

[isabel]

Sept 26, 2018 9:30:38 GMT -5 twilightmv said:

For the most part. I have kids. On weekends, when I can sleep until 6:30/7, I’m in really great shape. I get up at 5ish for work though, and that always feels rough no matter what time I went to sleep.

Oh, or just ditto all of this.

[eddy]

Also I sleep very deeply. Unless a kid is waking me up in the night, looking at your three visits last night Leo, I rarely remember anything from the night. I think I sleep like I am dead. When my H comes to bed he said sometimes he watches me to make sure I am breathing lol.

And I still don’t feel rested.

[gummybear]

Most days yes. It takes me about 15 minutes to get out of bed but once I'm up I'm usually awake and feeling good pretty quickly. I do get a good amount of sleep (7 hours) and most nights I am not awoken by any man or beast.

If I am woken up (usually by the 7 yo), if I've been drinking, or if it's too hot in my room I sleep poorly and I am VERY sensitive to not getting my sleep. I am a terror the next day - it's actually like a bad hangover.

Things that help me sleep:
Regular (daily) exercise
GABA (a supplement)
Avoiding caffeine after 2 PM

[happyholiday]

I don't feel rested. As a pp said, I wonder if it has to do with the quality of sleep? Maybe you're waking without realizing it. I suspect this is the case with me since dh pointed out that I snore frequently. 😐