🧟‍♀️ Do you get enough sleep?

[minniemouse]

For the most part, yes. I’m groggy in the morning because I’m just not a morning person. Once I’m out of bed I’m fine though. My sister struggled with exhaustion for years, and was misdiagnosed a few times. She actually has a type of narcolepsy. I think she had to do a daytime sleep study to get diagnosis, but it was a few years ago so I don’t remember all the details. She’s much better now with meds but still struggled at times.

[simpsongal]

I'm generally a good sleeper, I usually get at least 8 hours. I go to bed around 10:15, wake after 7am. We don't set an alarm, I feel well rested in the morning.

I really need a good night's sleep to function well.

[mrspez07]

I usually get adequate hours but it’s often interrupted by DH waking up, the dog licking himself, outside noises, etc. I sometimes sleep with earplugs that cover the basic noises but I would probably do it every night, not just sometimes.

[ste]

Jan 25, 2021 9:56:23 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Also, feeling exhausted can be a sign of depression. Depression can have physical manifestations.

I know it can be difficult to find a good doctor. But especially now with telehealth, it might be easier getting in with a new person if you haven't had success in the past.

I just really hate when people feel like they have to feel like crap, when there could potentially be a solution

I’m in (tele)therapy and it's actually improved 😅 but absolutely, poor sleep and exhaustion are some of the hallmark signs for me.

[soccermama]

Bwhahhahahha, No. I have been having more and more sleep problems lately. I'm ready to start blaming my husband's shift schedule at this point. It is so annoying because for years I seemingly did not have issues with him being gone at night (at work), but over the last few years it has become a huge issue for me when he is gone. I feel like my body is on high alert and sometimes I will just lay there for hours not being able to fall asleep. Ugh.

[CurlyQ284]

Lol no

[cville]

Does anyone? Who are you? How do you do it?

[mags]

Nope even with drugs.

I am a night owl. My perfect sleep would be 2-10, but it is more like 1:30-8. Once in a rare while I get to sleep longer and get about 9-10 hours.

[tarzanswife]

Very rarely. I try to make up for it on weekends but I usually get 6.5-7.5 hours during the week and 9-10 hours on the weekend.

[gummybear]

Jan 25, 2021 11:04:07 GMT -5 cville said:

Does anyone? Who are you? How do you do it?

Lol! I feel a little like Buddy the Elf bc I just require less sleep as I age. I usually wake up on my own before 7. I am physically unable to sleep in - 9 am might as well be noon for me.

I will say, I have anxiety and need to shut my brain off in order to sleep, hence my addiction to sleep aids. When my eyes open the brain snaps on. I describe it to my therapist as that ticker than runs on the trading floor of Wall Street. If I don’t control it it just runs and runs and runs and races by, a jumbled array of thoughts. If my anxiety is uncontrolled it prevents me from falling asleep, a d if I’m suffering particularly badly I will wake in the middle of the night and SNAP, the ticker starts racing and I’m unable to fall back asleep.

As long as all that is under control I sleep like the dead and wake up feeling refreshed after 7 hours or so.

[Aloe Vera]

Yes, I feel rested and I have a 10 month old at home.
I get close to 8 hours of sleep at night. But sleep is my priority. I go to bed at 9:30PM and wake up without an alarm around 5:30AM. My husband used to get 6 hours of sleep and now he gets 8 hours too and is a new person. He was fighting sleep at night as he was afraid he would wake up at 3-4 AM. He's been changing his mindset and he now get a lot more sleep.

[yourmother]

My overall tiredness throughout the day has lessened due to taking meds for my TMJ AND taking Vitamin D. Also, I'll take a Melatonin if I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep quickly.

I get about 8+ hours a day. I allow myself to snooze once.

[sugarbear]

Not even close. Regardless of what time I go to sleep, I'm usually up well before my alarm, which goes off any time between 5am and 5:45 depending on my planned workout for the day. I am usually in bed by 9:30 and asleep by 10.

I am perpetually exhausted.

[moreace01]

It does not matter how much sleep I get, I never feel rested. Am always just slightly tired and unawake. If I get too much sleep - like over 9 hours - that's even worse and I have deadhead all day.

In general though I get between 6-8 hours a night.

[spindle92]

Nope, never.

I have massive sleep issues and have had not 1 but 3 damn sleep studies done over the course of the last 10 years.
The last one I don't even count though becasue the dr was such an ass.
His top notch medical advice was to take caffeine pills.
Are you fucking kidding me dude?

[circa1978]

I do now because I 1) take a prescription sleep aid 2) don't currently have a commute and 3) have only one child, who at 10 is old enough to get himself moving in the morning without me being ready first and riding herd over him; we can get ready at the same time. This won't be the case once I have to commute an hour to work in the morning but currently, I sleep more or less from 11 or 11:30 -7.

[cjcouple]

Mostly.  As I have gotten older my body just wakes on its own and I often feel awake and motivated as soon as I get up (except dark/rainy days-lol).  I sleep about 8 hours a night.  11-7.  Sometimes I am up until midnight other times I am down by 10. I find I have a more restful sleep when I exercise.

[trytobearunner34]

I feel rested when I wake up, BUT by lunch time I am beat.

Since the pandemic began I usually sleep 8/9 pm-5/6am. 

It is as much as I am ever going to get so yes it's enough:).

[CloudBee]

Lately? Yes!

With DH working from home, he usually gets up with DS. I used to get up M-F when I heard DS (7) so we could start our morning together. Now that DH is home I'm able to sleep in. Today I didn't get out of bed until 8:30am. We started school about an hour later on our own watch.

Glorious.

I go to bed too late, but still manage to get at least 8 hrs in most days even with an 11pm+ bedtime.

[CloudBee]

Jan 25, 2021 13:41:36 GMT -5 trytobearunner34 said:

I feel rested when I wake up, BUT by lunch time I am beat.

I actually feel similarly around noon. I've been adding afternoon tea to my routine and drinking extra water. I also try to be mindful to sit and rest my mind for a few. That helps.

Being home allll the time is mentally exhausting.

[wanderlustmom]

Yes I sleep well but I have to do some things to make that happen. I'm 46 now and previous to this, I could have a few drinks and sleep fine. This year, no! I only drink occasionally now, not on the weekdays and no more than two on weekend nights.

I also go to therapy every other week because I have anxiety and if that's not treated well, I stay up. Especially with the pandemic and I have a lot of issues with my mom.

And I workout every day.

If I don't workout, don't manage my stress, overeat or drink more than a few, I will feel it and not sleep well.

I go to bed at 10 or 11 and sleep until 6, 7 or 8 and have lots of energy all day.

Also I wanted to add, my husband has healthy habits and still has sleep issues. I want him to see a doctor. He has never been a good sleeper

[egishere]

Yes usually 6-8 hours. I do get up at 5:20 a lot of days to go to the gym so I go to bed early..rarely do I stay up past 9 or 10pm.

[Gato]

I got great sleep until I had DD2 at age 44.  She was just the worst sleeper, waking up 2-3 times a night for 2 1/2 years, and didn't nap more than an hour in the day.  So that messed up my metabolism, I guess permanently since she's 8 years old now, and sleeps fine, but I don't.  I am happy if I get 6 hours a night, but usually wake up a few times a night and get more like 4.5 on average.

[erbear]

Usually. I’m a low end of requirement sleeper. I do fine on 5-6 hours a night. If I get 7, I feel super rested. 8 is too much. I get plenty of sleep most nights, but I do wake up a ton throughout the night some nights, and then I’m really tired.

[jennistarr1]

my watch tells me I sleep 7 hours and some minutes on average...it's somewhat off because it counts time I'm up nursing at "light sleep" and though I partially doze off there are some periods of wake it doesn't capture

so I do feel tired when I wake up and always drag out of bed

but then go on to be wakeful the rest of the day staying up way too late

if I need more sleep, going to bed earlier should work...I just don't and it's on me

[blondemoment123]

Lololol :weeps into coffee:

[FastHands]

Jan 25, 2021 8:22:15 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I used to need ALOT (like 12+) and then I started doxepin and it went down to 10ish which my doctor says is still on the high side. Well I got an oura ring in December and I found out that I get hardly any deep sleep. Like sleep disorder amounts....regularly only 5 minutes when I’m sleeping 8 hours

Long story short, I’m working on it with sleep meds and better sleep hygiene. Which is hard because I’m naturally a night owl but somehow birthed 3 early birds.

I read this as having an *aura reading* and was like... wtf is this nonsense? Lol

[186momx]

Yes generally. I go to bed around 9 and up at 7 on the weekdays. My internal alarm prefers to get up around 8:30. I've always been an early to bed person and take very little time to get up and moving in the morning.

My almost 10 year old DD still gets 11-12 a night during the week.

[lurkie22]

Sleep is a huge issue for me. My kids wake me up almost every night at some point, and my oldest wakes up before 6am almost every day. He tries not to wake us up until 6:30, but we also have a small house with all the living and sleeping space on one level, so you can hear every sound from every room of the house.

I'd love to have separate rooms from my H, to be honest. Between not wanting to go to bed at the same time, snoring, being woken up by his sleep apnea machine hissing when he rolls on his back, and kicking at night, I'm ready to kill him at some point almost every night. It's not good.

I can't imagine things improving unless we either get a bigger house or the kids become teenagers and want to sleep more. sob.

[jillybean222]

I sleep from 1030-630 most days. In bed by 10pm. I am so mean and grumpy when I don't get enough sleep./ I only drink alcohol once a week (or less, not at all!) bc it messes up my sleep so much and I hate it.