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Is it just me or does anyone else overthink about what they should do with their hands when trying to fall asleep?

<div class="md"><p>Is it just me or does anyone else overthink about what they should do with their hands when trying to fall asleep?</p>
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Hands?

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Every night for some reason I'll sleep the first 4-5 hours and only wake up once or twice. But after that I'm awake every 30-60 minutes until I get up. And sometimes it feels like I'm not even sleeping again, but I know I have to be because I wouldn't lay on just one side for an hour, and I also dream. How do is stop constantly waking up after 4-5 hours? 

<div class="md"><p>Every night for some reason I&#39;ll sleep the first 4-5 hours and only wake up once or twice. But after that I&#39;m awake every 30-60 minutes until I get up. And sometimes it feels like I&#39;m not even sleeping again, but I know I have to be because I wouldn&#39;t lay on just one side for an hour, and I also dream. How do is stop constantly waking up after 4-5 hours? </p>
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Reoccurring sleep pattern 

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I've had mild sleep issues for a few years. A very light sleeper and just crappy nights of sleep here and there, but overall nothing big to complain about. I had been reading that magnesium supplements can do wonders for sleep. So I took some magnesium glycinate supplements for 4 days. Each night I either got very poor sleep or no sleep at all. So I stopped taking them. I believe the cause for the insomnia specifically was the glycine and not the magnesium. I had taken magnesium oxide pills in the past and did not experience this. After looking into it more, glycine is apparently a great sleep supplement for most people, but for an unlucky few, it does the exact opposite.

 The first night after I stopped taking them I still slept like horribly, but figured I needed a day or 2 for the supplement to work its way out of my body. Night 3 after stopping the supplements I was still getting between 0-3 hrs per sleep. I felt absolutely horrible due to lack of sleep.

I made an appt with my doctor. She prescribed me ambien. It worked great the first night and I finally slept again. The next few days after that I got varying degrees of sleep, but still better than before I started the ambien. After about 5 days on ambien, I started getting horrible anxiety. And I mean extreme feelings that the world was going to end and that I was going to die. For no reason. I quickly attributed this to the ambien and stopped taking it (it was supposed to be for short term use anyway). My doctor switched me to trazadone. Trazadone did nothing for me and potentially made my sleep worse. I got zero sleep both nights I was on it. 

Then I gave in and went back on ambien because I was desperate for sleep. I got sleep again, but then the anxiety came back, worse than before. I am now in this perpetual cycle of either not sleeping or feeling horrible anxiety from ambien. I keep thinking "nothing is worse than not getting sleep", so I go back on ambien. Then comes the anxiety. Then I think "nothing can be worse than this overwhelming anxiety". Then I stop taking the pills, but then my sleep suffers. I have been in this cycle for 3 weeks now. It doesn't seem like long, but it feels like am eternity to me. I've stopped enjoying life. I had to miss Thanksgiving with my family because I was feeling so horrible. Have cancelled multiple plans with friends. I am terrified that it will be like this forever. All because I made the horrible mistake of taking magnesium glycinate. I'm so angry at myself for taking those stupid supplements. My body and mind is out of wack now and I don't know how to get it back to normal. I'm so desperate to do anything to get back on track but it feels like it's too late. Every morning I get up from a sleepless night, I just sit and cry because I don't know what else to do.

<div class="md"><p>I&#39;ve had mild sleep issues for a few years. A very light sleeper and just crappy nights of sleep here and there, but overall nothing big to complain about. I had been reading that magnesium supplements can do wonders for sleep. So I took some magnesium glycinate supplements for 4 days. Each night I either got very poor sleep or no sleep at all. So I stopped taking them. I believe the cause for the insomnia specifically was the glycine and not the magnesium. I had taken magnesium oxide pills in the past and did not experience this. After looking into it more, glycine is apparently a great sleep supplement for most people, but for an unlucky few, it does the exact opposite.</p>

<p>The first night after I stopped taking them I still slept like horribly, but figured I needed a day or 2 for the supplement to work its way out of my body. Night 3 after stopping the supplements I was still getting between 0-3 hrs per sleep. I felt absolutely horrible due to lack of sleep.</p>

<p>I made an appt with my doctor. She prescribed me ambien. It worked great the first night and I finally slept again. The next few days after that I got varying degrees of sleep, but still better than before I started the ambien. After about 5 days on ambien, I started getting horrible anxiety. And I mean extreme feelings that the world was going to end and that I was going to die. For no reason. I quickly attributed this to the ambien and stopped taking it (it was supposed to be for short term use anyway). My doctor switched me to trazadone. Trazadone did nothing for me and potentially made my sleep worse. I got zero sleep both nights I was on it. </p>

<p>Then I gave in and went back on ambien because I was desperate for sleep. I got sleep again, but then the anxiety came back, worse than before. I am now in this perpetual cycle of either not sleeping or feeling horrible anxiety from ambien. I keep thinking &quot;nothing is worse than not getting sleep&quot;, so I go back on ambien. Then comes the anxiety. Then I think &quot;nothing can be worse than this overwhelming anxiety&quot;. Then I stop taking the pills, but then my sleep suffers. I have been in this cycle for 3 weeks now. It doesn&#39;t seem like long, but it feels like am eternity to me. I&#39;ve stopped enjoying life. I had to miss Thanksgiving with my family because I was feeling so horrible. Have cancelled multiple plans with friends. I am terrified that it will be like this forever. All because I made the horrible mistake of taking magnesium glycinate. I&#39;m so angry at myself for taking those stupid supplements. My body and mind is out of wack now and I don&#39;t know how to get it back to normal. I&#39;m so desperate to do anything to get back on track but it feels like it&#39;s too late. Every morning I get up from a sleepless night, I just sit and cry because I don&#39;t know what else to do.</p>
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Magnesium glycinate supplements completely F'd up my sleep and my insomnia will not go away now

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Last night was horrible, my mind was running constantly, I constantly was feeling too hot and restless, and my excema was acting up a lot.

This usually doesn’t happen as even though I take some time to sleep I sleep fine. This is the first time and I don’t think I slept one bit. 

My question is can I sleep during the day(after my work shift)or will that ruin my sleep scedule and make this worse? 

<div class="md"><p>Last night was horrible, my mind was running constantly, I constantly was feeling too hot and restless, and my excema was acting up a lot.</p>

<p>This usually doesn’t happen as even though I take some time to sleep I sleep fine. This is the first time and I don’t think I slept one bit. </p>

<p>My question is can I sleep during the day(after my work shift)or will that ruin my sleep scedule and make this worse? </p>
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Didn’t sleep at all last night, what do I do now?

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I have a job where I spent one week per month away at work, where I have basically a little dorm room (all to myself). At home I share a room/bed with my wife, and we also have a dog and a cat.

When I go go work, I always easily sleep till 8:30am and feel pretty well rested in the morning. At home, I often wake up around 5am and have a very hard time falling back to sleep. I can't find a reason that I wake up though: the pets and my wife are all sleeping and quiet, I have blackout curtains at home so light shouldn't be an issue, and there aren't any loud noises or anything causing it. Yet this really only seems to happen at home. (if I go out of town, like to a hotel or something, I don't generally have this issue either)

I do not consume any caffeine at all, and alcohol is a rare treat (maybe 1-2x month) 

Any thoughts as to why this may be?

<div class="md"><p>I have a job where I spent one week per month away at work, where I have basically a little dorm room (all to myself). At home I share a room/bed with my wife, and we also have a dog and a cat.</p>

<p>When I go go work, I always easily sleep till 8:30am and feel pretty well rested in the morning. At home, I often wake up around 5am and have a very hard time falling back to sleep. I can&#39;t find a reason that I wake up though: the pets and my wife are all sleeping and quiet, I have blackout curtains at home so light shouldn&#39;t be an issue, and there aren&#39;t any loud noises or anything causing it. Yet this really only seems to happen at home. (if I go out of town, like to a hotel or something, I don&#39;t generally have this issue either)</p>

<p>I do not consume any caffeine at all, and alcohol is a rare treat (maybe 1-2x month) </p>

<p>Any thoughts as to why this may be?</p>
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Why do I wake up at 5am, but only at home?

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Im learning tattoo as an apprentice under a tattoo artist, and have basically come to terms with the fact that I will spend a good portion of the rest of my life hunched over tattooing (not even to mention the damage ive already done to my back from video games and bad posture). I want to sleep on my back to have as much time as possible with my back straight, but its so damn uncomfortable. Will it get better if I push through it? 

<div class="md"><p>Im learning tattoo as an apprentice under a tattoo artist, and have basically come to terms with the fact that I will spend a good portion of the rest of my life hunched over tattooing (not even to mention the damage ive already done to my back from video games and bad posture). I want to sleep on my back to have as much time as possible with my back straight, but its so damn uncomfortable. Will it get better if I push through it? </p>
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Will sleeping on my back ever be comfortable?

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Long story but stick with me.  Long time Reddit reader, first post.  Unlike a lot of you I (41f) have always been an amazing sleeper. Love sleep, never had trouble going to sleep or staying asleep and I sleep hard and good. The problem arises when I need to wake up in the morning for work. I have always struggled waking up in the morning for work, even in my 20’s to now in my 40’s.  Waking up is always like torture for me. Currently I set 4-6 alarms on my phone 15 minutes apart just to TRY to get up on time. I often hit snooze on the first few and have no memory of it and fall back to sleep immediately.  And then continue to snooze for at least an hour + every morning. Now I know snoozing isn’t good for you but if I set my alarms later I am inevitably late for work because I do the same thing, hit snooze for an hour +.  I have tried the alarm clock across the room and I just get up and turn it off and go back to sleep. My lamp turns on automatically in my bedroom at 5AM, doesn’t help. 

I’ve done a sleep study and the results were normal. Earlier this year I even had a thyroid procedure done which completely cured my anxiety, brain fog and constant chronic fatigue which I was dealing with the last year or 2. Now my constant chronic fatigue is gone which is amazing and once I actually get up and out of bed I’m golden. The problem is actually waking and getting my *SS out of bed.  I’m lucky that my work is mad flexible and it’s cool if I’m late many mornings, maybe that’s part of the problem.  But I want to be an early bird, I would love to get up early, take the dog out, make some coffee, catch a little news and shower and get ready for work. I would love to be awake by 5AM every morning (I work at 7AM and work is 15 minutes from me so only need to leave at 6:45AM).  I fall asleep most week nights between 8-9PM. Any and ALL advice welcome. Thanks for listening!  

TLDR:  Help I can’t get up in the morning no matter what I’ve tried!  

<div class="md"><p>Long story but stick with me.  Long time Reddit reader, first post.  Unlike a lot of you I (41f) have always been an amazing sleeper. Love sleep, never had trouble going to sleep or staying asleep and I sleep hard and good. The problem arises when I need to wake up in the morning for work. I have always struggled waking up in the morning for work, even in my 20’s to now in my 40’s.  Waking up is always like torture for me. Currently I set 4-6 alarms on my phone 15 minutes apart just to TRY to get up on time. I often hit snooze on the first few and have no memory of it and fall back to sleep immediately.  And then continue to snooze for at least an hour + every morning. Now I know snoozing isn’t good for you but if I set my alarms later I am inevitably late for work because I do the same thing, hit snooze for an hour +.  I have tried the alarm clock across the room and I just get up and turn it off and go back to sleep. My lamp turns on automatically in my bedroom at 5AM, doesn’t help. </p>

<p>I’ve done a sleep study and the results were normal. Earlier this year I even had a thyroid procedure done which completely cured my anxiety, brain fog and constant chronic fatigue which I was dealing with the last year or 2. Now my constant chronic fatigue is gone which is amazing and once I actually get up and out of bed I’m golden. The problem is actually waking and getting my *SS out of bed.  I’m lucky that my work is mad flexible and it’s cool if I’m late many mornings, maybe that’s part of the problem.  But I want to be an early bird, I would love to get up early, take the dog out, make some coffee, catch a little news and shower and get ready for work. I would love to be awake by 5AM every morning (I work at 7AM and work is 15 minutes from me so only need to leave at 6:45AM).  I fall asleep most week nights between 8-9PM. Any and ALL advice welcome. Thanks for listening!  </p>

<p>TLDR:  Help I can’t get up in the morning no matter what I’ve tried!  </p>
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Waking up is a STRUGGLE

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To say I have a hard time waking up would be an understatement. My parents used to ask me math questions to make sure I was properly awake because I can hold an entire coherent conversation and fall right back to sleep with no memory of it. 

Every morning I set about 4 or 5 alarms on my phone spread out over an hour before I want to wake up. Then, once my 7:45 alarm goes off, I force my eyes open and scroll on my phone until I can feel the consciousness seep in. Unfortunately, I don’t really like getting that phone dopamine hit first thing and I’d really like to center the start of my day around anything else. 

That being said, I’m not sure what I could keep within arms reach of my bed to force myself to do in the morning to stop myself from falling back to sleep. Getting out of bed isn’t an option because I already know it just won’t happen. I’m way too cross eyed and sleep delirious first thing in the morning to immediately read a few pages of a book. 

Any suggestions? 

<div class="md"><p>To say I have a hard time waking up would be an understatement. My parents used to ask me math questions to make sure I was properly awake because I can hold an entire coherent conversation and fall right back to sleep with no memory of it. </p>

<p>Every morning I set about 4 or 5 alarms on my phone spread out over an hour before I want to wake up. Then, once my 7:45 alarm goes off, I force my eyes open and scroll on my phone until I can feel the consciousness seep in. Unfortunately, I don’t really like getting that phone dopamine hit first thing and I’d really like to center the start of my day around anything else. </p>

<p>That being said, I’m not sure what I could keep within arms reach of my bed to force myself to do in the morning to stop myself from falling back to sleep. Getting out of bed isn’t an option because I already know it just won’t happen. I’m way too cross eyed and sleep delirious first thing in the morning to immediately read a few pages of a book. </p>

<p>Any suggestions? </p>
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Keeping my eyes open without a screen

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So for the last couple weeks I've started getting terrible insomnia.  The thing that's hardest on my besides my inability to get comfortable and the racing thoughts is the?dreams?
I'm fully awake and aware of my surroundings, but I seem to pre-dream. They're mostly just flashing images that get more and more disturbing. And the longer ones featuring people are starting to speak. I can hear what they're saying clearly and it sounds like there's a speaker in my brain. I am so tired and I can't fall asleep because these pre-dreams freak me out so badly. It's every night anytime I close my eyes for more than a minute. 
 My actual dreams suck as well, they say you only dream for 10 minutes at a time, I call BS. My dreams last all night, there's no way they don't. I never have the feeling of sleeping for 8 hours but it only feels like 10 minutes anymore. I wouldn't say that I can look at clocks in my dreams, because they're aren't any, but I can for sure tell how long I've been asleep in my dreams. I always am aware that I am dreaming, but if I say it outloud or even think it in my sleep I immediately go into sleep paralysis. I'm getting so tired I'm shakey and no longer have the ability to pay attention to things. 
For context, I used to be addicted to Mary Jane, and developed weed-induced physcosis so I know I'm probably just losing my fucking mind as a result, but I don't have the insurance to see a doctor, and no natural remedies are working. If you know anything on what this is, or how to stop it please respond 

<div class="md"><p>So for the last couple weeks I&#39;ve started getting terrible insomnia.  The thing that&#39;s hardest on my besides my inability to get comfortable and the racing thoughts is the?dreams?
I&#39;m fully awake and aware of my surroundings, but I seem to pre-dream. They&#39;re mostly just flashing images that get more and more disturbing. And the longer ones featuring people are starting to speak. I can hear what they&#39;re saying clearly and it sounds like there&#39;s a speaker in my brain. I am so tired and I can&#39;t fall asleep because these pre-dreams freak me out so badly. It&#39;s every night anytime I close my eyes for more than a minute. 
 My actual dreams suck as well, they say you only dream for 10 minutes at a time, I call BS. My dreams last all night, there&#39;s no way they don&#39;t. I never have the feeling of sleeping for 8 hours but it only feels like 10 minutes anymore. I wouldn&#39;t say that I can look at clocks in my dreams, because they&#39;re aren&#39;t any, but I can for sure tell how long I&#39;ve been asleep in my dreams. I always am aware that I am dreaming, but if I say it outloud or even think it in my sleep I immediately go into sleep paralysis. I&#39;m getting so tired I&#39;m shakey and no longer have the ability to pay attention to things. 
For context, I used to be addicted to Mary Jane, and developed weed-induced physcosis so I know I&#39;m probably just losing my fucking mind as a result, but I don&#39;t have the insurance to see a doctor, and no natural remedies are working. If you know anything on what this is, or how to stop it please respond </p>
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SLEEP Please help, I don't know what to do

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Drowsy and Dore & Rose have similarly designed sleep masks made from silk, but drowsy is slightly more expensive. Does anyone have any experience with these and knows if one is better than the other?

<div class="md"><p>Drowsy and Dore &amp; Rose have similarly designed sleep masks made from silk, but drowsy is slightly more expensive. Does anyone have any experience with these and knows if one is better than the other?</p>
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