Sleeping

[Alex]

Scrumpy and Mups mentioned sleeping on the 'boring' thread so I thought I'd start another thread here. 

There doesn't seem to be a pattern to this poor sleep does there ? I can be on the go all day so really tired and I still can't drop off and when I do, I wake up at 3am, 4am and it's not always to go to the loo.   I cope on about 5 hours of broken sleep, which is better than Maggie !  Anyone have a pattern ?

[GrannyMac]

I get to sleep easily, usually around 11pm.  I get up for the loo once or twice and get back to sleep unless the second time is after 5am then I'm awake.  I'm usually awake by 6 anyway.  All the time in the world and I can't sleep late. Dozing off in the afternoon is not unheard of 😴

[Scrumpy]

I snuggle down.. Brilliant.. I close my eyes.. but they are wide open on the (flip side)..
I turn over.. I adjust my pillows.. nod off for a couple of hours..
I turn over.. I adjust my pillows.. nod of for a couple of hours..
I make a cup of tea between 5/6.. Watch the news in bed..
I then snuggle down again.. but keep thinking of my breakfast and things I need to do..
So .. I get up..  Yawning..

[Mups]

It's no annoying when you can't sleep, isn't it.
Once I do drop off,  I will usually sleep until morning (other than the loo),   but it's the initial dropping off that eludes me.
My back pain is one problem because I can't get always comfortable.   Also,  thinking about what I will do the next day is another.

I have never had a telly in my bedroom,  because anything 'stimulating' would probably stay on my mind for a while.   Guns and murders -  like 99% of American films are -  or certainly anything scary and creepy is a big No no, too.

Reading something nice in bed is something I've always done,  and I usually read until my eyes start drooping,  then I turn off the light and lie down.   Sometimes I drift off quickly,  but other nights I can still be awake a couple of hours later,  and that is really annoying.   Then come morning I feel like I could sleep for a week!