So for the past week I’ve gone to sleep around 10:00ish (my usual time) easily. I then wake up at 1:45 or 2:00 a.m. ON THE DOT and lay there awake until everyone gets up around 6ish. However I’m not WIDE awake… I’m thoroughly exhausted for those 4 or so hours, so tired it actually makes me feel nauseous, yet unable to find sleep after 2:00 a.m. Then of course I get anxious because I’m not sleeping, then just listen to my heart pound while laying in my bed. I run my own dog walking/pet sitting business and have a 4-year old son so taking long naps during the day to catch up is just not possible, and I’m honestly not a “napper” anyway, never have been.
I don’t want to go the route of Tylenol PM, last time I took one of those not only did I STILL not sleep but I spent the next day in a Tylenol PM hangover. I exercise nearly every day (usually mid-morning), eat very healthy, rarely have caffeine after 1 PM.
Anyone have any suggestions for getting over this weird body-clock-induced wakeup time? I know you’re supposed to get up and do something else if you wake up a lot at night but that seems to only REALLY wake me up, then I’m awake, it’s 4 a.m. and I don’t know whether to lay in bed or read the paper or what. Any suggestions would be good before I’m fully committed to an insane aslyum.