Insomnia Support Group

Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...

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SlayerEnraged 09/04/2014

I'm going to look at it possibly and make the best of the situation and just do A LOT of homework I have to do this weekend because I can just fill it; there's no way I'm going back to bed. I'm just wondering, what are some causes for preplanned waking up? I slept from like 11 or 11:30 but woke up at 5 rather than 8 like I planned. I don't feel tired but don't feel all the way rested either.

DSmom12345 09/04/2014

Are you on melatonin? It can reset your body clock to wake up early. I'm up around 4am when I'm on it (rarely).

Not getting enough exercise will do it too.

Hypnos07 09/04/2014

Maybe you got all the sleep you needed. If you have little to no adverse affects, I wouldn't worry about it. Worry feeds insomnia.

bruticus 09/14/2014

When this happens to me, I walk around the house for a few minutes and then go back to bed. I usually fall a sleep quickly and wake up normally.

In the rare event that I don't go back to sleep, well... all the better to watch the sun rise.

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