I have experienced this. I pass out and then wake up maybe 45 minutes after I fall asleep and then it takes me several hours to fall back to sleep. If you see any 3-4 a.m. posts on here from me, they are almost always depressing and somewhat manic because that's how I'm feeling.

Possible ideas:
**exercise 2-3 hours before bed. Totally exhaust yourself out. Maybe, just maybe you'll sleep better. If you don't want to go outside, buy yourself some hand weights. If you have a Wii or Playstation, you could buy DDR or Zumba...something like that.

**try having A drink before bedtime. The goal is not to get plastered but to relax yourself a little more.

**if you've never tried Valarian or Melatonin they are worth a try. They are herbal sleep aids that work well for some people.

**when you wake up, get up. Don't stay in bed. Try to stop the thinking before it has the chance to grab hold. Do something relaxing: take a bath, read a book, watch a comedy, take a walk, do that exercising, eat a snack. Anything that will keep your mind from thinking. I know this is hard. It's much easier to lie there and take whatever your mind wants to delve out. It's almost as though we feel we deserve it and shouldn't help ourselves.

**if you haven't done any meditation, try it before bed. It is very, very hard to start meditating. Our minds won't settle down for it, but it's worth a try. There's a lot of short 2-3 minute guided meditations on YouTube and the website www.audiodharma.com. Increase the length of your meditations as you're able.

I hope some of these help. There's no reason why you can't do a few of these in conjunction with each other. lol....I honestly don't take my own advice much of the time. Let me know if anything seems to help. Don't give up if it doesn't seem to work the first time. Have confidence in yourself...you can do it!!