going to bed for the night consistently

I woke up way too early, logging only 4 hrs 15 mins of sleep. Did some computer 'errans" such as paying bill. Took a morning nap, after which my total net sleep went up to 6 hrs 15 mi s which is still low for me. After work meeting and solitary work, tried napping but could not fall asleep. I ascribe all that to the challenging emotional stuff I have been going through lately.

Went to Orangetheory in the evening. Quickly learned that being underslept, I cannot really get my heart rate up without getting an uncomfortable feeling in my heart area, but I still can do strength exercises and medium intensity cardio. Overall, I enjoyed the workout and am really glad I did not skip it even though tired.

Being a good girl tonight: turning out the lights at 10:25 PM.

tomorrow, the first work meeting is at 9. I hope to be well slept for it.

I met last night's goal. Tonight I'll be in by 10pm and read for 30 to 45 minutes. Tomorrow's a Work From Home (WFH) day, so it's okay to get up an half hour later or so.

Will get to bed in about 15 minutes for an 11pm bedtime. Woke up really early because I was choking, I don't know why, maybe something got into the mask? Will probably have to clean out my hoses, I am supposed to really clean them every week.

Hope everyone has a good rest tonight.

Even though I went to bed earlier last night, I did not have a particularly restful night and at 7AM with my first alarm I was not ready to face the day. I did my dental hygiene and everything but then went back to bed. Surprise! I had deep sleep and barely woke up with the 8:30 alarm. I needed that extra morning sleep: with that, I had logged 7 hrs 13 minutes, went to the office, had a very productive day and only now at 8PM something got home. I am going to use the rowing machine for a bit and then go to bed at a reasonable time again: tomorrow I have to be in the office and I have many meetings, starting at 9.

So I did not go exercise on the rower: i was too tired. I spent time on this site, I wrote some messages, including a detailed letter to my brother, and I ate supper. Now I am going to bed. At least when I did all of that writing, I stood at my desk in its standing position, which was a welcome change after sitting for hours and hours in the office.

10:50 PM tonight. Later than I planned. but I will be OK tomorrow. I can stay in bed until 8:30 AM.

Again I met last night's goal, but the morning wakefulness was evasive. I thought I was well-rested at 6am, but then I found myself waking up again at 7:15!

Tonight I'll be in bed by 10:05pm, then read for about 30 to 40 minutes and have lights out at 10:45pm.

Thanks for this thread / topic TCJ! Nighty night!

Isolated and heartbroken. This is day two of no-contact. This is so hard. I had a friend today tell me that I'm heartbroken and it's okay to grieve, so that's exactly what I did today. Don't know if I'll sleep on time because I couldn't get out of bed this morning. I am so sorry if I sound like a broken record with this, but it is really hard. I invested so much of myself into this person, and it failed so miserably, and I feel so bad. I miss him, and I am angry at myself that I do. I can't even pray, because I feel that even God can't help me with this.

So, I will take my meds in about an hour and try to get to bed at midnight. Hopefully I sleep.

Thank you so much for this thread being here, it's nice to see you guys so positive doing really good things. When I get out of this, I really hope to join you.

Don't apologize! Be that "broken record" for as long as it takes. As you say, you have invested so much of myself into this person, and therefore it would be completely unrealistic to expect that you could walk away from this sort of investment easily and fast. Of course you are wounded!

I did not sleep well last night, according to Oura, and I barely hit any deep sleep. I woke up at 7AM with the first alarm, did oral hygiene, went to bed, slept more, got up at 8:45 AM in time for my first WFH meeting, barely managed to stay awake during the meeting (had video/audio off except when I needed to talk and was making and drinking lattes, not because I depend on caffeine for wakefulness –caffeine does absolutely nothing and I can go straight to bed after having it, but because I was hungry). Then, took a nap and barely woke up after 12PM. Then went to the office, had a very productive day and after it went to the gym for over an hour of cardio, including high intensity when my HR climbed up to 96% of MAX. After the workout, took a hot shower. They say that taking a hot shower before bedtime helps one sleep. I hope so.

11:00 PM nighty night! I am so happy that both of you LadyShadow and SquarePegGuy are finding the thread useful.

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PS forgot to mention. I think I learned something about myself. Yesterday I took Seroquel too early, way before bedtime. I then noticed that I could not fall asleep, that Seroquel was not acting on my. So I got up after trying for a long time, and took another dose. After it I fell asleep soon, but I wonder if the extreme sleepiness next morning was from the double dose of Seroquel. I do not want to test this hypothesis. From now on, I will stick to taking Seroquel immediately before bedtime.

@Tart Cherry Jam thank you so much for this! I really appreciate it, it's been a long hard road, and I am just now learning to navigate it without him. Today is a much better day mostly because I got 9 hours of sleep last night! I think with all the crying and grieving it took a lot out of me and I just sort of collapsed.

One thing I will say about nighttime meds, and especially Seroquel, sometimes they don't work if you're not somewhat or at least a little bit tired when you take them. If you are still a little energized from the night and still up and about doing things, it won't be a good idea to take them even if your intent is to go straight to bed. Definite don't recommend taking a double dose because that morning hangover is the worst. But yeah, try and get yourself at least somewhat sleepy before taking it.

Aiming for 10:35pm bedtime tonight (in 10 minutes), no reading.

Aiming for midnight this time for Friday night. Today was a good day, feel positive for future. Learning about trauma bonding and how codependent I am.

Last night I went to bed just prior to midnight and took two ambien. Slept great and was waking just before the alarm went off at 7am. Had a long day, easy night, streaming the librarians, reacher, and northern exposure. Have a plethora of books to choose from but my night reading book is a cozy.

Late night tonight watching Svengoolie but want to get to bed before 11pm because I want to be in church early for Palm Sunday. Hope everyone has a restful sleep!

I loved northern exposure, @Nammu. What streaming service do you watch it on? It might be fun to watch it again

I achieved the 10:35pm bedtime last night, and I got up pretty well-rested at 6:30 this morning. It took me several minutes to fall asleep, though -- I'm guessing I got only 7 & 1/2 hours sleep, maybe less. Obviously missed 10:45pm tonight; it's looking like 11:15pm and no reading.

There a few that have it. I’m watching it on Roku CW channel. It didn’t let me start with season one. I’m watching the last season which is ok since I never saw it the first time around.

Well, no matter, I can get the DVDs from the library.

Woke up alert and refreshed at 4:10am (huh?) so I decided to get up and feed the cats. Then I went back to bed at about 5am. (Well, we have three cats. One gets a med, another gets special food, and the third sneaks in aafter the other two eat, so it does really take about 45 minutes.)

I went back to bed, but I didn't drop off to sleep too quickly. Nor could I mediate. But eventually I woke up at 7:30am.

I used my SAD therapy light yesterday and today. It seems to make the time go slower.

I'm looking at a bedtime of 8:30pm. Hope folks had a nice weekend and got recharged for the week ahead!

On Saturday nights I watch lost in space then go to bed at 1am to read for a while. Yet I woke up at 7. I was able to get back to sleep. Had a long evolved dream of working in an airplane factory. There was lipstick too, in various vivid colors of red. New employees with green swipe cards and a midget spy posing as an 8 yr old. Tonight it’s back to midnight. I hope to sleep until 8.

Oh my stomach! I had way too much Nutella. But it was a stressful day. Going to bed before 10pm tonight.

Aiming for 10pm bedtime, and a rise time of 6:30 am tomorrow. Oh, and I meet with my Sleep Doctor tomorrow only because the DME says the insurance co. won't reimburse for a new CPAP machine unless I've seen the sleep doctor within the last three months. Grrr.

Hope all is well with you!

It's been a while since I've been on this thread. How have you been doing @Tart Cherry Jam ?

Hey there @SquarePegGuy I didn't know you were trying to get a new CPAP, is something wrong with your current one?

I have been sleeping very well the past few weeks. I think I been averaging 7-8 hours per night so far. Going to bed in an hour or two, and trying to stick to around the same sleep schedule.

I was doing pretty good until last night. Was a very tossing turning sort of evening. I got hot and when I’m hot I can’t sleep, but it’s been snowing and raining out so I can’t open the window. This morning I was up too early and then dosing in front of the tv.

I had to take a break from MSF but I missed you all. I am back and doing pretty well, although my sleep need is higher than it was a few weeks ago.

I had my ferritin level retested on Sunday. It is still below normal but higher than it was in early February. So, I am supposed to be on the mend. It is just a little frustrating that the progress is so slow.