Bad night.....groan!

Could you have a mid morning power nap? But put your phone on alarm to wake you up!

It's a horrible feeling, isn't it?

Same here, Katek. Woke at 2am, then eventually must've fallen asleep about half-five. Going to Edinburgh with DH for birthday lunch. I can foresee grogginess around midday!

I know the feeling I'm like this several times a week but today I had five hours yippee!!

Anyone got any suggestions for the 'keep waking up' during the night. I wake up 4 or 5 times for about 15 minutes. Usually I go back to sleep again, but sometimes not. No problem dropping off when I go to bed, I just don't feel rested in the morning.

Me too! I had about 4 hours sleep and then dropped off again at about 8. Just woke up when phone buzzed at 9. it's not going to be a good day. Commiserations to you all {yawn}

Are rooms too hot or too cold, or have too much light?

I do sympathise. These days I don't often lie awake struggling to sleep, like I used to when I was working, but for years I've wrestled with broken sleep. I wake several times each night - it can be anything up to 6 times - and always need to pee, so it's out of bed, stumble to loo in the dark (daren't put the light on for fear it'll wake me up too much!), then back to bed. And generally I get back to sleep fairly quickly. But all this interrupted sleep takes its toll and I flag quite badly some days

You'll be fine by lunchtime. Drink coffee, walk about, and stop moaning.

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Don't drink coffee Jings....maybe I need to start!!

I rarely get more than 4 hours sleep. I think you will find that once you get going you will be fine. I hope you enjoy your lunch and will catch up tonight.

We have Radio 4/ the World Service on all night. Years ago, I used to have the same problem as Katek and so did DH but if I do wake up now I just listen to what's on until I fall asleep again. This plan falls apart if what's on is really gripping but even if I'm awake, listening to a programme seems less draining than just lying in the dark and doesn't leave me as tired next day as getting up, making a cup of tea, doing the ironing, reading and other things I used to try. With Kindle of course, you can read without putting the light on and waking the DH which is what I do if away from the radio.

It's getting up to wee that is my downfall! But I am on an anti-depressant at the moment and my big problem now is waking up in the morning - I feel as though I have been dredged up from the bottom of a river.

Had restorative shower and feeling slightly more human although eyes look like burnt holes in a blanket! Bit of concealer shouid sort that-suppose I could always go for the smoky eyed look.(!) I normally have world service on timer but think it was on most of the night. I'm going to have quick tidy round then try for a power nap. Where have the days gone when we could stay up all night at a party/writing essays and still function in the morning?!

Our (extremely old) clock radio has two alarms and I inadvertantly pressed the one that we dont use (iyswim) and the alarm went off at midnight! I've hardly slept since and feel like a piece of chewed string!

I had a restless night too - I wanted to be up early to get to the Drs by 8.30 when I might get in first. Tues am you just turn up and he sees you.
Got there at 8.35 and there were already 3 others there! Just got back.

see you at lunch Kitty you will be fabulous

Lilygran - that is just what I do to. Listening to the radio stops those worrying thoughts that seem to go round and round. I also used to get up and do the ironing (I hardly do ironing these days). I also read my Kindle, but that seems to wake me up.

like Lilygran and NanaDenise we have Radio4/World Service on quietly all night. The shipping forecast is great for getting me off to sleep, and when I do wake up I find that listening to what is on is less stressful than lying in bed worrying about why I cant get back to sleep. It is comforting to realise that there are millions of people all around the world listening to BBC World Service when you feel like the only person who is stuck awake in bed.

I do the same.

I rarely get more than 4 hours sleep a night. If I take a Nytol one-a-night tablet I can sometimes get 6 hours at a stretch then I feel human again and ready for anything

I can't sleep with any noise in the bedroom. I have a very small alarm clock with a very loud tick which I have consigned to the bathroom. I go to bed about 7-8pm so that I can get up for work at 3am. This gives me 7-71/2 hours. I find that it usually takes me a good hour and a half ish to get to sleep (I've always been the same). I do not get enough sleep. I go back to bed when I get home from work at 8am. but it isn't the same as having a full night's sleep. I love the weekends, my days off are Sunday and Monday. I catch up with my sleep then!

I mostly sleep like a log. Before I go to sleep, I rub the soles of my feet with a herbal ointment and I am convinced that's why I sleep so deeply. Whether it's the herbal ointment or not, doesn't really matter, it's that I believe it! (or that's what I tell my family when they tease me about it). I love the smell of the ointment anyway

When I first met my husband, he couldn't believe that I would say "I'm going to sleep now" and then do just that within moments. I on the other hand, couldn't understand why someone says that and then doesn't sleep!

hilda I love catch up sleeps! I don't know whether I could get up at 3 a.m. ...