Anyone else wake at 3am and start overthinking?

I make words from the letters in whatever day of the week it is......... e.g. today is Monday - so man, may, moan, don, dam... etc

Surely it's better to try and empty the brain (not too difficult in my case!), rather than counting. I find a tip I learnt in yoga helps: try to relax each part of the body separately, starting with the feet and working upwards. It usually works, but if it doesn't just start again.

Try audiobooks. Particularly something you’re very familiar with. I tend to listen to Jane Austen quietly it distracts me, relaxes me and I am soon snoozing

still18inside

It's reassuring to know this happens to other people. Wondering whether anyone has tried magnesium supplements? I'm having mixed results with them - not sure if it's worth persevering.

Look at what magnesium you are taking as there is a few. Then look at the ingredients, go onto British Supplements website and see what there ingredients are. Look at there ‘stacks’ page which will help you choose the best one. I use mega magnesium which I feel really helps me. Lots of supplements are not high spec.

All the time at the moment. Most nights I have a sleep of two halves at the moment. Asleep somewhere between 10 and 11 pm. Wake up about 2 am. Do Sudoku for about 2 hours. Back to sleep for another few hours.

All the past worries are ever present at 3am for me. Sometimes it’s 2.30. I will have some water, read a bit on the Kindle after taking a couple of paracetamol. After I had an early hysterectomy one of my nurses discovered I always went to sleep after two of them. So if I had a headache at work I always declined those as a cure because I’d be fast asleep in no time. Very odd.

My son recommended a magnesium supplement to my husband and myself. It contains 3 types of magnesium. We buy it online and the name ends in 'geeks'. In his delicate way of putting things, he said "It will help you sleep at night, give you more energy during the day and sort your guts out" Well, it actually does all of those things. I can hardly believe it. The price for 90 capsules is around 8.99. I have recouped that by not having to buy a regular product to sort my guts out.