Thread two for the 3am crew

Ovaltine - ‘the food drink of the night’ works for me,
drunk about an hour before I go to bed.
Does anyone remember when it was granules? as it is
now powder.
I woke an hour ago for the obligatory wee and drink of water, really hungry.
Two Weetabix and two small bananas later I feel I could now
happily return to Nod for an hour.

Good morning. Me too, I’ve just woken up, a straight 7 hours!
I have given up worrying about my sleep, most nights are short, often fractured. It really annoys me as there is no rhyme nor reason for this.
On the other hand, I’m always most grateful for a good night…
Hope the rest of you are rested at least.

Morning all. Just finished two games of Solitaire and will read for a while. I have a book club book to finish. Might as well start now.
I’ e given up worrying about this nighttime lark…I shall just enjoy the quiet.
Have a good day all. It will be silent here this afternoon as Wales, I believe are paying England. God help us 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Just read that Jude are now making a nighttime supplement that helps you get through the night without having to get up for a wee. But when I checked out the ingredients one was l theanine and that is something found in tea and it said that it contains caffeine. So how can that help someone sleep through the night? I was quite hopeful when I read it…

Goodness gracious, what on earth has happened to me today? I went to sleep at midnight and I’ve just woken up 6:45 unheard of.
Meeting a friend for lunch and coffee midday so I’m looking forward to that. I’ve looked at the window just now as I went to the toilet and it looks it’s usual cold wet windy oh my goodness I’ll be so glad when spring comes but then I keep telling myself off for wishing my life away Finished my work for the week so after today no idea what I’ll do, normally it would be on the Allotment but certainly nothing going at the moment. It’s far too wet, muddy and cold. I hope everyone has a lovely day doing something although I’m well aware not every day is lovely for all of us.

Woke at 6.00 am. A really good night's sleep. No idea why. Maybe just my body catching up.

I have new, small bedside clock so I can clearly see the time. It takes up very little space unlike my old one it replaced which was my mother's. That one was an odd shape, got in the way and often tipped over.

I hope everyone is fast asleep still.

Thank you BlueBelle. Gransnet covers such a wide age range from 60s to 90s.

I am sure working keeps you young in mind and body and the company and chat is a bonus.

I went on a longer walk than before and came back and started to lose my voice on the phone. My friend chatted on and it was increasingly hard to answer her.
Fell fast asleep and woke up to watch Triple Cross.in the early hours .
I thought that a hot milky drink would send me off to sleep but it just sends me to the loo though not as urgently as tea and hot chocolate .

I’ve been awake about an hour. Played Solitaire and read for a while. Off out early this morning so best not to try to sleep now. My mind too has gone into overdrive. A bit more reading I think then a cup of tea, a shower and hello day.
Have a peaceful one everybody.

I’m awake for the day, now.
Had a rather disturbed night, waking hourly, and full of bizarre dreams. Unusually, I dreamt a lot about my late DH. I can’t remember dreaming about him, alive or dead, before.
Not especially busy day ahead, so might allow myself a nap this afternoon.

I am up too. My mind is very active. I sometimes have nights when I don't sleep at all.
I know I am not doing myself any good being on the phone, but at the moment I just feel miserable it will pass, and I will be up as usual tommorow.

Here I am again. I know this time what’s caused my wakefulness. I believed a waiter when he assured me my very good after an excellent lunch coffee was decaffeinated. It seems it wasn’t! My own fault, I sort of knew but was enjoying my drink 🫩

From experience I’ll nod off in an hour or so. I’ve finished the novel I was enjoying, sent a couple of enquiries for a furniture repair, caught up with an email and now I think a bathroom visit and a no caffeine hot drink. With luck I’ll get 3 hours sleep. That will be fine. Nothing demanding on the agenda.

Hope you’re all sleeping soundly. 🤞.

HelterSkelter I m 81 and do three days a week voluntary work in a charity shop The work I do is very physical including carting big boxes and bags around I believe it not only keeps me sane, talking to staff and customers, helping people gives me a real sense of achievement.
My hours are my choice but I work from 8 am till usually about 3 pm sometimes longer eat a snack on the trot and I enjoy every minute of it I live alone and get bored stiff with talking to myself and watching rotten tv. 🤣

I’m really sorry, harri, hope the pain goes away.

Allsorts, I have found that 1/2 an antihistamine tablet gives me a good nights’ sleep. Give it a try before going into the heavy stuff.

I had an ok night, though I did wake up for a bit several times.

Hope most of you are still having 💤 and have a good day.

Not too bad a night. I fell asleep watching Astrid on Tv last evening so struggled off to bed and was asleep again by 9. Woke at 3:39. So I’ve read for a while. I’m going to a book reading this evening. I hope it’s engaging . I would hate to embarrass myself by nodding off.

Wide awake after 2 hours sleep, think I will have to get sleeping tablets as this must be wrecking havoc on my body. I go off to sleep quickly but at most, three hours later wide awake.

Woken at 3am with stomach pains, no chance of going back to sleep until it eases.

Oh dear. Wideawake at 1.20 after a good night on Monday night. No reason. Not cold, not hungry/thirsty, no bad dreams and I don't even need the loo. Just woke up and wide awake.

I shall read and hope to fall asleep again.

Bob Ross is on Sky Arts @ 8 each morning. His voice always used to send me to sleep when he was on BBC so I listened to it this morning and, as usual I was asleep fifteen minutes into the programme.

JamesandJon33 -
It's so annoying because I'm tired during the day having not slept properly.
I've cut out normal tea and chocolate.
I also noticed that wine made it worse .
Now I'm having milk ,honey and turmeric.
I haven't tried yoga - maybe it will help .
And probably not !

Bit worried about what happened last night. I’ve always been a light sleeper and wake up at the slightest sound. My partner comes round in the evening and watches tv here. I’ve recently started nodding off on the sofa after I’ve had my tea. Leave the door unlocked because it’s pretty safe round here. But last night I woke up just as University Challenge was starting and realised he’d let himself in, must have shouted hello, would have spoken to the dog and searched for the remote control. And I was dead to the world.

Esmay I have been trying to sort it out for ages. I can find no common denominator as to why I sleep reasonably well one night and not another. It isn’t exercise , or the amount I’ve drunk or even what I’ve eaten. A real puzzle,

It's a relief to find that I'm not the only one with this problem.
It began two years ago.
I slept well up until then.

I tend to fall asleep in the early part of the evening and then ,wake up at one,three and five.
Sometimes it's a fit of coughing /asthma or my bladder or nightmares.

I'm trying to sort it out.

I did a long walk yesterday,but had an extremely restless night.

I did go back to sleep for an hour I think ,but been awake for sometime now. As you saycornergran awaking night.

Not a bad night. Quiet dreams which I can't remember. I wish I knew what I did differently which results in a better night. My worries haven't gone away. Nothing different. I fell asleep reading quite early and then woke briefly to take my glasses off and put my book on the table.
If you can say BlueBelle what work do you do? The age span on Gransnet is so wide I always think everyone is my age 77 or older, but that's not the case.