Sleep problem

I'm always posting on any thread to do with sleep in the hope someone will wave a magic wand and give me back my sleep. I go to bed between 10.30-11.30. Any earlier and I'd be awake at 2-3 in the morning I'm generally asleep within half an hour but after 5 hours I'm wide awake. By the time it's time for work I'm tired. It never used to be this way. In my younger days I'd struggle to get up and could happily sleep till 10 in the morning given half a chance.

I have a similar pattern but I don't jump up out of bed when I wake I have a book by my side and read for a while. If OH is also awake we take turns to make a cuppa and either chat or watch the news channel for a while.
I do read when I go to bed too till I can't keep my eyes open any longer.

Why do you need to adjust your body clock, watermeadow? Five till nine sounds fine to me. Do you have to be awake later in the evening?

Oh, to have that problem! Seven hours sleep?

(sorry, not helpful I know)

I went through a phase like that. It improved gradually. Once I retired I made myself stay up for longer. Now its usually lights out at around 10.30 and sleep till 6.30/7.00ish.