Sleep Week - post to win prizes! ?

I am constantly exhausted but that's probably because I fall asleep 'just like that', and find that I have slept bolt upright for minutes, or hours on end. It's a complete nightmare for me as most of the time this is how I sleep. I barely sleep with my head on my pillow, even though if I get the feeling I need to lie down I don't always make it. I've been waiting to go to a sleep clinic for a few years now. The doc has had to remind them yet again about this, so once again, I'm still waiting to hear....

If you wake thinking about something write it down and this will help you to clear your mind for sleep

I wake up several times in the night but usually a ten minute read settles me down again. Yesterday I took delivery of Magnesium tea so will be interested to see if I have longer or better sleep.

I sleep deeply but rarely wake refreshed. I snore and have to get up at least once to go to the toilet during the night. I sleep better with a sleep mask. Also we have two single duvets so no duvet hogging in our bedroom.

It takes me a long time to get off to sleep. My mind is usually buzzing.

Normally one of my furry hooligan - also known as cats - likes to wake me up somewhere around 3am. Perhaps to check I'm okay, more likely because they want to play and have strokes It's quite handy as I get up for a wee. Then sometimes I get back to sleep and sometimes I just doze until the alarm goes off.

I have a very painful condition which is worst at night. I’ve given up going to bed as I’m more comfortable on the sofa.
Night and day merge as I sleep on and off all day and the same all night. I’m getting about 5 hours asleep in every 24.
This is only bearable because it’s not forever. When I start treatment I hope to sleep much better.

I am at the end of my tether.
I fall asleep easily, wake up between one and two, and that’s it. As the night wears on, panic sets in, as I have to be up at 5.45, and when I hear the heating come on I feel like crying.
We are very busy at work, but I find it difficult to concentrate, and make mistakes.
I’ve tried everything, pillow mist, night time tea, weighted blanket. I even bought a contraption where lights dart around the room, and you have to follow them with your eyes, didn’t work.
I feel exhausted all the time, and I constantly feel hungover, without ever having a drink.