Eat when hungry, sleep when tired

[drwex]

This is mostly me writing down things in case I have to look back later. I'm not looking for people to solve my problems. That said, comments are always welcome.

My sleep the past couple of weeks has been mediocre to poor. I'm not feeling tired when I ought to. Usually some time around midnight I notice that it's late and I should probably go to bed. Sometimes I don't notice until nearly 1A. When I do lie down I tend to fall asleep easily, which leads me to think it's not that I'm not tired - it's that I'm not noticing.

I'm having more trouble staying asleep than I usually do. Usually I stay asleep for 6-6.5 hours. The past couple of weeks I've been waking up once or twice a night. Last night was pretty bad - I was feeling crappy at work Wednesday so I skipped going out with coworkers; instead, I came home and napped. Woke up with a start after about 1h10, and managed to fall back asleep for another 1h10 at which point I realized if I didn't get up I was going to be completely frelled.

I went to bed eventually around midnight as I usually do, and woke up four or five times during the night - awake enough to be able to note the time and cognize "no, it's not time to get up. Go back to sleep." Each wakeup lasted no longer than a few minutes.

There are definitely environmental factors. I've been too hot or the bedroom AC is too noisy or I'm too cold or too sweaty or I've had body issues that aren't conducive to restful sleep. There are probably also psychological factors - I wake up remembering fragments of nightmares and the combination of messed up sleep and these fragments has led me to be moody and feel "off" for a couple weeks now.

I don't recall other summers being this bad. I generally like hot weather.

Comments

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Has no one mentioned upping the exercise? Or did I miss it?

I know I should exercise more

[drwex]

In the past I've experimented with various amounts of exercise and found no correlation between amounts and sleep patterns. I haven't tried it in the past couple weeks, it's true.