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I keep waking up at 3:40 am.

 
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I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Waking up at this specific time, has been going on for months now....... Wide awake in the dead of night. I look at the clock and it says 3:40, EVERY DAMN TIME!!!

Why? WHY!!! I this just something that happens to some people?

As a kid, my parents use to call me a hoot owl, because I was most active during the midnight hour, staying up with the adults when most normal kids were sleeping.

I have tried over the years to become a morning person. To be normal, but it doesn't matter how much I try, I can't get the change locked in.

For the better part of my life, I wake up at all hours of the night, if I go to sleep before 9pm, I wake up two hours later. Then every two hours after that, if I do fall back asleep.

The best and most restful sleep I do get is during the day when everyone else is awake. At night though, my energy levels are just too much, off the chart. I also do deal with a lot of pain, which is probably a factor.

Lately though, the wake up time has been specifically at 3:4Oam, whereas before it used to fluctuate between midnight and 2am.

Clearly, I am not normal. At least I get to see things other people miss while they are asleep......I am often the first to know. When other people bring things up, it's like watching sitcom reruns. Other than that.....it's is annoying. I just want to be normal.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
cortisol is rising at that time
maybe you have some imbalance

look into it
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Waking up at this specific time, has been going on for months now....... Wide awake in the dead of night. I look at the clock and it says 3:40, EVERY DAMN TIME!!!

Why? WHY!!! I this just something that happens to some people?

As a kid, my parents use to call me a hoot owl, because I was most active during the midnight hour, staying up with the adults when most normal kids were sleeping.

I have tried over the years to become a morning person. To be normal, but it doesn't matter how much I try, I can't get the change locked in.

For the better part of my life, I wake up at all hours of the night, if I go to sleep before 9pm, I wake up two hours later. Then every two hours after that, if I do fall back asleep.

The best and most restful sleep I do get is during the day when everyone else is awake. At night though, my energy levels are just too much, off the chart. I also do deal with a lot of pain, which is probably a factor.

Lately though, the wake up time has been specifically at 3:4Oam, whereas before it used to fluctuate between midnight and 2am.

Clearly, I am not normal. At least I get to see things other people miss while they are asleep......I am often the first to know. When other people bring things up, it's like watching sitcom reruns. Other than that.....it's is annoying. I just want to be normal.
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That's when the Grey's drop you back off
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
check this too

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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
My time is 3:15

damned
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
bundy-bang7
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01/11/2023 07:58 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
cortisol is rising at that time
maybe you have some imbalance

look into it
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At this point I believe I am just an ugly duckling. A misfit.

I have looked at circadian rhythms..... mine is all out of wack.

Thanks for sharing. I believe it's biological in nature.
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01/11/2023 08:00 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
The rest wanted too sleep and...oh we have that also.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
My time is 3:15

damned
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Mine use to be 2am. but lately it's specifically 3:40. That is right about the time I should be in my deepest sleep cycle.

Most of the people I know and interact with are not awake till 6 or 7am or later.

That leave me with several hours where I have to quietly twittle my thumbs so as not to be a nuisance to them. So I can't even really be productive or I risk upsetting others with my activity.
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01/11/2023 08:08 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
goodmorning.

check the news. airport issues, unknown reason.

its 1/11

u better get ready.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76415153


yoda

Clearly I something is going on with me. I have a spinal fusion with ongoing chronic pain. It's very stressful, so I can relate to what this says.
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01/11/2023 08:09 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
My time is 3:15

damned
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often for me too... but I don't get up until my alarm goes off at 4:45 and then I meditate before I get out of bed for a bit
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01/11/2023 08:12 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
We all do. You will get used to it.
No good deed goes unpunished.
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01/11/2023 08:14 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
1:30 or 3 am I have a sudden awakening, like I was just ploped down into my body... awake.
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01/11/2023 08:16 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
My time is 3:15

damned
 Quoting: Tonight We Ride!


often for me too... but I don't get up until my alarm goes off at 4:45 and then I meditate before I get out of bed for a bit
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I feel sorry for my dogs..... they are forced to deal with my chaos more than anyone else. I listen to them groan and bitch sometimes, because my sleep cycle disturbs their own. They just can't talk to me about it, but they do let me know in their own manner.
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01/11/2023 08:21 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
We all do. You will get used to it.
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I am used to it..... I just don't like it. It inhibits my productivity, because I have to take into account normal people and limit my activity so I am not a nuisance to them. If I didn't care, I would get more done while awake, but I do. So I stifle my activity for their sake.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Waking up between 3-4 am, means you need to do a liver cleanse.
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01/11/2023 08:28 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Waking up between 3-4 am, means you need to do a liver cleanse.
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I take supplements for that. Maybe I need to increase my dosage and usage.
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01/11/2023 08:32 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
And I bet you gotta pee.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
I had a stint of that a few weeks ago. Woke up at 3:20am multiple nights in a row but had no issues going back to sleep.
Within the surreal depths of "reality" lies the truth.
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01/11/2023 08:33 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Check the batteries
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Wear yourself out during the day. Stop using screens two hours before bed. Last resort, take some melatonin. Start your dose at 5mg
Let’s make it 110.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Depending on your age, you really don’t need more than 5 hours of sleep. You need 7-8 in your 20s. Once you get to your 30s 4-5 hours is enough.
Let’s make it 110.
XIV
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01/11/2023 08:37 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Quit fighting your natural body clock and get a night job.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
I just brine'd and smoked a batch of trout, about 20 in all. Had to monitor it for about 12 hours on very low heat so as to not cook it or ruin it. Smoking fish requires ongoing attention, so one doesn't destroy the final product. Every time I smoke fish, it's a marathon.

Maybe that has something to do with my current sleep dysfunction.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
cortisol is rising at that time
maybe you have some imbalance

look into it
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76415153


Between 3 and 4 am is the active spirit hour. You could try praying at that time or reading the bible. You are being awakened to connect. It is a calling of Christ.
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01/11/2023 08:40 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Quit fighting your natural body clock and get a night job.
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I am fully disabled, with a spinal fusion and dislocated shoulders and chronic associated pain.

I use to work nights and graveyard before my disability. Loved my job, but couldn't continue for heath reasons.
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01/11/2023 08:43 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
3am, the witching hour.
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01/11/2023 08:45 AM
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
cortisol is rising at that time
maybe you have some imbalance

look into it
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76415153


Between 3 and 4 am is the active spirit hour. You could try praying at that time or reading the bible. You are being awakened to connect. It is a calling of Christ.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84986153


If you followed me on here, you would see that I am actively promoting scripture, reading it and studying it during this time.

It's about the only thing I can do that doesn't interfere with other people's sleep schedule, who live in the same general locale as me.

I agree this is a worthwhile endeavor. Maybe those who are awake at the witching hour are watchmen. 1dunno1
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
Depending on your age, you really don’t need more than 5 hours of sleep. You need 7-8 in your 20s. Once you get to your 30s 4-5 hours is enough.
 Quoting: Guv’nor


You are not taking into account health.

I agree with you, but health issues increase the necessary recovery time sleep adds.
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Re: I keep waking up at 3:40 am.
goodmorning.

check the news. airport issues, unknown reason.

its 1/11

u better get ready.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2944501


guess its more of a calendar year restart waiting to realign thing again...2 weeks





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