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Originally Posted by JackDidley
Most of my life, I struggled with insomnia. Got up a the last minute. Inhaled some coffee and out the door. The last couple years I have not had to to get up at a certain time. I found that I could get to bed after midnight and actually sleep. Around 7 or so I will sort of wake up, open one eye and look at the clock and go back to sleep. After 3 or 4 times, around 8, I drag myself to the shower and then sip some coffee. May be functional by 9.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. I've found limiting caffeine and being on a schedule helps tremendously.
The problem with caffeine for me is that I can consume a lot in one day and sleep fine. It's after 3-5 days of excess caffeine consumption that I find myself in a vicious cycle where I don't sleep well, end up drinking a lot of caffeine, which makes me not sleep well... Eventually, I start having anxiety about my lack of sleep and even cutting the caffeine takes 3-5 days to get me back to normal. It's best for me just to avoid the cycle to begin with and stick strictly to a sleep schedule.
That said, I sometimes have to work at odd hours. I had to be at work this past Sunday at 3:30 a.m. That really messed me up. I limited caffeine all weekend and I went to bed at 7:00 p.m. and took a melatonin. I ended up being so anxious about not getting enough sleep the night before that I woke up at midnight and never got back to sleep.