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I used to be able to drink coffee and heaps and I have similar sleep problems A friend told me to experiment and stop drinking coffee after 2.00pm for a week and see if you sleep (he said it happens when you get older. lol). It helped a bit, I did notice a difference, but I've a few other issues that also keep me awake now and then. Worth a t ry? Up to you.  Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.
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10/8/2015 3:07 am |
Hi Pat: Your sleep pattern is way more 'normal' than mine. I've always been an early bird, but for the past ten years I am wide awake around 1:00 a.m. and can't go back to sleep. I can't sleep during the day, so by 6:00 p.m. at night I am asleep. To have hours like that I have to eat dinner at 9:00 a.m. and am back in my pajamas by noon. What a weird life. The same thing happened to my father when he got old, so I wonder if this is in our DNA??
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Apparently all us "old folks" have this problem. I go to bed shortly before 10 and I am usually sound asleep before Alfie as he watches tv until about 11. I have to ask him how the program ended that we were watching. 
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Pat...as we age I think a lot of things change including our sleep patterns. I know if I snooze an hour or two before I go to bed I will have trouble sleeping. I do not drink coffee late at night for the most part as coffee seems to keep me awake. I laughed at your comment about your book falling when you nodded off in your chair and yet when you went to bed you were wide awake. That happens to me too and I find it most annoying. I am basically a night hawk anyway and do not get to bed before 1:00 A.M. most nights. Since I retired I noticed a lot of my routines have changed somewhat and guess that includes sleep patterns as well.
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10/8/2015 10:17 am |
My normal sleep pattern is to go to sleep between 2 - 3 AM and up at 8 - 9 AM. No napping or my body things it has slept for a cycle and I can't go back to sleep. It has been like this all of my life even though I artificially changed it to meet job demands. Same no matter what "shift" I worked. No matter what time zone I am in my "cycle" adjusts within 24 hours. I have done some reading about sleep cycle being a genetic thing. Probably true in my case since 2 of my sisters and nephew have the same cycle. There is even a diagnosis out there called sleep cycle disorder - seems there is a PC label for just about everything these days. Spiritwoman ^i^
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Interesting post and comments. I think it depends on several things such as customs, habits, diet, stress and others. When I was younger I slept very well my eight or nine hours. Now old, sometimes I used to spend many hours on the computer and went to bed at midnight, but it was hard to sleep. I decided to be disciplined and go to bed around 10 pm I wake up to go to the toilet between 1: oo and 2:00 a.m. Most of the time I sleep around 8 hours, that's good at my age. Doctor said five - six hours would be enough. Happy weekend with good sleep, Mrs.Joe.  Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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