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Insomnia... What do you do?

lobsterwife09lobsterwife09 member
in March 2014 Moms
About once or twice a week I wake up at 4-4:30 and just can't get back to sleep. I usually get up to pee every few hours a night but at one point I just can't get back to sleep.
So now it's hit again and I usually get up and go on the couch to watch some true crime show.
What do you do?
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  • AndreabillsAndreabills member
    I typically try for about an hour to go back to sleep and if that doesn't work I her up and watch TV. Typically I try to watch something calm that may put me back to sleep.
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  • coreyelizcoreyeliz member
    I wake up early and can't go back to sleep every so many days too. I usually lay in bed and read the news on my phone.
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  • AriaAmante143AriaAmante143 member
    I turn on the tv with a sleep timer with the volume really low, just something to distract my mind. Sometimes I even leave it on the Disney channel because I know it won't hold my attention or scare me ;). I can usually fall back asleep in 30-45 minutes.

    It's usually 2 or 3:30 when I wake up.
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  • peachy0709peachy0709 member
    For some reason, when I wake up like that, if I try and read or watch TV, then I have no chance of falling back asleep.  Usually I kick DH out of bed (regardless of if it's his fault that I woke up or not, sorry honey) and try to take up as much space as possible in the cooler part of the bed.  Using an icepacks or turning my fan up has helped, too.
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  • ceh789ceh789 member
    I usually move down to the guest room and read - for some reason the change of atmosphere works better than just laying there and trying to sleep. I also think that telling myself I'm reading instead of "trying" to sleep is more conducive to actually sleeping.
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  • MaddeegalMaddeegal member
    I have this problem, I'll go to sleep at 11pm and I wake up between 2-3am then I'll fall back asleep around 6-7am and sleep until noon, then sometimes I'll fall asleep in the afternoon, I just can't sleep for more than 4-5 hours straight, it is mainly caused from pain in back, not getting comfy, and having to pee really bad! I'm starting to get really aggravated by this sleep schedule!
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  • linzerdlinzerd member
    Benadryl
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  • teaforthreeteaforthree member
    I have this problem, usually a few times per week, too.  I find it frustrating because I'm not anxious or anything, just wide awake.  I usually lay there for as long as possible without turning on phone or tv (because those will just keep me up and the tv will wake DH) and if I really can't fall back asleep, I will play relaxing nature sounds on YouTube on my phone (with headphones in so I don't bother DH).  And weirder than that, there are videos with people talking in soothing voices on youtube.  It's a bit creepy, but it works.
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  • LaurenAsh23LaurenAsh23 member
    Unisom...I take it for my nausea, but of course it helps with sleeping too. I've had off and on insomnia throughout my pregnancy. With the unisom, you can take a full or half pill and you still wake up in the middle of the night some, but for me it helps me fall back asleep again and stay in a deeper sleep.
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  • avigailandcharlieavigailandcharlie member
    I take Benadryl but still wake up to lee and am usually up for a couple hours. I do the worst thing and that's go and dink around on Pinterest etc on my phone. It doesn't help.
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  • clo1982clo1982 member
    I try and try to fall back asleep. Usually it's within an hour or two of my alarm going off or I would take Unisom or Benadryl. If I took either of those there wouldn't be a chance i'd be getting up!
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  • BethRN1987BethRN1987 member
    Take a warm bath, or turn on a heating pad and put it on my legs or pillow. ( it self turns off)
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  • lobsterwife09lobsterwife09 member
    Thanks for the suggestions. Usually I get up to pee and then my nose sarts running, or gets completely clogged and I can't breath. It's sooo frustrating! lol
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  • benevolentforcebenevolentforce member
    My insomnia window is from 3 - 5am ish, and I have it a couple times/week.  I usually pee, sometimes eat a snack if I'm starving, sometimes go into another cooler room, but always try to avoid talking online.  If I start interacting (responding to email, answering posts on the Bump, etc.) the insomnia lasts longer.  The safest bet is usually Pinteresting.  I pick a category I'm only partially interested in, scan it for a while, and then fall back to sleep.
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  • amandaluffamandaluff member
    I put on one of my nap time movies. I have a few different movies that I have seen a million times and now they always put me to sleep, it worked for me last night.
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