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Man, that’s exactly what I was most terrified of😲 Honestly, I thought maybe it was just because I stay up too late, but trying to hit the sack early is a total nightmare for me. I’ve got this whole routine where I handle my business at night—mostly grinding through studying, then decompressing with a show before finally passing out🙄 I’ve definitely heard the whole thing about how you gotta be in bed before midnight to actually get some high-quality sleep👎 And look, I’ve actually tried to make it happen a few times. I’ll manage to crash before midnight for maybe two or three days, but then life happens. Suddenly it’s one of those days where I can’t even get home until 12 or 1 AM, and I’m right back to staying up late again... It’s just this endless, ridiculous cycle🙄
I went through something pretty similar, but I actually managed to get my act together for a bit and things improved—until now, and here we are again...
So, the main issue is this constant waking up in the middle of the night and just feeling chronically sleep-deprived. At first, I thought it was because I was eating huge dinners, so I figured that’s why I was getting up 4 or 5 times a night to hit the bathroom. I started eating way less in the evening—just some salad or maybe some granola with yogurt. Then I thought maybe it was just a crappy mattress, so I went out and bought a new one that’s super comfy. I used to stay up until 4 or 5 AM, but now I’m hitting the sack around 2 or 3. For a little while, the whole midnight bathroom run thing stopped, but for the last two weeks, I've been waking up basically every hour. Sometimes I have to pee, sometimes I’m just tossing and turning. It’s brutal—literally waking up every single hour. On top of that, it takes forever to drift off, even though I don't get much sleep, so I'm totally wiped during the day. Usually, I’m the type who loves sleeping in (like 10–12 hours easy), but now I can barely scrape together 8. It’s not even like I’m busy—I’m actually studying for an entrance exam right now and don't have much else going on—it’s just... it won't happen. And it shows. I’ve got massive dark circles under my eyes, I'm exhausted, I'm getting headaches, all that stuff. Today I actually had to take a nap during the day because I had zero energy left, but even that was useless—waking up every little bit during a 2.5-hour nap. The weird thing is, whenever I do wake up, I can fall back asleep pretty easily, but the sleep itself is just total garbage. Now I'm wondering if it’s all just nerves. I’ve got a lot on my plate right now: there's this entrance exam coming up that I'm honestly pretty nervous about failing, my boyfriend's dad is seriously ill and I'm heavily involved in helping out, plus there's some legal drama involving an inheritance... I try my hardest during the day to push all that stuff to the back of my mind so I can focus on studying. Most of the time it works, but once I lay down at night, everything just starts swirling around in my head, which is probably why I can't settle down. Is it possible that's why my sleep is so bad? Like, is this happening on some subconscious level? I don't know, I'm no expert, but it’s making it incredibly hard to function, especially since I need to be sharp and focused to study...
About a month ago, I hit such a peak stress level that I didn't sleep for two nights straight. My mom, who has heart issues, ended up giving me half of her 3mg Xanax doses—so like 1.5mg—on that third night, and man, I slept like a rock. Now, it's gotten to the point where I'm seriously considering taking some just so I can feel human for one night.
Do you guys have any solutions?
Thanks in advance