vonn
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Seems the older I get the less I sleep and the more I am awake in the middle of the night. How long do you sleep and how many times do you wake up during the night? Comments appreciated.
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I seem to be down to about 6 hours. But unless I'm actually doing something I tend to nod off (after dinner/on the couch) after 16 hours.... which makes for a strange wake/sleep pattern.
I wake up maybe once a night..... can usually get back to sleep unless my mind starts churning over all the issues/projects of the day!
I wake up maybe once a night..... can usually get back to sleep unless my mind starts churning over all the issues/projects of the day!
loknload
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Usually in bed by 10:30 and normally sleep through the night until I need the bathroom break between 4:30 & 5:00. I can usually go back to sleep and wake up about 7-7:30. If the wife wakes me as she is getting ready for work @ 6:30 then I’m up for the day.
Sometimes around 3pm it’s nap time!
Sometimes around 3pm it’s nap time!
I go to bed around 11:00 p.m., takes about 1/2 hour to fall asleep. I frequently wake up before 4:00 a.m. and cannot fall back asleep. I got a COAP machine last November and have not grown accustomed to it. It adds to my discomfort.
Some nights I dont wake up at all and other nights I might wake up once or twice, one night last week I had a big glass of ice coffee before going to bed and I was getting up every half
hour to pee, I wont do that again, [emoji46] l usually get up around 4 am, if I can get four hours sleep Im ok.
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hour to pee, I wont do that again, [emoji46] l usually get up around 4 am, if I can get four hours sleep Im ok.
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steelslaver
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My sleep sucks. Go to bed by 9pm. Up to P about 12. Awake at 3am. Try to stay in bed for a while. Sometimes nap during the day. No nap, doesn't help me be able to sleep all night. Tried Melatonin. Didn't do anything.
H Richard
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I get maybe 6 hours average. I wake up somewhere around 4 to 5 AM, and never get back to sleep. I get up and read for an hour or so before I go to the fitness center or take a good long walk around 6-6:30. I have the same problem in the evening a lot of you have, if the TV isn't really interesting, I doze off.
steveno
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Our barracks at Rhein Main AB was about a 1/4 mile or a little more from the flight line. From there it was about 3/4 of mile or a little more to the civilian airport and in that space the was 2 runways (there are 4 runways now) , 3 taxi ways and the civilian flight line. In this time frame Frankfurt/Rhein Main was the third busiest airport in Europe just behind Orly and Heathrow. That means a lot of airplanes landing and taking off. The noise wasn’t loud enough that you had to yell over but there was always a buzz in the background. In order the get some sleep I usually played the radio just enough to overcome the buzz.
To this day I have to have radio on when I go to bed otherwise it will take forever to get to sleep. If the radio station goes off the air during the night I will probably wake up soon after. It only took a couple of days to get over not smelling jet fuel and exhaust but not the noise.
There has always been something in my internal time clock that I’m usually awake after 2:30 or so in the morning. In order to get 6 hours of sleep I usually end up going to bed around 7:00 or so and hope for the best. If I have to get up in the middle of the night I might or might not get back to sleep. There are times when I get dry mouth and have to get up and get a drink of water starting the cycle all over again.
I won’t take pills so it is just something I will have deal with.
To this day I have to have radio on when I go to bed otherwise it will take forever to get to sleep. If the radio station goes off the air during the night I will probably wake up soon after. It only took a couple of days to get over not smelling jet fuel and exhaust but not the noise.
There has always been something in my internal time clock that I’m usually awake after 2:30 or so in the morning. In order to get 6 hours of sleep I usually end up going to bed around 7:00 or so and hope for the best. If I have to get up in the middle of the night I might or might not get back to sleep. There are times when I get dry mouth and have to get up and get a drink of water starting the cycle all over again.
I won’t take pills so it is just something I will have deal with.
I think we've solved why old guys are so grumpy! I'm up for several hours in the middle of the night too
Funny how many nights I'll wake up when the bed side clock reads ........3:57!!!!
Crappy sleep is a way of life these days for poor old TTSH. Two big problems: My hated PAP machine and the good wife's work schedule (up at or before 4:45 AM). Together, they make a genuine good night's sleep virtually impossible. After she leaves for work in the early AM, I need to go back to bed to finish the night (i.e., get my full 8 hours) or I am in trouble. Even at that, the quality of PAP sleep is so incredibly poor, that I often need an afternoon nap or fuhgeddaboudit. 
Funny you say that, I will wake up 3 or 4 days in a row at the same time everyday then the next 3 or 4 maybe 5 or 10 min later, I do that all the time.
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pluspea
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Been taking ambien for almost ten years since I was once diagnosed with depression and tried not to depend on it but without it I take forever to fall asleep and then wake up countless time during the night. I've tried other prescription substitutes but nothing else works. You hear about the side effects of sleep walking and other things people do while taking it, but so far I have none of those I can claim as my own. The only symptom I have it some crazy dreams some nights but can deal with this in order to get a good nights sleep. I do stay up until about twelve or one but usually wake to pee about six and then go back to sleep for an hour or two.
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For Father's Day my family bought me a FitBit fitness tracker, to track daily exercise and the sort. An added benefit of my model (Charge 2) is that it monitors my sleep stages. It shows Awake, REM, Light and Deep sleep cycles, as well as hours slept, and it's an eye-opener. Highly recommended piece of equipment in my opinion. YMMV.
I find that I often get less that 6 hours of real sleep each night, which is well below the recommended 8 hours. I generally can fall to sleep pretty quickly once in bed, so long as I did not FIRST fall asleep in front of the laptop or the TV while on the LazyBoy. In that case, I can lie in bed for up to an hour. If I wake during the night for a pitstop (on occasion) I can fall back asleep immediately. But I do also often find myself waking and lying in bed, earlier than I'd like, and having trouble sleeping with my mind spinning on "things" going on in my life.
BTW, I think this thread would have more meaning if we also post our ages... I'm 64 and counting.
For Father's Day my family bought me a FitBit fitness tracker, to track daily exercise and the sort. An added benefit of my model (Charge 2) is that it monitors my sleep stages. It shows Awake, REM, Light and Deep sleep cycles, as well as hours slept, and it's an eye-opener. Highly recommended piece of equipment in my opinion. YMMV.
I find that I often get less that 6 hours of real sleep each night, which is well below the recommended 8 hours. I generally can fall to sleep pretty quickly once in bed, so long as I did not FIRST fall asleep in front of the laptop or the TV while on the LazyBoy. In that case, I can lie in bed for up to an hour. If I wake during the night for a pitstop (on occasion) I can fall back asleep immediately. But I do also often find myself waking and lying in bed, earlier than I'd like, and having trouble sleeping with my mind spinning on "things" going on in my life.
BTW, I think this thread would have more meaning if we also post our ages... I'm 64 and counting.
kwselke
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Six hours is usual for me at night, with two trips to the john. I also will get in a 30 to 45 minute nap after lunch. I went five days last week without caffeine and got seven hours of sleep one night. I've decided to cut back my iced tea consumption to see if I will sleep better
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This is where a good sleep study comes in handy. With a bad case of obstructive sleep apnea, (my issue) the #'s may shock you. Many/most of the wake-ups you don't remember. Which sleep stages you reach??? The BEST sleeps I've had were in the great outdoors while "actively" hunting. 5 1/2 hours with the bi-pap is good for me. Without the bi-pap, less than an hour before waking up suddenly, gasping for air.
This is where a good sleep study comes in handy. With a bad case of obstructive sleep apnea, (my issue) the #'s may shock you. Many/most of the wake-ups you don't remember. Which sleep stages you reach??? The BEST sleeps I've had were in the great outdoors while "actively" hunting. 5 1/2 hours with the bi-pap is good for me. Without the bi-pap, less than an hour before waking up suddenly, gasping for air.
kozmic
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For about a dozen reasons I don't sleep well at night. I'm seldom in bed before 11:30 and toss and turn or am up a few times during the night before I'm out of bed around 5:30.
The occasional power nap has become my friend.
The occasional power nap has become my friend.
LoboGunLeather
US Veteran
Vonn: You and I both served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, but I was a little after your time. Anyway, we are probably close to the same age.
I have not slept longer than 6 hours per night for the past 10 years or so, and usually closer to 4-1/2 hours. I am seldom overly tired or feel drowsy, so apparently this is the new normal for me. When I wake up, either to answer nature's call or in response to a noise, that is it and I am done sleeping. My wife regularly sleeps for 8 to 9 hours, and any noise or activity disturbs her, so I will just sit and read quietly or browse the Internet, or go to the indoor range.
We have a very nice indoor range here and members have access 24-7 via key-card. Located next door to the Municipal Zoo in a public park, been there since the 1930's. Once had a 40-something cop stop and ask me what I was doing there. I explained, he was skeptical, so I took him inside and showed him the facility (ten 50-foot shooting lanes, lights-exhaust fan-space heaters on timer switches, dozens of surveillance cameras for security and safety), which he had never heard of before that cold and dark 4AM visit. Gave him a few new member applications to pass out.
I have not slept longer than 6 hours per night for the past 10 years or so, and usually closer to 4-1/2 hours. I am seldom overly tired or feel drowsy, so apparently this is the new normal for me. When I wake up, either to answer nature's call or in response to a noise, that is it and I am done sleeping. My wife regularly sleeps for 8 to 9 hours, and any noise or activity disturbs her, so I will just sit and read quietly or browse the Internet, or go to the indoor range.
We have a very nice indoor range here and members have access 24-7 via key-card. Located next door to the Municipal Zoo in a public park, been there since the 1930's. Once had a 40-something cop stop and ask me what I was doing there. I explained, he was skeptical, so I took him inside and showed him the facility (ten 50-foot shooting lanes, lights-exhaust fan-space heaters on timer switches, dozens of surveillance cameras for security and safety), which he had never heard of before that cold and dark 4AM visit. Gave him a few new member applications to pass out.
Old_Cop
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No problems falling asleep, getup once maybe twice to pee, awake at 0600. However some nights I am wide awake at 0400 and try to go back to sleep without success. Some days I need a nap.
Four to five hours six out of seven nights. The other one, maybe eight.
There are nights I wake up after two hours and get a second wind that takes me to sunrise, then up all day.
There are nights I wake up after two hours and get a second wind that takes me to sunrise, then up all day.
DeathGrip
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I try real hard to be scheduled. In bed at 11 or so. Sometimes earlier. Up at 8 or so.
I try not to take naps during the day and if I do, that will be the night I don't sleep well. I also try to stay busy all day to make myself tired at night.
I most always wake around 3 to 4 to void. (doctor speak)
The alarm is my stomach. I always have a good breakfast.
It's not easy these days. My back is toast and I get numbness and I have ulnar neuropathy in my arms that's been driving me crazy lately. Think the worst funny bone injury you can have on both arms.
Bad sleep habits are very unhealthy. Try to get a handle on it if you don't sleep regular.
I try not to take naps during the day and if I do, that will be the night I don't sleep well. I also try to stay busy all day to make myself tired at night.
I most always wake around 3 to 4 to void. (doctor speak)
The alarm is my stomach. I always have a good breakfast.
It's not easy these days. My back is toast and I get numbness and I have ulnar neuropathy in my arms that's been driving me crazy lately. Think the worst funny bone injury you can have on both arms.
Bad sleep habits are very unhealthy. Try to get a handle on it if you don't sleep regular.
I’m 66. On average I am up three or more times to take a whiz. (Prostate cancer.) In bed usually around 10:30 and out of bed anywhere between 6:30 to 7:30. I am often awake for an hour or two in the night, maybe internet surfing, reading, or just lying there. Fall asleep in my easy chair during the day for catnaps.
I’d say I sleep well overall. Better than my wife. Since I am retired and don’t have a schedule, whatever my sleep pattern is is okay with me.
I’d say I sleep well overall. Better than my wife. Since I am retired and don’t have a schedule, whatever my sleep pattern is is okay with me.
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Srruger762
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In bed at 11:00, up at 4:30am. Get up a couple of times to check on things during the night and grab a Chocolate chip cookie or two.
bigwheelzip
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Before the sound of the pod trucks started keeping me awake, we usually got 2-3 hours sleep, up for 2-3 hours, then try to get another 2-3 hours. If I wound up with only 4 hours, a midday nap is due.
LVSteve
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If I get a solid 7 hours I'm pretty good next day. 7.5-8 hours and it's "stand back" for everyone else. These days I don't do my 10 hours straight gigs any more. Family used to call me Steve van Winkle.
Getting past 50 saw an end to that for the usual reason. I'm usually in the sack by 2215, and the trick to a full night's sleep is not to eat or drink anything after 2000.
What is this going to bed before 9 PM gig?
Getting past 50 saw an end to that for the usual reason. I'm usually in the sack by 2215, and the trick to a full night's sleep is not to eat or drink anything after 2000.What is this going to bed before 9 PM gig?
Murphy's Law
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At 72, I hit the hay about 10:30pm and get up sometime between 06 & 06:30am. Most nights wake up for bathroom visit once or twice during that time frame.
The CPAP machine is set up to record and transmit sleep durations each night. Since I got mine I have been getting 7+ hours of good sleep just about every night. No more dropping off in my chair at home or at the bar in the VFW ( I almost got thrown out for that a number of times). My nurse practitioner for my diabetes was ecstatic at the improvement in my condition since I went on the CPAP.
Maddog 521
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I’m up at 5 or 6, unless my blood sugar gets very low, then the dogs get me up so I can get a glass of orange juice.
I’m usually asleep by midnight or 1.
Unfortunately, I get up a couple times for the bathroom.
I’m usually asleep by midnight or 1.
Unfortunately, I get up a couple times for the bathroom.
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