Why do I need so much sleep!

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It’s just annoying. If I’m not asleep by about 10:30 I just feel shit the next day. Is there a way of training oneself out of this. Tonight I’d like to just sit up watching Netflix....

I'm the same. I don't fight it anymore. I go to bed at 10am on weeknights and get up around half 6 or 7. Fridays and Saturdays I can just about manage until midnight. My issue is that I can't sleep beyond 7.30 - 8am so I don't really make up my hours with a long lie if I stay up later at night.

You could try going to bed 10 minutes later over a period of time but they say that a person's body clock can't be changed. Who knows.

How about some early morning Netflix with a cuppa instead?

I always used to go to bed much later. It’s happened since having children. I just don’t think I sleep well nowadays....I can be in bed 9 hours and still feel knackered

I used to manage midnight during the week around 5 years ago but over time I've needed my 8 hours and don't fight it. I don't have kids though.

Maybe just been busier with the children is tiring you out more? Have you changed your eating habits? Can you slide your full sleep pattern forward or backwards slightly? Does napping help? Do you use a fitness tracker to track your sleep and its quality? Try googling sleep hygiene.

Throwing out random suggestions and hoping there's something you haven't considered. I've become quite interested in sleep hygiene in recent years and I feel the knowledge has helped me find a routine that helped

I'm the same but will now Google sleep hygiene.
I think I'm low on iron and this can make you tired. If I'm not in bed by 11 even at a weekend I wake up the next day with the feeling of a hangover

My fitbit tracks sleep and although I get on average 7 hours sleep, I'm awake on average for 1 hour 13 minutes every night. DH may be awake for 5 mins at most!

I’ve always needed (absolutely needed!) 8 hours and ultimately feel best if I have 9-10 hours a night.

It’s annoying but I’ve accepted it now in my 40s.

It was hard going when my kids were small. Now they are older I manage things by having early nights in the week - 10-6 or 11-7 - and lying in at weekends so I can stay up later.

I'm quite slim and have an overall healthy diet but I think my iron is on the lower side. I was tested for separate issues years ago but nothing flagged up. Worth checking though via a food tracker and a doctor.

Perhaps the quality of the sleep is the issue more than the quantity? Pinterest has loads of infographics about sleep hygiene that got me thinking years ago. It took me a few months to find things that worked for me.

I hope you find something that helps. It's so frustrating feeling tired all the time.

P.s. I've made it to 23:30 on a Friday night woohoo. Going to bed now though

I'm the same! Have you had a blood test recently? Low iron, vit D and one of the B ones can make you tired.

It's probably quality of sleep. I've found after having kids, even when I get 9 hours I'm still tired but it's because I wake frequently and don't get good periods of deep sleep, often around an hour (average is 1.5-2 hours to feel rested).

I need loads of sleep but tbh I always always feel tired! I never wake up refreshed! I have a son and my sister is childless, similar age, extremely fit and has a great diet and she feels the same as me 🤣 I think some of us just need more sleep, I like to have an evening but also don’t like sleeping in at weekends as feels it wastes the day! I would just go to bed when you need to and enjoy getting up earlier

Another permanently tired one here. According to my fitbit, I average 8.5 hours sleep a night with zero restless or awake phases, but I'm always so exhausted. Ideally I need about 10 hours, but I still wake up tired even then, just less so. (I am massively deficient in everything!)

I used to use a Fitbit sleep tracker but it freaked me out as said I was constantly awake. Made me feel worse than I did!

I find that at certain times of the month I sleep better than others. Before my period and during ovulation I sleep terribly. Other times I sleep right through. Wine doesn’t help, but it’s so enjoyable!