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The 3am club

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Sleepdeprivedbadger23 · 22/11/2023 08:58

Please help!

I have no problems falling asleep but I often wake up around 3am and I can’t fall back to sleep. I try just lying there, I try doing something else like reading on my kindle. It means I’m literally awake for the day from that time and it’s ruining my life.

I exercise regularly (10k steps a day and run 3 times a week), take magnesium (recently sized up to 2000mg x 4 tablets a day), a daily antihistamine, use a fan so my bedroom is cool, use ear plugs, a sleep mask…I try everything.

OTC tablets have worked, but I’ve read that they increase the risk of dementia long term and as soon as I skip them for one night, bam I’m awake at 3am.

Please help! I’m 36 and not peri menopausal…

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susiedaisy1912 · 22/11/2023 09:00

TikTok keeps showing me videos of people with high cortisol having this issue. Maybe have a look into that.

Sleepdeprivedbadger23 · 24/11/2023 19:14

Thank you, I had a look at that and I don’t think I have the symptoms, although I do feel on edge about this whole sleep thing!

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