Why are you awake at this time?

[Psychoticbreak]

I woke in a peri sweat an hour ago, had to get up and change as felt disgusting but thankfully alone in the bed so now the other side of it with a coffee because no amount of trying to get back to sleep is working and contemplating my day.

I'm having a poor mental health period with bad anxiety and I have decided to call in sick tomorrow for the 1st time in 2 years.
The anxiety of doing it is keeping me awake

A bird with a weird accent has chosen my windowsill on which to scream.

I also find it hard to get a good night's sleep for similar reasons. So I am watching the US primaries - but luckily I have nothing tomorrow morning so can have a lie in.

I really appreciate what you are going through @Psychoticbreak and 💐to you . I have a fan by the side of my bed and that oftentimes works

@misssunshine4040 sorry to hear that. It can be difficult navigating anxiety. Are you taking anything for it?

@MonsteraMama a bird with a weird accent made me laugh!

@BasiliskStare I think having my skin removed might be a better option. Men get away with murder.

My 4 yo woke with night dreams as she calls them. Awake 2 hours now trying to settle her. And I was wrecked going to bed.

I have seen the GP who has sent me an online CBT course as I'm reluctant to take medication.
The anxiety of side effects ironically.

My life is very busy and I have no time for myself and recovering from some trauma that happened last year so think I'm stuck in fight or flight

I woke up around 1am thanks to my overactive bladder, I couldn't drop back off to sleep as my mind went into 'overdrive' and now I'm wide awake 😖

Been rocking my crying 14 month old for the last two hours

I need both hips replacing and the painkillers have worn off. Now wide awake waiting for the next lot to kick in.

Having to change my husband who is incontinent after a stroke. Now can't settle as aware I'm up for work in two hours.

I'm a bit of a mess physically at the moment. I have severe Rheumatoid Arthritis and the new drug I am on has dropped my immune system so much I have a few nasty infections.

Up to get painkillers and antibiotics with a fresh coffee.

I’m wide awake, awoke wih a headache possibly because the heating was on! expensive headache. I drank 2 glasses of water, then had a coffee to clear it.
Now cosy sat up in bed contemplating getting up to make a bowl of porridge.

Nightsweats are grim, every sympathy, with everyone else also, little one,
bird, bladder, we need our restful rejuvenating sleep.

Dreadful heartburn and reflux. Just taken meds and am waiting for them to take effect so I can go back to sleep. I'm really uncomfortable.

Twin two-year-olds with a tummy bug.

Wondering how I will manage tomorrow as my husband also has it and we used up our work tolerance last week when nursery sent them home for looking poorly when all of the other kids had it, although they were not poorly and in fact hadn't been in for the preceding week so wouldn't at that stage have been incubating anything.

Feeling fluey and can't sleep after going to bed early to try to sleep it off. Household has been in a constant state of illness since DD joined nursery and I'm up stressing over all the stuff I need to do at work. Struggling with the juggle to be honest and wondering what it's all for anyway! I miss my little one every day 😞

I'm on nights, however if I were at home and in bed the hot flush I've just had would have woken me up anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️

Yes I'm up for the same reason with my 4 year old. I brought her to my bed in the end but she started crying saying there was a chicken in my room so has chosen to go back to bed. To be clear there is no chicken here 😅

It's day 14 in the Hideous Cough house. I'm the only one coughing still and am much better but woke at 3am to my sinuses draining down the back of my throat and every time I lie down, I choke on it. It's grim.

Pregnancy insomnia. No problems getting off to sleep at the start of the night but come 3am bang I’m awake every night. Never had this with my first pregnancy. Was just starting to drop off And my 4 old woke from a nightmare. He’s resettled quickly but now I’m wide awake and my general anxiety has kicked in to.

Just finished feeding 9mo dc. Been awake since 330am. He's now sleeping again so 💤 time for me too

Peri insomnia!

I'm not sure. I think my perimenopause is kicking onto a new level - just missed a period last week, though had terrible PMS including wanting to vomit for three days. Woke about 2 and am worrying about where my purse is, how to manage having 2 student placements with me in April, whether I need to reassess patient X, whether I've done enough for patient Y, whether I will ever not be obese again, what i would do if ds falls off his bike and is mortally injured, whether Charles I suffered when his head was cut off etc etc etc.

Another one with night sweats

DH snoring next to me

I'm in the middle of chemo i seem to be the opposite of everyone else. I'm far from exhausted. I'm also unable to drink because of it but we have been out tonight and my husband has had wine and is snoring .... so here i am!

Coffee at 4am and you wonder why your awake? 😆
Coughing child here.