WTF - so annoying

[shoulditbethishard1]

I’ve been desperately tired all day, no energy, feeling a bit low.

put 4 year old twins to bed just after 7pm, made their lunches for tomorrow. Watched 30 mins of tv before coming to bed at 8.30pm

it’s like a switch had been flicked and my head is literally buzzing. I thought I’d be asleep in seconds but no it’s like I have a tiny formula one car driving around in my brain. No one thought is consuming me just a noise in my head that won’t go away.

it’s so annoying as it’s happening more and more now. For reference I’m 43 and pretty sure I’m peri menopausal 😒

anyone else going though this particular cycle or tired but can’t sleep torture?

Peri menopause can cause sleep issues, also sometimes when you're on the go so much once you sit down mind starts racing with all the built up thoughts of the day

This was me a month ago but someone recommended a podcast "Nothing Much Happens" and I've listened to it every night since and never managed to hear a whole episode! Highly recommend!

Yep, peri menopause. If I open my eyes in the night a song comes into my head immediately, and I start an argument with DH in my head at the same time ! I wish I had an off button.

Do you normally go to bed this early, or was it just because you had been feeling tired all day?

My point being that you're awake because it's not adult bed time yet!

Thanks you I’ll give that a try

Anytime from 9pm is normal for me but I have felt unbelievably tired today

i don’t often have bother getting to sleep but I will wake up in middle of night totally wide awake and lie for ages! There’s some decent sleep story podcasts on Spotify that I find help. The only problem is it goes straight into another one when it finishes rather than stopping so I’ll then wake up a couple of hours later and the stories are still going!

This frequently happens to me, OP. Drives me mad! I'll be sitting downstairs dropping off in front of the television, or while I'm reading something on my iPad, but when I go up to bed my head is whizzing and I can't sleep!

When it's time to sleep I've started (and I know this sounds nuts) to various scary stories set to a background of rain, on YouTube. I just start one that will last at least an hour on my iPad (not too loud), stick the iPad on a shelf behind the bed and then try to sleep. Surprisingly, it quite often helps :)

I feel ya 😅 I am tired, have no energy most days, come 8pm I am desperate for my bed but I have to wait until my Son goes to sleep around 10pm. I am always convinced I'll be asleep within minutes...but no...my mind just won't stfu, constantly thinking and making up random scenarios keeping me awake until the early hours.