I was like that for a long time. About 3 years ago, my spouse convinced me to go to a sleep doctor. One of the first things he checked was my nose: it turned out I had a severe deviated septum. He referred me to a surgeon who was able to fix that with a very common procedure. I now fall asleep more quickly, and wake up naturally after about 7-9 hours depending on physical activity.
You probably have a different thing than this, but it's pretty easy to have checked. Totally worth it for me.
Re:Why Can’t I Sleep?
by CameronNemo on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:58AM
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For me I wake up with back pain and a was of mucus in the back of my throat. Tonsils are usually a bit unhappy as well.
FWIW I hated mornings, never felt rested, dragged myself out of bed every day- turns out I broke my nose as a kid, and eventually discovered my non-functional nose was causing sleep apnea. Fixing my nose was life changing.
Same here, my body would take 12h every night it it wasn‘t for the alarm clock and I‘m still tired as hell.
All the usual advice I‘ve tried, I can kill my three alarm clocks, drink two coffees, take a brutal cold shower in my daylight bright LED lit bathroom and then go back to sleep within seconds like nothing happened.
I always had pretty severe DSPS for most of my adult life. Luckily I usually had the flexibility to accommodate a super night owl schedule.
What "cured" me was having kids. I now have no problem falling asleep at 10 PM. I would guess it's due to pretty brutal sleep deprivation (our first took a very long time to get through the night). I'm guessing this pretty much smashed my pre-existing circadian rhythm.
Though, I would attribute this to my mom being a major nightowl and me being one as well. 2nd and 3rd shifts have been the highlight of my life, but those roles are so hard to come by that I just accept a WFH job where I skirt the system and work later while still handling the morning meetings as needed.