Ask HN: I have been experimenting sleep maintenance insomnia. Any recommendations?
I exercise every day, am in a good shape, watch my diet (by trying to eat the healthiest stuff I can get my hands on), and also try to have good sleep hygiene (I tend to go to sleep everyday at 11:00 p.m.). However, I regularly (almost every day of the week) wake up like 3, 4 or 5 a.m. (it depends) and cant get back to sleep. This results on me feeling like a zombie, and being unable to get done intellectual tasks (4 months aprox. without approaching coding, the way I used to).
I can deal with the physical exhaustion, but feeling my intellectual capacity diminished is becoming frustrating (there are days I barely come up with something done!).
BTW, I have read and heard about melatonin; could anyone recommend me taking it for the sake of getting rid of this problem?
Any recommendations would be extremely appreciated.
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That 3-word advice isn't improved by extending it to 40-plus-words with sarcasm, condescension, and misspellings.
Is there light/noise/roommate/etc. which triggers the early-wake, which you could mitigate?
Do you know if you snore or have sleep apnea? (You could go to a sleep-specialist for relevant tests, one of which is a finger-mounted blood-oxygen meter you take home.)
I can personally recommend sleep sometime in the middle of the day too, a nap when you get home maybe.
Best of luck.
Do you have seasonal allergies, perchance?
Trying to sleep at set times can cause anxiety over sleep, which makes it harder to fall asleep.