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Wake-ups in the night
I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea in June, 2011. I'm doing well with the CPAP and mask, etc. but I have a persistent problem: I wake after about two to three hours of sleep and often can't get back to sleep. Naturally, I'm exhausted the next day.
Any advice or suggestions?
My sleep (the few hours that I get) include dreaming, so I presume that I go through all the sleep stages. But I keep waking!
Last night I woke after about three hours of sleep and after a few hours, frustrated, served myself quite a lot of scotch, ate heartily, took a mild sleep sedative and went back to bed at 6:00 am. I slept for almost seven hours but, of course, my whole sleep cycle is now "off" -- and the scotch didn't do me a bit of good.
I'd love to sleep through the night OR (next best) be able to fall back asleep after my wake-ups.
Any advice?
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Kath Hope on
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Good luck Will and let us know if it works. The problem is these bodies of ours soon get into habitual patterns of repeating things like awakenings in the night. I've heard good reports about Paul McKenna so await your news.
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Permalink Reply by Will Clifford on
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Well I have tried Paul McKenna and I've seen an improvement. Would recommend the book rather than the e-book because the cd would be more practical than the imbedded file. It lasts about 20 minutes but my ipad switches off after 15 minutes or runs out of charge if I set it not to switch off.
Sorted out my particular problem of waking frequently, feeling refreshed. I used to get up and go to work. Now i go back to sleep and noticing that Im waking much less frequently. You have to work at it and the first thing you have to get your head around is that we all teach ourselves to sleep poorly.
Definitely recommend getting you hands on a copy.
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Thanks for the update Will - I'll remember this for future reference with others.
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