I have been having a really hard time sleeping more then 5 hours.
I've started waking up around 4am & can not go back to sleep.
I have one anxious thought about, work or life and my brain goes into hyperdrive & will not turn off.
I'm needing suggestions on staying asleep, or middle of the night sleep meditation or just going back to sleep. 
Do you get much calcium?
bloodwork is đź’Ż
A few other things to consider:
- Sleep requires energy so your body needs food to burn. Low sugar raises cortisol (stress) which can wake you up. So eating some carbs can help even if you wake up. Ultimately the metabolism should be good enough to burn fat, but if not carbs might get you more sleep. Also could consider foods that provide a “second meal” like beans.
- Sleep hormones are based on saturated fat so something like butter might help even when you wake up.
- You could do a sleep study to see if you are having any apnea events. People often wake up if they can’t breathe and it also raises cortisol.
- On calcium, if your diet is high in acid like oxalates you might benefit from more calcium to balance that out.
I usually sleep the same.
I actually had a decent snooze last night, woke up at 5:30am thismorning which is normal.
Same thing though, wake up early, start thinking about the day ahead and then can’t get back to sleep.
I relate it to stress & anxiety depending on what job I’m doing.
Early morning light, not through glass
Distract you r mind with interesting but meaningless podcasts. I personally prefer one that cover different sports since I don’t care if I fall asleep but am interested enough to not have some thoughts keeping me awake.
