Can't fall asleep and can't wake up

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Ever since I started highschool back in 2006 I started having issues falling asleep at night, I've tried warm milk and other methods... Hell, I even went to my doctor to get prescribed sleeping pills, nothing seemed to work... And when I actually do fall asleep, I can't stay asleep for the entire night... I'll fall asleep around 10:30pm, but then I'll randomly wake up around 4am... If by some miraculous act of god I actually do get a night where I sleep all the way through, I try to wake up & I'm still exhausted, my eyes are so heavy, I feel like I can't move... It's like my mind is awake but my body refuses to wake up... So sometimes it feels like I'm constricted to my mattress... Is This Normal? Does anyone else have this feeling or is it just me?

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I don' t know if its normal but I have a similar problem. Ask your doctor for a sleep study. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and have to sleep with a breathing machine. Sleep apnea is when you stop breathing during sleep and constantly wake up without knowing, resulting in poor sleep. Untreated it feels like constant severe sleep depravation.

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    • deadtea
      9 years ago

      This is a good suggestion, I wish more people knew about this problem so they could treat theirs and help themselves.

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  • seekelp
    9 years ago

    Try exercising during the day, not right before bed.

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