When You Wake Up At Night, Do You Ever Have Trouble Going Back To Sleep?

Yes, I have a terrible time sleeping through the night! Some things I do (depending on what wakes me up) include: [i]a) Using the bathroom (#1 reason why I wake up) b) Read (nearly guaranteed to knock me out!) c) Cover up (if I'm cold in the winter, I can't sleep)[/i] I will NOT watch TV (it never really works), but I've been known to fall asleep watching TV--one night I was tired, turned the TV off and rolled over and went to sleep instantly...turns out that when I woke a few hours later (bathroom), I never turned it off! I got a better night's sleep though because of the light sound in the background. I've got to get a noise machine! Good luck finding a way to sleep through the night!

No. I hardly ever wake up in the middle of the night, but when I do I never have any trouble falling right back to sleep. What I have a problem with is waking back up after I take a nap. Sleeping I can do. Sleeping's easy. It's the awake part that's difficult. but, hey, that's what caffeine's for. Yay for mountain dew! Oh yeah, sleep, kinda got of the subject there. I don't have any going to sleep success stories, I do have a lot of walking in the dark accident stories though. One time I was walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Usually we just keep the bathroom door completely open, but this night it was only open half way for some reason. Anyway, I didn't know that and so I just walked right into it, not into the front of the door, but the side of it. It met perfectly with my nose. Ouch. It hurts just thinking about it.

usually when I wake up at night I am up for the rest of it, or at least several hours. I have a real hard time getting to sleep and if I am woke up it seems if I have been asleep several hours then can't just lay down and go back to sleep. Some nights I dont' get but a couple hours and then the next day I am worn out. Not alert for anything. i have some doxepen but hate to take it. I am here alone and don't want to be clear out in case of fire or some one trying to break in, but then I got a loud dog so probably would get up just to shut him up.

I never have problems going back to sleep if I get up in the night sometimes. But I have to get up in the first place. I'm a deep sleeper and i do not have trouble finding sleep, even in the most unsuitable conditions. It's the way my body has been tuned and I like it because it makes me more flexible than others because I can adjust to any situation, rather than complain and grieve and then go without sleep and be restless for the day. I do not have trouble sleeping no matter what, so Even if I get up late in the night, then I just have to lie back again to go back in my dreamland. Although this habit has caused a very bad thing for ... I do not wake up for Alarm sounds as well.. bourne

Not really, most of the time I'd fall right back to sleep. The few occasions when I couldn't, was because of some sort of anxiety about the next morning - presentations, meetings, so forth. So I'd try not to let these emotions get hold of me - I'd either read a book or watch TV, till I'm tired. So far, it has worked for me!

Such problem sometimes happens on me,it is really hard to find a method suitable for everybody who have this problem, but I think we can try to resolve it gradually by bringing up good habit such as: 1. keep good state of mind(mentality); 2.insist on exercise as running, swimming,playing basketball etc.; 3. ensure a fixed work and rest time particularly the time for going to bed and getting up; 4. drink a cup of milk or have an apple one hour before going to bed; 5. Do not drink too much water or any other drinks one hour before going to bed. Best wishes for all those who have such troubles!

i don't really have problems going back to sleep. there are times i get to wake up in the middle of my sleep but i can easily sleep again. i don't know why. maybe, i just love sleeping. but when i wake up at night due to a very bad, scary dream, that's when i find it difficult to go back to sleep. i am scared that i might dream the same dream again.

When I am not in good health,It might be hard for me to return to sleep again once I have waken up,or sometimes I felt scared (when I was a child),and it would also be different to go back to sleep,but now,those rarely happen in my daily life,since I am an adult now and also have come up with my own way of going back to sleep: I will try to envision some fancy and amazing pictures,such as being successful in future and having a peaceful but exiciting family,which of course is also what I seek up all my life,.and actually it helps me in sleeping.nevertheless,the prerequisite is that you should be in good condition,probably by taking more exercises.anyway,sleep have much to do with your health.Of course,if your lacking of sleep derives from the pressure you undertake,perhaps more spare time is required to relax mentally.

aw... highlyclever, i'm so sorry to hear that. But i dont think i might be able to help since i never had problem with sleeping. Thus, even if i woke up in the middle of the night, i can easily sleep again. But some people have found it effective to 1. make a hot drink (cocoa, milk, etc. Just not coffee :P) 2. turn on the t.v. and sat in front of it. Then let the sound of the t.v. lullaby you. 3. read an immensely boring book/story 4. do tiring things (like doing a simple house chores) in the hope that after being tired it's easier to ask your body to sleep again. 5. light off the bedroom (if you have the light on previously) dearly hope you wont get trouble in getting back to sleep after waking up at night!

Hi,highlyclever.I am sorry to hear that.I have no such experience,but one of my friends really have this problem.She always wake up in the middle of the night and hear the sound of others,it is a long time for her to bear that.She once told me how painful she was,so I advised her to take more exercise and drink hot milk before go to bed.And I told her not to think question like “What can I do?If I can not go back to sleep,I will have not enought energy to go to work .”Just close your eyes and think some dreamy thing!To my surprise it really work.I hope it can help you also.

I used to have that problem a lot. Then I learned I was not drinking enough water before bed, so I was getting dehydrated in the middle of the night. So if I drink before bed I sleep well, and if I do wake up, I drink a little water and then I can fall back asleep!

Oh my gosh, yes. It happens to me usually if I had a frightening dream or I need to use the bathroom. Sometimes I wake up for no reason at all! When I can't get back to sleep after thirty minutes, I turn the television on and watch TV for about twenty minutes, or until I start to get drowsy. I hope you have a good night sleep tonight :)

Excuse me ,How old are you.I'm 27 .I often wake up in the night for leaking,but I try to think nothing when I wake up.I just keep my dreamly contidition and go to bed soonest after pee. If I have something,I tried to avoid thinking it.I imagine "Nothing" and to spell it in mind.Then I can go back to sleep very soon.You can have a try.

hi highlyclever! I can absolutely relate to your problem. In fact, I wasn't able to have a good night's sleep last night. I slept at 9pm and woke up about 1am. I don't know why I woke up. Probably I'm just too bombarded with problems that bother me and eventually affected my sleeping habits. You know what I did? I just walked back and forth inside my room, made me feel like a ghost floating. lolz. When I laid in bed at around 4am, I was able to go back to sleep. Although I was able to go back to sleep, it still affected my disposition today.

ah no, not at all, when i have to pee or i get disturbed when im in the middle of my sleep, i can easily go back to sleep. only in rare situations did i have any trouble going back to sleep, maybe i already had enough sleep thats why i cant doze off anymore!

I have a really hard time sleeping. If I don't take a sleeping pill at night, I won't be able to sleep hardly at all. I could sleep for a little while, then I will wake up and toss and turn. I work a few night shifts and when I get home the next morning, I have a hard time going to sleep. I usually only sleep a couple hours then I'm up for the day. Night shift has nothing to do with the way I sleep. I was like that before I ever started working nights. Sorry that I don't have any success stories to tell you. I'm anxious to see what others have to say and their success stories too. :)

I don't usually have trouble going back to sleep. My main issue is that I wake up so much in the middle of the night. I usualy on average wake up at least 2-4 times in the middle of the night. It has been this way for a very logn time and proves to be very frustrating and tiring for the next morning!!

aha...so many response! Congratulations! I can go to sleep again within few minutes if I wake up in the middle of the night. But sometimes I can't. For example, I go to bed with a sad mood or with unsolve big trouble... Maybe you can read something to let yourself tired and then you can go to sleep agian.

sometimes when i waked up at night,i would hardly to go to bed again.one day when i waked at two o'clock .then i was hardly to back to sleep.my head was very painful.and i was so sober take for at the moring.and i had to read books ,then i go to bed again.

Yeah sometimes I do have a problem getting back to sleep if I wake up. WHat I do is get up and take some benedryl.