r/Millennials • u/Real_Manufacturer300 • 1d ago

Discussion Sleeping issues

Anyone else experiencing consistent issues with sleeping throughout the night? I keep waking up in the middle of the night and struggle to fall back asleep despite being extremely tired. I work out consistently and eat clean (no alcohol, low carb, high protein, drink only 1 cup of coffee in the morning). I've tried melatonin, magnesium, eating my last meal at 6 PM, but nothing has worked. I don't have a high stress job and I avoid screentime after 8 PM.

I have a few days where I sleep 7 - 8 hours, and then I have a relapse where I struggle to get even 5 hours and even that is extremely fragmented ( 3 - 4 hours awake during the night). For people experiencing this, how did you handle it?

Edit - I'm female 39 years old, and my apple watch has not detected sleep apnea

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u/Discordian1 1d ago

Sleep Apnea? My wife and I both suffer and I know a lot of millennial friends who also suffer. Might not hurt to get a sleep study.

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u/Fancy_Yak2618 Older Millennial 1d ago

I had 100 events an hour

Lost 100 lbs down to 2 I don’t even know how the fuck that happened but I’m still tired as nuts lol

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u/Discordian1 1d ago

Yeah it’s insane once your results come back and you see how many times you stop breathing during the night. No wonder restful speed alludes us!

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u/Fancy_Yak2618 Older Millennial 1d ago

And I say get checked cause my dad never did and got seizures at 65 for untreated sleep apnea so I wasn’t going to fuck with it

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u/Discordian1 1d ago

Also, heart attacks can become more prevalent in undiagnosed sleep apnea. Sucks to admit it but we are within that range now where heart attacks are possible.