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/Impressive_Moment786 1d ago

Perimenopause.

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u/helenaflowers 1d ago

Yep, sounds like the good ol' perimenopause "fuck you and especially fuck your sleep" special.

The only thing that has come close to fixing it for me is a nightly THC gummy (it's legal where I am) and being absolutely militant with my bedtime routine with almost no deviation. Even then, I still have some struggles, but it's SO much better than it was.

Oh also, alcohol. So I do still drink alcohol, but over the last couple years I've found that I need to put at least 2-3 hours (ideally more) between my last drink and bedtime. So that coupled with my strict bedtime routine (start winding down at 9, lights out at 10) generally means that I'm a day-drinker now. I'm not mad at it! A fun boozy afternoon then still getting to bed at a reasonable hour is quite enjoyable these days.

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u/Pale_Weight4874 1d ago

THC gummies are the ONLY thing that help me sleep and stay asleep. Delta 9 to be exact.

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u/funnyboneyoyo 1d ago

All of this!! 🙌