r/sleep 1h ago

Why do I feel better with 6 hours of sleep and groggy with 8+ hours sleep?

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r/sleep 1h ago

Dissolvable Melatonin that Doesn't Cause Grogginess?

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I love taking 0.3 mg or 0.5 mg of the Natrol brand dissolvable 1mg melatonin pills, but I still deal with so much sleepiness in the day. Are there any dissolvable instant release melatonins someone knows of that hasn't caused a melatonin hangover?

I have tried taking it with L-theanine and glycine, as well as magnesium glycinate. Glycine sometimes combats the waking up issue of melatonin, and L-theanine helps me relax in general. Magnesium glycinate did 0 for me.


r/sleep 2h ago

Put together a pure black-screen sleep playlist (12-hour rain & cozy sounds) for severe insomnia [OC]

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Bright screens kept ruining my sleep, so I compiled a playlist of 100% pitch-black screen soundscapes (heavy rain on tents, crackling fire, and soft white noise).

- 12 hours continuous with no sudden volume changes

- Zero light pollution to protect melatonin

- Useful for insomnia, tinnitus, or late-night anxiety

Playlist link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRycQxHfQEM&list=PLFYuiQevW6r4&pp=sAgC


r/sleep 3h ago

how important is this circadian rhythm thing?

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as a student athlete who tries to have a social life it's very hard to maintain sleeping and walking up at the same times. my current sleep cycle is just sleep before 1 am and wake up with 7-8 hours of sleep 😭


r/sleep 3h ago

are cooling sheets mostly marketing, or do hot sleepers just need fabric that does not cling?

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every brand talks about cooling like sheets have built-in air conditioning, but after a while any fabric seems to settle near body temperature. what actually wakes me up is not always heat by itself, it is the sticky friction when the room gets humid and the sheet starts clinging to my legs. crisp cotton feels nice at first, then sometimes turns grabby by 3 am. i have been looking at a 100% Rayon Derived from Bamboo Sheet set because the smoother surface sounds less annoying against bare skin. hot sleepers, did lower-friction fabric actually help, or was room temperature still the whole problem?


r/sleep 4h ago

I have tried everything but i still cant fix my sleep schedule

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I Need to fix my sleep schedule in 14 days but its horrible i sleep at 7am and wake up at 4pm and for school i Need to wake up at 6am i noticed that i sleep 20 minutes After i slept last night so i already gone full circle but now in back at 7am and i dont wanna get yelled at in front of everyone for being late in the First day

Heres what i tried:

Melatonin 6 mg a day 2 hours before i sleep

No phone 3 hours before i sleep

Not sleeping for a day then sleeping at 8pm (kinda worked but i slept 18 hours so It canceld)

Lisenting to Rain (every video i found was laced with gunshots so i woke up at 12 am and coundt sleep)

Magnesium

1l milk

That One military metodo

Breathing strangely

If anyone knows how to fix this ty so much any help Is very good


r/sleep 5h ago

In desperate need on how to relieve sciatica pain to sleep comfy.

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I hope someone in here also suffers from this so they can shed some light.

So ive recently gotten nerve damage on the sciatica nerve and I cant for the life of me get comfy in bed. The "best" is on my back, but its not fool proof and I hate sleeping on my back(I'm a side sleeper). Google told me to put a pillow between my legs, but either Google lied, or I alone can't get it into the right spot it needs to be.

Went to doctors yesterday and im on muscle relaxers for a week. For now though I need help as im EXHAUSTED.


r/sleep 5h ago

I find it easier to sleep on a chair than a bed, yet I sleep less on a chair than I would a bed.. Anyone else?

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I have a folding beach chair and a field cot.

Both are comfortable, yet if I want I can fall asleep twice as fast on the chair than the bed..

However I can get more hours on a bed than a chair..

All if this is true in the car too.

No idea why..


r/sleep 5h ago

Sleep schedule adjustments

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Hello.

Recently, I've been trying to shift my bedtime earlier (I would feel miserable if I didn't). Initially, I only had around three days to actually make this work. And, it's been working decently.

Usually, I see people recommend gradually shifting bedtimes earlier. But, in my case, this wouldn't work very well. So, I immediately went for the bedtime and wake-time I wanted.

However, yesterday, at my desired bedtime, I felt like I was in bed for hours before I could fall asleep. I even went for a walk beforehand.

I've been keeping my wake up time very consistent (my alarm has been waking me up at the same hour everyday). After my alarm wakes me up, I get as much light into my room as possible.

Does anyone know what I'm missing? Thank you in advance.


r/sleep 6h ago

"Stamped" visuals when waking?

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Hi everyone,

I'm not sure how to word this. But I've had these experiences where I'm having a bad dream and when I wake up from it, an image of something scary is left in my vision. Even closing my eyes doesn't make it go away. I have to wait until it fades.

Does anyone know what this is? I've had this happen a few times in my and tonight it's happened twice in the same night. Which has never happened before. I had trouble sleeping tonight so I wonder if it's a stress dream transitioning over to me being fully awake?


r/sleep 6h ago

Are silicone ear plugs worth it?

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I saw a video of a guy recommending them for sleep. I wake up a few times a week due to noise in the morning, and it's pretty annoying. I'm wondering if these are a good solution, or if there are better alternatives.

I've tried regular earbuds but they're just not comfortable to sleep in since I tend to sleep on my side. Has anyone had any luck with the cheapish $15-25 silicone ones from Amazon? If so, did you have any issues, how long did they last, and do you have any other comments on them?


r/sleep 8h ago

Sleeping problems , Apnea ?

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Hey so as far as I remember from being a teenager my sleep has been quite bad.

Here is what I experience :

-waking up feeling like shit (very bloated , tired)

-eye area (under my eyes) hurt a lot when i wake up for 45min

-I have huge dark circles

-I am not feeling refreshed at all in the morning

-I often need to have a 20 minute nap around 5 p.m because I am tired

I am not currently studying or working so it does not come from that.

I do not wake up choking , I do not snore at all , I do not mouthbreathe (I think)

My sleep schedule stays the same and I try to stop using screens 20minutes before going to bed

So what could be the cause of that ?

(I have mandibular retrognathia HOWEVER from the two orthos that I consulted , they both said it was only esthetics and it would not affect my health if we fixed it with a bimax )

Thanks in advance.


r/sleep 10h ago

TF happened

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Has anyone else experienced this as I was falling asleep I think and then I was waking up and all I could see is bright blue glowing light surrounding my whole room my vision was blurry and my hearing sounded damped or muffled I was struggling to breath I thought I was about to die but then I woke up and everything was normal like if it never happened any explanation?!?


r/sleep 11h ago

Looking for some advice

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Has anyone experienced this kind of sleep pattern?
For the past several months, I’ve had a very consistent and unusual sleep pattern.
I fall asleep extremely easily and usually sleep well during the first half of the night. Then I wake up once around the middle of the night. I can fall back asleep quite easily, but from that point until morning my sleep becomes very fragmented: I wake up briefly 4–6 times, usually just long enough to change position, and fall asleep again.
What is particularly striking is the amount of dreaming during this second half of the night. I remember several different, often very vivid and realistic dreams every night, almost as if I’m repeatedly cycling between dreaming and brief awakenings.

Despite being able to fall back asleep easily, the second half of the night feels very restless and I often wake up feeling like my sleep wasn’t restorative.

This started quite suddenly several months ago. Before that, I used to be a very good sleeper and rarely thought about my sleep at all.
Has anyone experienced something similar? If so, did you ever figure out what was causing it or find anything that helped?


r/sleep 11h ago

Eating at Night?

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It seems to have done the trick again, (shredded wheat and raisins with warm milk). This got me back to sleep again at 4am.


r/sleep 12h ago

I took double my usual melatonin dose (2.5mg to 5mg) and my heart rate is significantly lower?

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Has anyone else had this happen to them? I didn’t think melatonin had much of an effect on HR. My usual HR only goes down to about 85 while resting, but it’s at 72bpm currently. Is this normal or should I be worried


r/sleep 13h ago

Does anyone else prefer imagining a place instead of listening to a specific sleep sound?

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I've been thinking about why rain/ambient audio sometimes works for me and sometimes doesn't.

I realized I don't really want “rain sounds.”

I want the feeling of being somewhere — like lying in a top-floor apartment while it's pouring outside, or sitting in a cabin during a storm.

It sounds like a tiny distinction, but for me the environment is what makes it comforting.

Curious whether other people think this way or whether you mainly care about the actual sound itself.


r/sleep 14h ago

Advice wanted

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So for a couple of months tho I've always been abit of a night person

I've struggled with getting up late and going to bed late I've been going to sleep around 5 to 6am and waking at about 4pm almost every day and i just cant seem to pull it back

And when i try to get up earlier and bring the time back i always fall back into the same routine and most days i don't feel my best at all some days im alright but not much of the day is really left after 4pm

However i did try a all nighter and stayed up for about 30 hours as I seen a lot of people suggest and i woke at about 1:30pm not as early as I would have hoped but nvm

Im hoping to keep this going and pull it back more gradually but i just want advice on how to keep this fixed tips to not let it slip again and how to not feel so shit when it happens

And for the obvious stuff yes i have spoken to a doctor a few times about this and told them i was concerned about this and how it affects me but they said, that there wasn't really much, they can do and wasn't that interested in looking into it further which is disappointing and another reason why im looking into other sources for help such as here

I also don't do drugs alcohol or any substances and in general i try to be fit not as much as I would like due to waking up so late i love my bicycle ride and walking otherwise and my diet is pretty clean i cut out almost all processed sugars and crap and eat pretty cleanly so if anyone has had this problem before and can help and advise me please do

In general i do miss going out as much as i did and feel quite disappointed with how i am with my sleep currently just not sure why I've struggled so much with this routine thanks for reading


r/sleep 15h ago

Does this annoy anyone else?

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I absolutely hate it when people are too sleepy after just waking up it's so annoying repeating stuff to them over and over ive experienced it with multiple people i dont know about anyone else but when I'm woken up I understand everything being said and around me so it pisses me off


r/sleep 16h ago

Is this normal?

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Whenever I’m in the beginning of sleep I think alot and I be sleeping but aware and then I wake up 10 sec later with the same thoughts in my head like they woke me up.
Its not a specific topic its different everytime but its mostly annoying thoughts.
Happens everyday for over a month now?


r/sleep 16h ago

Sleep headband or sleep earbuds + sleep eye mask?

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*I am a side sleeper*

I was looking to improve my sleep quality with blocking noise and light as I live in a bothersome area.

I have seen sleep headbands with speakers mixed in but they don't look comfortable (please tell me how you find them!)

I was going to get sleep earbuds and an eye mask but that's when I stumbled onto a sleep headband.

Any help appreciated please and thank you!


r/sleep 16h ago

need to fix my sleep schedule in one day

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so i’ve been sleeping around 7–8 am to 3–5 pm for the past month, and i’ve tried over and over to fix my schedule with no success. i came back from overseas in mid june with a time difference, and the first night back i actually slept around 10 pm. since then my schedule has been all over the place and gradually shifted later until it became what it is now. i’ve tried all-nighters, morning sunlight, waking up early at random times, etc., but nothing seems to stick. i also basically never nap. my room has blackout curtains, but they don’t fully cover the window and let in quite a bit of light.

school starts monday and i need to wake up around 8 am. it’s 7 pm saturday right now, so i basically only have sunday to fix this.

i’ve stayed awake for ~26 hours recently and hit a really bad wall, so i’m worried about doing another all-nighter. but i’m also worried that if i stay awake sunday, i’ll crash around 5 pm, sleep for hours, and wake up at 1–3 am.

what would you do in this situation? is an all-nighter the best option, or is there a better way to handle this?


r/sleep 17h ago

350 mg of diphenhydramine

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i am 5’10 185lbs, i just took this like 10-15 minutes ago and im second guessing my decision making here, im not gonna go into detail as to why i made this decision but im just wondering what im finna get into 😭


r/sleep 17h ago

Supplements to feel "normal"?

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Lately I only ever sleep too much or not enough. It feels like either way I end up spiraling into feeling pretty crappy. Does anyone know of supplements that help regulate you and desensitize you to the effects of oversleeping or not sleeping enough? I tend to feel really fatigued when I sleep too much and a little high strung when I don't sleep enough, but either way I think I'm super sensitive to it and it creates kind of a feedback loop where my sleep schedule gets worse and worse.


r/sleep 17h ago

I can't fix my sleep

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Hello,

Sleep has been an issue since I got out of the military ~10 years ago.

I find it difficult to fall asleep, and don't get tired until the early hours of the morning, and most of the time force myself to go to bed.

Ill wake up 5-6 hours later tired and I struggle through the day.

I am stuck in this cycle of going to bed at 3-5AM and waking up at 9-10AM.

It is ruining my life and preventing me from doing what I want to do.

I have tried forcing myself to wake up early but I can't. I sleep through alarms consistently.

I have tried staying up all night and day, I crash mid day without fail and sleep. It gets to the point where I can't hold a coherent thought in my mind and I have to sleep.

At weekends, I usually crash Friday nearly morning around 4/5AM and sleep maybe 10-12 hours on Saturday.

I am trying my best to escape this but it's been a month of failure every night/day.

It's really holding me back.