Dragon said:
1.Did you set an alarm at the time you are waking up? I mean, not that day, but other days?
2. How do you feel when you wake up?
3. Do you have trouble staying asleep?
1.Early in the year I used to set my alarm at 5:30, 6 and 6:30. At the end of the year I preferred to set my alarm at 6:30 or even 7:30 (depending on if I had jazz band or not) typically I tend to stay in bed for 15 or so minutes, taking micro naps and then I usually wake up because I have to seriously get up to be on time.
2. Currently, I feel pretty good with my nearly astronomical hours of sleep. I do notice that my back tends to hurt. Also I have a feeling that I need to get out of bed, my body wants me to get up and do something.
3. Outside of the one time I wake up at around 6-ish, no. Well, now that I think about it, I do tend to find myself waking up for a minute or two only to turn over and fall asleep again.
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4. When you are lying in bed for however long (sometimes hours i'm guessing?) trying to sleep, do you have trouble sleeping because you are ruminating? Do you feel tired at all before bed or when you are in bed?
Thinking helps me fall asleep so, yes, I do ruminate. I do feel tired before bed but once I get to bed, I notice that the feeling is mostly gone. When I'm in bed, I notice a heaviness in my eyes, but that's about it.
When you say you can sleep 10 hours, do you mean in addition to your other sleep?
No, it's cumulative. For example, today, I feel asleep early. I went to sleep at 5 am and woke up somewhere between 7 and 9, woke up again because someone rang the door bell, and then went back to sleep to wake up at 4:30. I woke up a few times in bed, I think.
Random thought: Now that I think about it, I might actually wake up a lot now that I think about it, I just choose to go back to sleep because I do feel somewhat tired.
April: I can't drink significant portions of milk.