Insomnia Watch
Sunday, November 9th, 2003 17:10![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittiwakeOver the past fortnight I have slept through the whole night without waking 4 times, including three mornings in a row earlier this week. I was getting excited and thinking this bad patch might be over, but the last three nights have been bad again. The only good thing to have come out of this bad patch is that my 'going to sleep' insomnia seems to have eased up. And a good thing too, or I wouldn't be getting any sleep at all!
Sunday 26/10
23:10 went to bed
00:49 woke 1st time
04:32 woke 2nd time
05:40 woke 3rd time (not sure if I'd been asleep)
06:30 got up well before alarm clock due to go off
Monday 27/10
23:15 went to bed
04:49 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Tuesday 28/10
00:05 went to bed
07: 30 alarm clock went off
Wednesday 29/10
23:00 went to bed
02:53 woke 1st time
05:14 woke 2nd time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Thursday 30/10
23:30 went to bed
02:26 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Friday 31/10
00:50 went to bed
04:44 woke first time
08:00 alarm clock went off
Saturday 01/11
02:35 went to bed
05:40 woke first time
08:39 got up (alarm not set)
Sunday 02/11
22:00 went to bed
00:42 woke 1st time
03:00 woke 2nd time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Monday 03/11
23:00 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Tuesday 04/11
23:25 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Wednesday 05/11
23:00 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Thursday 06/11
23:00 went to bed
04:42 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Friday 07/11
00:25 went to bed
02:29 woke 1st time (loud noise in the street)
06:00 woke 2nd time
08:00 alarm clock went off
Saturday 08/11
23:10 went to bed
05:00 woke 1st time
07:02 woke 2nd time
07:50 got up (hadn't been back to sleep, alarm due at 08:00
There hasn't been any point in going to bed early to try and catch up with my sleep as fireworks have been going off every evening recently. There was a lull after Diwali, but it wasn't long before the run up to Bonfire Night started. As Bonfire Night was on Wednesday, I'm hoping that the last of the firework parties would have been held yesterday evening - it certainly got very noisy.
I haven't been able to catch up with my sleep at weekends either, as I've been going into work on Sundays recently to do overtime and I prefer to get into work early so that I can leave by mid-afternoon. And as I've been working late on weekdays too, recent Saturdays have been filled with housework, and visits to the bank, post office, supermarket and other things that I can't do during the week, so I can't lie in for too long even on a Saturday.
I suppose I should try to go to bed earlier as I'm definitely feeling the effects of sleep deficit at the moment. The last two nights I've fallen asleep in the living room while watching TV, and I'm finding that I'm too sleepy to meditate; I can't concentrate and I keep drifting off toward sleep. My regular going to bed time is c. 23:00 and several nights a week there are 1/2 hour comedy shows on Radio 4 which I listen to in bed, so I don't actually start trying to go to sleep until 23:30. My alarm is set for 06:00 on weekdays at the moment so I can get into work early, and that wouldn't give me enough sleep at the best of times. Perhaps it would help to have a nap when I get home from work, before I start on the usual round of tea, housework, internet & TV.
Sunday 26/10
23:10 went to bed
00:49 woke 1st time
04:32 woke 2nd time
05:40 woke 3rd time (not sure if I'd been asleep)
06:30 got up well before alarm clock due to go off
Monday 27/10
23:15 went to bed
04:49 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Tuesday 28/10
00:05 went to bed
07: 30 alarm clock went off
Wednesday 29/10
23:00 went to bed
02:53 woke 1st time
05:14 woke 2nd time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Thursday 30/10
23:30 went to bed
02:26 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Friday 31/10
00:50 went to bed
04:44 woke first time
08:00 alarm clock went off
Saturday 01/11
02:35 went to bed
05:40 woke first time
08:39 got up (alarm not set)
Sunday 02/11
22:00 went to bed
00:42 woke 1st time
03:00 woke 2nd time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Monday 03/11
23:00 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Tuesday 04/11
23:25 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Wednesday 05/11
23:00 went to bed
06:00 alarm clock went off
Thursday 06/11
23:00 went to bed
04:42 woke 1st time
06:00 alarm clock went off
Friday 07/11
00:25 went to bed
02:29 woke 1st time (loud noise in the street)
06:00 woke 2nd time
08:00 alarm clock went off
Saturday 08/11
23:10 went to bed
05:00 woke 1st time
07:02 woke 2nd time
07:50 got up (hadn't been back to sleep, alarm due at 08:00
There hasn't been any point in going to bed early to try and catch up with my sleep as fireworks have been going off every evening recently. There was a lull after Diwali, but it wasn't long before the run up to Bonfire Night started. As Bonfire Night was on Wednesday, I'm hoping that the last of the firework parties would have been held yesterday evening - it certainly got very noisy.
I haven't been able to catch up with my sleep at weekends either, as I've been going into work on Sundays recently to do overtime and I prefer to get into work early so that I can leave by mid-afternoon. And as I've been working late on weekdays too, recent Saturdays have been filled with housework, and visits to the bank, post office, supermarket and other things that I can't do during the week, so I can't lie in for too long even on a Saturday.
I suppose I should try to go to bed earlier as I'm definitely feeling the effects of sleep deficit at the moment. The last two nights I've fallen asleep in the living room while watching TV, and I'm finding that I'm too sleepy to meditate; I can't concentrate and I keep drifting off toward sleep. My regular going to bed time is c. 23:00 and several nights a week there are 1/2 hour comedy shows on Radio 4 which I listen to in bed, so I don't actually start trying to go to sleep until 23:30. My alarm is set for 06:00 on weekdays at the moment so I can get into work early, and that wouldn't give me enough sleep at the best of times. Perhaps it would help to have a nap when I get home from work, before I start on the usual round of tea, housework, internet & TV.
