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Just wondering if anyone else is dealing with this. I am very tired and need more sleep, but lately (for the past 6 months or so) I have been waking around 5 am nearly every day and not always to pee... I am nearly always unable to fall back asleep, even though I feel I could use another hour or so. It causes me trouble during the day (problems focussing, headaches, etc). For the past 2 weeks, the waking is accompanied by an "electrified" feeling, as if I'd swallowed a package of batteries or had a gallon of coffee (which I never drink) or something. Adrenalin ? I feel like a duracell bunny...
I have no idea what causes this or what I can do about it. It would be interesting for me to know if anyone else here recognizes the phenomenon. I know Chinese medicine attrributes different times of night & day to different energy problems (I know waking at 3 am means trouble with the liver for instance) but I have no idea what 5 am is. I am a morning person allright, but this is extreme and makes my nights much too short, since I hardly ever manage to get to bed before 11 pm...
I think there is a connection with my auto-immune problems too but I can't tell which is the cause and which is the consequence... instinctively though I would say the lack of sleep has brought on the auto-immune problem. But the energy imbalance (electrical feeling) may be a consequence of the auto-immune thing, I have no idea really...
I have no idea what causes this or what I can do about it. It would be interesting for me to know if anyone else here recognizes the phenomenon. I know Chinese medicine attrributes different times of night & day to different energy problems (I know waking at 3 am means trouble with the liver for instance) but I have no idea what 5 am is. I am a morning person allright, but this is extreme and makes my nights much too short, since I hardly ever manage to get to bed before 11 pm...
I think there is a connection with my auto-immune problems too but I can't tell which is the cause and which is the consequence... instinctively though I would say the lack of sleep has brought on the auto-immune problem. But the energy imbalance (electrical feeling) may be a consequence of the auto-immune thing, I have no idea really...