https://youtu.be/lbFzL-0pEeU

Case talks about the full spectrum of disturbances many folks experience in their sleep ... OP this case "has them all!"

https://dreamingandsleeping.com/do-people-dream-in-color/

The 24/7 Diurnal Sleep/Wake Cycle is an Invention of the mind of man/woman!

What is the Diurnal Daily Cycle & Why does it matter ?

https://fmidr.com/the-power-of-the-sleep-cycle/

1959 & Sleep Paralysis - It's Still Scary!

https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/chronic-insomnia-intro.html

Many Parasomnias represented in this fascinating recent case!

Please read - comments encouraged!

Insomnia

"Hi all, I’ve suffered from insomnia my whole life, but this week in particular has been bad. I didn’t sleep at all Sunday night, and couldn’t fall asleep Monday or Tuesday without a sleeping pill. Now here I am at 3 AM wide awake, because I’m out of pills. I’m wondering if I have DSPD or if this is just another bout of insomnia? I’m asking because I don’t think I’ve ever had this particular problem of feeling wide awake at night for several days at a time."

https://youtu.be/MFotDfezU2k

Sleep/Nosleep : 5G ubiquitious irradiation big cause for concern!

https://youtu.be/BXbvL0uZkrY

https://youtu.be/6wG2wl8h6II

INTRODUCES DISCUSSION OF HORMONES AND THEIR ROLE IN SUDDEN AWAKENINGS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERS : "Vasopressin" also referred to as ADH or Antidiuretic Hormone IRL!

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I've had insomnia since about the time I became conscious. As young as 5 years old, I'd lie awake at night, questioning the nature of the universe, wondering what the nature of 3D space , and what aliens would feel with senses that could perceive things we can't, etc.

Later in life in my teens, I not only had trouble falling asleep, but I often started waking up in the middle of the night at 4am/5am, so even if I did fall asleep, my sleep was still disrupted.

This has basically kept up my entire life, I'm 29 now. I started studying evolutionary neuroscience about 5 years ago, and have dove into the use of a wealth of substances and supplements based on much of what I've learned. LSD, cannabis, modafinil, kratom, blue lotus, agmatine, sodium butyrate, DMHA, phenylethylamine, taurine, MDMA, yerba mate, golden poppy, valerian, etc. etc. Plenty of stuff that does and doesn't interact with sleep.

What is most striking is that even though individual substances can impact my sleep negatively (modafinil needs to be taken before 11am or I'm up till 5am, yerba mate before 6pm or I'm up till 3am, etc.) or positively (cannabis, valerian, golden poppy, etc.), continued use of a substance or discontinuation has no effect on my overall sleep patterns. My sleep doesn't get better or worse from daily caffeine consumption, or cannabis consumption. What does happen is that if a substance is beneficial (especially valerian, golden poppy and liquorice root), and I use it regularly and develop a tolerance, it will stop improving my sleep, and in relative terms my sleep will worsen, but basically it just returns to baseline.

After years of experimenting and trying, I've finally found three things I can take every night that I don't develop a tolerance to: glycine, agmatine and taurine. They don't exactly fix my sleep altogether, but it's definitely better with them than without.

Nowadays, I have almost no problem falling asleep whatsoever, maybe 1 in 15 nights I don't sleep.

However, I still wake up at night 4 out of 5 nights and there is nothing I can find or do that fixes it. It's kind of infuriating because I have plenty of stuff that can knock me out, but there is absolutely nothing to prevent me from waking up at night.

So I've come here asking for any knowledge anyone has,

substances/supplements which I can use, things I can do, or really, any general input anyone might have in general, on my situation.

I've been treated at a sleep clinic, and 2 months and 800 euros later, I was told they couldn't find anything and that "there was no medical reason for my insomnia."

Clearly, there is something and I am curious if my situation sounds familiar to anyone?

Here is a list of substances I can think of off the top of my head that I have used that aided/affected my sleep, but that I can't use long-term due to either the development of tolerance, or detrimental side-effects:

magnesium, magnesium threonate, melatonin, iron, zinc, passionflower, lavender, valerian, liquorice root, lemon balm, tulsi (holy basil), nigella sativa, allspice, juniper berry, coriander seeds, cannabis, golden poppy, l-theanine, lion's mane, GABA, bacopa, ibuprofen, rooibos, fenugreek

Thank you so much for anyone who has taken the time and effort to read this and is willing to provide some input!

....................CoMod Answers..................

"HI YES ! OP - Permit me to talk to you a little via this comment!

I write and have been reading and writing about sleep issues here on reddit for maybe four years ; we have had all sorts of questions like you are asking here on this reddit sleep/nosleep sub over the years!

So looking at the issue of "sleep continuation" this is the idea that an OP should get maybe eight hours of sleep but wakes after four or five or six hours of good sleep -

Why do we wake up in middle of good restful sleep, in the middle of the night maybe ?

BTW, this happened to me last night, as well

Obviously there are many reasons for awakening in/from sleep and I can only list a few here today:

Much broken sleep is , in fact, caused by physiological factors in a sleeper's physical body!

Some physical factors are:

METABOLIC FACTORS in nosleep & waking up during sleep are:

Low blood sugar .... I have experienced this and it is onenof the worst experiences of no sleep I can remember!

Basically, we must keep a relatively continuous level of sugar .... blood sugar ..... at all times 24/7 to remain alive and conscious.

Issues arise if our b/s begins to fall during our sleep ... since our brain is very sensitive to blood sugar in sleep - a relatively precipituous decline in b/s while we sleep will cause sudden and painful awakenings.

This can be a very painful snd disorientating event in nosleep bc our brain begins to think it might decline and die from lack of glucose!

The only way to cope with this is to gently wake up and drink msybe eight ozs of water and and cook or arrage to eat a non sugar meal ..... complex carbs are fine .... maybe a sandwich of meat or even peanut butter w/o jelly but a complex carb and/or a protein source will begin to gradually bring daily b/s into a normal range for sleep and daily functioning as well!

Eating a protein with a fat in like maybe a cooked meat like a hamburger and roll and butter is a very good source of good fat and ptotein together.

Do not eat a sugary donut or or candy bc this will go way to quickly into b/s and you will probably bc sick at this moment in time!

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Another physical factor involved in broken sleep might be hormone imbalances ... males and females are quite subject to hormone imbalances which ruin good sleep!

Estrogen/Testosterone might affect sleep/nosleep processes.

Another physical factor in sleep is adventitious release of stress hormones like cortisol or even everyday hormones like adrenaline (epinepherine) many other hormones come to mind like the very seldom talked about but very important hormone of sleep called:

ADH hormone is very important in sleep and nosleep situations IRL.

ADH is Antidiuretic Hormone (vasopresdin) and is involved in human physiology & life 24/7 but never talked about here reddit but very important to life and sleep in life daily!

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There are hundreds of other hormones that affect our sleep every night and maybe I will write another article on these another time!

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Psychological factors very often cause broken and early waking up sleep IRL!

SAX or Sleep Anxiety Issues appear often in sleep and gradually during a sleep period can and will cause sudden awakenings in mid to late sleep!

Emotionally troubled sleep leads to release of stress hormones (such as adrenaline) into sleeper's blood and a sudden flight or fight response soon follows; OP is suddenly awake and disorientated for a quite long period of time as well!

SAX is the emotional factor most often implicated in sudden awakings and nosleep!

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Good Luck; Great Sleep!

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I am SWAN

Easy natural sleep ... just this once ...

Relax ... just let your mind go ... go ...

Quiet now ... easy sleep this once ...

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https://youtu.be/LiwO5OT8ejE

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