This is getting ridiculous. Every night – and I mean every night – I wake up around 3AM. I could go to bed at 9PM (don’t judge me) or at 11:30PM and it’s still the same. It’s not 3AM on the nose – but it’s within 20 minutes of the top of the hour (give or take). I don’t understand it. Truly. It’s mind boggling. I obviously can’t take any medication for it since I am pregnant and I hardly have caffeine anymore.
I just wake RIGHT up. And it’s not that I can just roll over and go back to sleep. I actually get up and watch television for 2 to 3 hours which means I don’t get back to sleep until around 5AM. It’s so bizarre!
Ready for the scary part? I did a Google search and there is a SERIOUS thread of about 700 pages all from people who also wake up at 3AM each night. And it’s not that some are waking up at 1 and others at 4. The entire thread is 3AM. What is UP WITH THAT?
Scariest answer is that demons are waking me up. That’s the unholy hour or something like that. THANKS to whoever wrote that answer! UGH.
Anyway – have you heard of this before?? I can go to sleep no problem these days. In fact, most nights I straight up PASS OUT. It’s staying asleep that’s becoming the problem.
NEMOSKULL
Tuesday 23rd of April 2013
tcm, (TRADITIONAL CHINESE mEDICINE) HAS SOME INTRESTING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT SLEEP/WAKE CYCLES. LOOK UP MERRIDIAN CLOCK. according to TCM, it has to do with ur liver, and how stress (or some meds and foods) mess with it giving u 'liver fire' (im sure that made sence 400 years ago when speaking chinese...) at any rate, xiao yao way helps me alot, or chi hu long gu mu li wan, if im takings pills for something else. *i am not affiliated with mayway or any other company in any way. just passing along infomation.
Lana
Wednesday 13th of March 2013
What was the site to that 700 page thread? I would love to read what other people have to say. I too have been waking up at 3 every morning.
SteveO
Wednesday 6th of February 2013
I know this is an old post, but it is probably adrenal fatigue causing this.
Linda H.
Tuesday 5th of February 2013
my husband has the same problem. 3 am every night. And he's definitely not pregnant. LOL.
In googling, we were also surprised to find how many people have this problem. Did you ever solve it?
Tracey
Wednesday 12th of September 2012
you have seriously freaked me out with the demon thing-I'm not pregnant and always wake up around that time also! Ambien here I come!