For 16 years now I’ve had “sleeping issues”.  Up until the last three months I suffered from insomnia on a regular basis. When I would experience a period of insomnia I would obtain, on average, roughly four to five hours of sleep per night. 

And here is the odd thing…I found that I would function better with less sleep.  

My memory would be sharper and I would feel motivated to simply get things done. I seemed to have more energy and would feel happier in life.  Don’t get me wrong, I hated the insomnia. I’m also sure the lack of sleep had the potential to create other health issues but my big issue with insomnia was the laying wide awake, unable to shut off my mind.  

Within the last week I’ve been having sleep quality issues… but not insomnia… quality issues.

I fall asleep but keep waking up randomly during the night. Not for long, just a matter of seconds, but waking up none the less.  I cannot seem to relax my muscles.  I find that my jaw hurts because I’m clenching my teeth during the night.  My shoulders are knotted up.  And so on…  

If one looks at the time that I spent sleeping (say, from the time I would go to bed until the time the next morning) it would tally up to between 6 to 7 hours, yet the quality is absolute crap.  I mean – CRAP.  Within the last week I am simply ALWAYS tired.  At work.  Tired.  At home. Tired. Not sleepy, mind you, tired.  Warn out.  

I’m just warn out in general.  At this point I’d be happy to have insomnia again if I could have a good sleep.

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