Biddymccrystal

[Biddymccrystal]

I stopped a month ago,i can get to sleep but i wake every couple of hours,this is the making me really tired and grumpy, pleas help

[glolin LONG TERM WINNER]

Hi Biddy, This is very normal

What’s happening is this: Nicotine affects your sleep patterns, and after you quit, it takes your body a few weeks to readjust to the new patterns. Research shows that smokers spend more time in alpha (light) sleep, and less time in delta (deep) sleep. When you quit, some of the time you were spending in light sleep ends up breaking the surface into wakefulness, meaning that you wake up multiple times during the night.

The good news is, as long as you stay off of nicotine, generally within a few weeks your body will gradually adjust on its own so that you revert to the sleep of a non-smoker: more time in deep, restorative sleep, less time in light sleep, and no waking up multiple times in the middle of the night.

The normal techniques for dealing with insomnia should help you get some sleep during this adjustment period, as well as help to get your body on track for normal restorative sleep patterns:

Don’t get reliant on sleeping medication.

Keep regular sleep hours.

Don’t spend hours laying in bed awake – if you can’t get back to sleep get up and do something for a little bit until you feel sleepy again.

Avoid excess caffeine, and napping.

Develop a relaxing nighttime routine to prepare your brain for sleep.

hope this helps

[Biddymccrystal 7 MONTH WINNER in reply to glolin]

Thank you giolon,this makes a lot of sense,an yes i feel tired during the day an early evenin but i dnt let myself nap,will look forward to everything going bac to normal,however long that takes,thanks again x