Trouble getting back to sleep

Hello all!

Does anyone have trouble getting back to sleep if they're woken in the night? It took me almost 2 hours to get back to sleep last night.

It's a problem I've literally never had until I started levo!

[Bearo]

Yes. I think a lot of us share this . I often wake at 3 or 4 and mostly I don’t get back to sleep at all. Or I drop off again at around 7am which means I’ll soon be woken by my partner getting up.

I have read that it might be due to glucose or cortisol levels and that a fatty snack before bed can help but I haven’t tried it. I think I get woken by the need to pee or the cat demanding pre dawn breakfast . Night sweats don’t help either.

[Bearo in reply to Bearo]

Oh, and re: Levo : I was waking to pee before I started Levo. On 50mcg starter dose my sleep really deteriorated - only sleeping 4 hours a night.

On 75mcg sleep improved slightly to 5 hours a night.

Now on 100mcg I sleep mostly 6 hours a night unless woken by the cat.

So I don’t know whether Levo is the culprit or the saviour.

[Hidden in reply to Bearo]

It's such a puzzle! It's just utterly new to me. Even before my thyroid packed I never had an issue sleeping. I never woke in the night.

Now it's a disaster if I wake! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Buddy195 Administrator]

I find magnesium taken early evening helps me sleep. I take magnesium glycinate as easy on the stomach.

[Hidden in reply to Buddy195]

Thank you! I didn't find magnesium helped so I take it in the morning.

I've no problems getting to sleep at bedtime, just getting back to sleep if I wake. 🥱