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My digestion won't support 8 hours of uninterrupted anything. I'm up 2-3 times every night, as though I had a young child, but I'm single. Some nights, I'll be

My digestion won't support 8 hours of uninterrupted anything. I'm up 2-3 times every night, as though I had a young child, but I'm single. Some nights, I'll be up for an hour or more, then return to bed for "second sleep".

doombolt 8y ago
Did you try to see a doctor?
- stephengillie 8y ago
  Why would I see a doctor for a natural process? Besides, it's unhealthy to sit for 8 hours, so it's probably not healthy to lay for 8 hours. Is there a possibility for failure in seeking medical care?
  - Shengbo 8y ago
    >Why would I see a doctor for a natural process? Waking up 2-3 times every night due to digestion issues doesn't sound healthy or natural. >it's unhealthy to sit for 8 hours, so it's probably not healthy to lay for 8 hours. It's less unhealthy than not getting that sleep.
    - stephengillie 8y ago
      The sleep doesn't have to be uninterrupted, just in multiples of the 45-minute sleep cycle. I get more than 6 hours almost every night.
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coldtea 8y ago
Check your eating habits (e.g. lots of difficult to process food, late), and consult a doctor.
- stephengillie 8y ago
  I'm suspecting it's due to decades of working overnight in tech call centers, and being oncall for over a year, with servers that would regularly fail overnight.
sleepysheep 8y ago
I understand how difficult that can be. I suffer from nocturia (diagnosed as non pathological after many rounds of tests all turning up negative). In a typical night I get five hours max of contiguous sleep and have started sleeping (by that I mean the in bed duration) nine to ten hours as an attempt to compensate for not being able to stay asleep. I've always been curious about the difference between time spent in bed and actual time in deep sleep and their equivalence (or exchange factor). Have you also resulted in increasing how long you are in bed to compensate?
- stephengillie 8y ago
  I've used Sleep for Android to track my sleeping patterns since about 2013. I consistently get 3-4 hours of deep sleep per night in 6 hours of actual sleep. Sometimes it's simpler to watch an hour of YouTube (or post on HN, upvotes are easier at night), than to get up and lay back down several times. The app pauses sleep tracking when it can tell you're awake. This makes it annoying to see I've been sleeping from 9pm until 7am, and only got 6.5 hours of sleep.

doombolt 8y ago

Did you try to see a doctor?

stephengillie 8y ago
Why would I see a doctor for a natural process? Besides, it's unhealthy to sit for 8 hours, so it's probably not healthy to lay for 8 hours. Is there a possibility for failure in seeking medical care?
- Shengbo 8y ago
  >Why would I see a doctor for a natural process? Waking up 2-3 times every night due to digestion issues doesn't sound healthy or natural. >it's unhealthy to sit for 8 hours, so it's probably not healthy to lay for 8 hours. It's less unhealthy than not getting that sleep.
  - stephengillie 8y ago
    The sleep doesn't have to be uninterrupted, just in multiples of the 45-minute sleep cycle. I get more than 6 hours almost every night.

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coldtea 8y ago

Check your eating habits (e.g. lots of difficult to process food, late), and consult a doctor.

stephengillie 8y ago
I'm suspecting it's due to decades of working overnight in tech call centers, and being oncall for over a year, with servers that would regularly fail overnight.

sleepysheep 8y ago

I understand how difficult that can be. I suffer from nocturia (diagnosed as non pathological after many rounds of tests all turning up negative). In a typical night I get five hours max of contiguous sleep and have started sleeping (by that I mean the in bed duration) nine to ten hours as an attempt to compensate for not being able to stay asleep. I've always been curious about the difference between time spent in bed and actual time in deep sleep and their equivalence (or exchange factor). Have you also resulted in increasing how long you are in bed to compensate?

stephengillie 8y ago
I've used Sleep for Android to track my sleeping patterns since about 2013. I consistently get 3-4 hours of deep sleep per night in 6 hours of actual sleep. Sometimes it's simpler to watch an hour of YouTube (or post on HN, upvotes are easier at night), than to get up and lay back down several times. The app pauses sleep tracking when it can tell you're awake. This makes it annoying to see I've been sleeping from 9pm until 7am, and only got 6.5 hours of sleep.