Waking up too early is called sleep-maintenance insomnia or sleep-onset insomnia. I get this a lot. I have no problem getting to sleep but then wake up too earl

Waking up too early is called sleep-maintenance insomnia or sleep-onset insomnia. I get this a lot. I have no problem getting to sleep but then wake up too early. I sometimes wake up at 3AM and can't get back to sleep, then end up feeling like crap the next day. What helps me: -- A very clear clock on my room so I can look at the time in the middle of the night. If I don't know what time it is, I'll sometimes just get up, only to realize it's way too early. Once I'm up out of bed, it's harder to get back to sleep -- I found that watching and listening to something really stupid when trying to get to sleep (old reruns of Family Guy and American Dad) help me to stop thinking about a million things before sleep. Also, if I wake up and can't get back to sleep, I watch/listen to it till I fall asleep. -- Have a consistent bedtime, as someone else posted. -- While light therapy is recommended in the morning to prevent normal insomnia, there are some studies that show that light therapy in the morning can cause you to wake up earlier. Try doing some light therapy in the afternoon or evening.