"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 8/23/2012 7:06 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, no. I'm up almost every night. For much of the night. I
>>> don't feel like in a slow motion dream world. Normally, I feel
>>> like Should I turn on the tv to make me drowsy or read a book or
>>> something.
>>
>> I get up early every day....4:30 or even earlier on weekends. Because of
>> this, I often fall asleep in the evenings. Then I often wake up around
>> midnight or so. From there, I do either watch tv or read a book. It's
>> all
>> short catnaps from then on.
>
> It's a vicious cycle. I wish I could go to bed at midnight and
> wake up at 7, that would be heaven. Naps mess up any hope of that.
>
> nancy
>

You may in fact be doing things right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep and the rest of us have it
wrong.

Mike