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Ever since I quit drinking three years ago, I haven't been able to sleep more than four hours a night without medication (lemmy.world)
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So stopping completely is hard. Last time I was hungover I was INSANELY productive because I actually got a decent night's sleep. Oh I also got a TBI at the same time and no one at the residential treatment program I'm at knew I had a TBI

I mean I would have died if no one called an ambulance but they still didn't know about it. But they do now, and I'm gonna see a TBI specialist about it. They're gonna be the only one who knows the whole story, lmao. Whenever I try to tell the story online, people tell me I'm having a psychotic break.

But any way, uhhhhhh, IWNDWYT or whatever the fuck it is

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Depending on your age, that may just be a natural part of your body rhythm. Lots of people in their 40-60's don't sleep much more than 4-5hrs at a time.

Exercise and generally raising your metabolic rate is very helpful in forcing yourself to sleep more, and timing that exercise in your day is a good tool to making sure it happens when you need it to.