Why is it....

[smudge05]

...this may be a silly question but I was wondering how come when you get more sleep you feel more tired than you did when you went to bed??? I ended up "bribing" my daughter last night and thought I'd try the old "mummy's gone to bed why don't you as well trick" and I ended up falling asleep by 98pm (Usually a late bird and go about 11-12) but this morning, I feel lilke I have been up all night!! Is it just me????

[ummmm]

I'm the same. When I go to bed early, with no glass of wine to chill with I can bearly open my eyes in the morning. It's weird....

[4getmenot]

Morning smudge :-) Hope you ok today. I think the more sleep you have you get into a deeper sleep so you feel more tired waking up from that deep sleep. Thats why I have 3 alarms go off in morning. One at 5.30 then one at 7.30 then one at 8, so it feels like I've had a lay in when I eventually get out of bed. :-) Or maybe I'm just a freak

[smudge05]

Maybe I should try the alarm thing....although my dd tends to put the tv up quite loud so I am usually awoken between 6.30am - 7am!! Grrr
Glad that I am not the only one ummmm...I just thought I'll ask and if its a silly question then hey....

[ummmm]

You really should come on here more often if you think this may even resemble a silly question... :-)

[smudge05]

A reliable friend has shown me around the site!!!!! Don't worry ummm, I'm still being quiet as I'm still new.....I have plenty of silly questions to ask over time!!! he he

[johnlambert]

smudge,
they dont have anything to do with eskimos or mens nipples do they?

[redcrx]

hi smudge,
Im still trying to work out who you are but then 4get has so many lovely friends doesnt she :)
I think its something to do with your sleep cycles. The average sleep cycle is 4 hours or something so 8 hours can leave you feeling refreshed but waking after 10 hours can wake you from the deepest part of sleep and you feel tired and lacking.

[smudge05]

Actually John.......he he....

Redcrx...4get, she has got alot of nice friends!!! I've been trying to work myself out for years and I still can't work me out!!! he he

[curlyfilm"]

i could if i did not need to get up sleep about 10 hours easily, but being a night owl i usually have about 5 hrs, and have a nap at 6pm ish for 20mins, and i rarely feel tired

[curlyfilm"]

ps and the more silly questions the better.........lol

[littleone85]

the reason you were so tired is because people go through different phases of sleep (the whole thing being called a sleep cycle) if you sleep past the end the cycle you're likely to wake up mid way through the next cycle, because the cycles not finished you wake up feeling as tired as you would have done if you woke at the same phase in the first cycle

[robbo82]

You feel asleep at 98pm? No wonder you're tired, it sounds like you've been to the Twilight Zone!