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Waking up earlier in the morning increases the response. [11]Shift work: nurses working on morning shifts with very early awakening (between 4:00–5:30 a.m.) had a greater and prolonged cortisol awakening response than those on the late day shift (between 6:00–9:00 a.m.) or the night shift (between 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.). [12]
Sleep inertia is a physiological state of impaired cognitive and sensory-motor performance that is present immediately after awakening. It persists during the transition of sleep to wakefulness, where an individual will experience feelings of drowsiness, disorientation and a decline in motor dexterity.
A 2002 study of older adults (age 40–65) in San Diego found 3.1% had complaints of difficulty falling asleep at night and waking in the morning, but did not apply formal diagnostic criteria. [63] Actimetry readings showed only a small proportion of this sample had delays of sleep timing.
If you notice that you're waking up in the middle of the night, feeling exhausted in the middle of the day, or experiencing some other unpleasantness at the same time each day or night, consider ...
If it’s still dark when you wake up, find another time during the day to get a little sunshine. Walk to get lunch or sit outside during a break—even a few minutes can do your body good. 5. Hydrate
To sum up what both sleep docs have shared so far, waking up during the night is completely normal and not typically something to worry about. But both doctors say that if you can’t fall back ...
Confusional arousals can occur during or following an arousal of deep sleep (see slow-wave sleep) and upon an attempt of awakening the subject from sleep in the morning. [ 3 ] In children, confusional arousals can often be reproduced artificially by awakening the child during deep sleep. [ 3 ]
Night time anxiety can cause you to wake up at an unusually early hour (say, 3 a.m.), feel like you haven’t had enough sleep, and then feel pressure to go back to sleep, explains Virginia Runko ...