Sleep Problems for aspies

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Its well known that with the old autism diagnosis comes sleep problems in many.

Is the same true with aspies?

I take a while to get asleep but still classed as normal paterns i think. Any aspies with big sleep problems?

I sleep fine although it might take me a bit longer like you, but I have this thing where if I got to sleep 20 minutes before the time I usually go to bed, I will wake up about 4 hours early and not be able to get to sleep. You dont know how annoying it is.

Sometimes, late at night, it is difficult to not lay awake thinking about stuff.

P.S. I'm officially ASD-1 because I was diagnosed in the U.S. after 2013. 1994-2013 I would've qualified as an Aspie. Prior to 1994 I was just quirky.

Practice doing nothing,to quieten the mind.

Look at nature,watch and observe,

do nothing else.

No TV,No Radio,No social media,no news etc.

Just switch off for awhile.

It gets easier and pleasurable when in that zone,

and slowing the mind,that it has to be doing something all the time.

Also try mediation and listen to your favorite tunes(music)that uplifts your spirits.

and just enjoy the things you enjoy doing.

The simple pleasures in life,soothes the soul.

yeah, huge sleep problems too

Yes. In more ways than one.


And I have 4 personal possible causes on top of that.
If not my head -- it's physically my body. If not that, it's my breathing. If not that, it's gravity.

If not that, probably because I was paying a price the whole time.

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I have a terrible time with insomnia (granted, I’m “more autistic” than most people think of when they think Asperger’s, but that’s my official diagnosis). I can’t recall ever having awakened feeling rested in my life, I always feel like I need more sleep. In high school it got so bad that I’d be lucky to get half an hour of sleep, and I’d stop trying when the birds started singing because at that point, getting a little sleep would just remind my body how much more it needed and I’d be more tired than if I got none. I started taking medication to help me sleep, and still have nights where I get little to no sleep. Every so often I have to change sleep meds because the current one is no longer working, and usually I have to try several before I find one that gets me by (currently on 50mg of doxapin and 10mg of melatonin). It isn’t even because of anxiety or poor “sleep hygiene” or anything, I don’t sleep well no matter what I do or don’t do.

I have had odd sleep patterns almost all my life, and they have been a major problem for the last 15 years, since a "perfect storm" of things going wrong as I was woken up unexpectedly. Only this year have I regained the ability to go back to sleep quickly after waking earlier than necessary, sometimes. I think that part of the problem is having a touch of bi-polar, which produces bursts of inspiration followed by recovery periods.

Yes, I do have sleep problems. I now have a weighted blanket and want to ask it "where have you been all my life" . I almost didn't get one after not finding much positive about them on WP. But my family bought me one for my birthday anyhoo.

Ps.I mention 'belly' in layman terms.

Others call it 2nd and 3rd chakras.

The belly is your second mind,your emotional center,where unreleased,unheard,unfelt emotions reside and get stuck.

Breathe into this space,experience whatever feelings arise.

No judgement nor question what it is,just go with it and experience those feelings.

Your letting go and releasing.

Breathe towards your groin.

Others call it 1st chakra.

You may encounter your beating 2nd inner heart in your belly,2nd chakra.

Feel,notice,experience,but keep breathing downwards towards the groin,1st chakra.

^ I get the reference. I do meditations from time to time, and do had a glimpse of reality beyond the conditioned mind.

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The symptoms you've listed in your spoiler Edna3362,stem from unresolved,unheard and unfelt emotions from childhood.

Be it from trauma,taunts,dysfunctional family life and upbringing,misaligned care givers,lack of nurturing,etc etc.

Manifesting as ailments and blockages/blocked emotions/blocked chakras/blocked energy system.

The body speaks via ailments of unfinished business that requires attention.

I don't usually have any problems sleeping... as long as it's night. I can not sleep very well if at all under the following circumstances...
*I can hear traffic
*The curtains are closed
*It's not dark where I'm trying to sleep. Like, really dark. Anything brighter than a full moon and I'll wake up.
*There's a mosquito buzzing around
*A wasp decided to nap in my sleeping bag (yes, that really happened... painful experience for both of us)
*There's very high winds outside
*It's hot and muggy

Other than that I'm usually good

One evening I rolled over in bed and learned that even a dead wasp can still sting, at reduced intensity.
Does anyone find that the mattress makes a big difference?
Sometimes, I sleep too soundly to regulate my temperature, and if I've gone to bed a bit chilled, I tuck in to warm up and then go right past into night sweats.