Okay, here's the thing. Sometimes it's hard for me to get to sleep, and other times it's hard to wake up. Here is an example.

Yesterday I tried to get to sleep at 3 am (bad bad) and didn't actually fall asleep till 6:30 :O. I woke myself up at noon, but I didn't feel as bad as I would have normally under such little sleep.
That following night I had no problems getting to sleep (duh ), passed out within ten minutes at 1 am, but I woke up at 6:00am! Oddly, I felt pretty awake when I woke up, but I went back to sleep again only to wake up at 8:00 am again (and go back to sleep), and finally, I awoke at 11:00. Oddly, waking up at 11:00 has made me feel even more tired than I had at 6. 10 hours of sleep and I'm still tired .

This is like what used to happen to me during induction, problems falling and maintaining sleep. Although I have always had problems with sleep, they are different and interfere with my life much more on Atkins. Has anyone else experienced something similar?

oddly i have same problem.. so much energy and sleep at 1 am and wake up at 6:30 but i can't go back and dose off once i'm awaken.

whats more weird is that i seem to remember most of my dreams on an the atkins diet.

I've always had trouble falling asleep but I have noticed that because I feel so energetic I have more trouble now. I suggest you try buying Melatonin. I took Melatonin even before this WOE. You can find it in most drug stores with the vitamins / health and diet aids.

Dr. A recommends it in DANDR (page 308 in my book). I take one 3 mg tablet about 20 minutes before going to bed. It makes a noticable difference.

One warning though: If you aren't going to get a full night's sleep don't take the Melatonin. I find that if I get less than 7 or 8 hours sleep after taking it, I feel worse.

Julie

talk about once awke.....I usually go to bed ~ 9:00~9:30 and get up ~ 5:30 to be ~ work by 6:00 and after a few days on this diet iv'e been sleeping later 10:00~11:00 and getting up earlier 5:00 or so. And this morning I was awaken by one of my neighbors many gf's at 3:30 in the morning, and I couldn't get back to sleep and the wifey didn't wanna wake up =(...;p

But yea, I've been experiencing lots more energy and lovin it

OOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I've remembered my dreams a few nights in a row lately and I was wondering why!

So in addition to needing less sleep, weight loss, and no more mood swings, you get the inflight movie as well!!

I've always had sleep problems because I suffer from depression, but since starting atkins, I too remember MORE dreams (always remembered most) and wake up at wierd intervals. I have a hard time sleeping more than four hours straight. I never attributed it to the diet though. You gave me something to think about.

Kristi

I used to go to bed around 1 a.m. and wake up around 9:30 a.m.
Now I get tired around 11:30 p.m., wake up at 4:30 a.m., lie there for an hour staring at the cieling, finally fall back to sleep and wake up at 7 a.m.
V weird.

Dang, I never remember my dreams - still don't - but really want to.

hmmm are you sure this is because atkins?