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Sleep changes since starting - anyone?

Started by OzemMaxxing · · 38 replies · 956 views
#1

I've noticed my sleep has gotten weird since I started this journey - some nights I'm wide awake at 3am, other nights I sleep like a rock. It's hard to tell if it's the med itself or just my body adjusting with the weight coming off. Has anyone else had their sleep patterns shift, and did it even out over time?

#2

Mine got wonky too early on, mostly the tossing-and-turning kind rather than full wake-ups. Once I'd dropped about 20 lbs it settled down, though I do still notice lighter sleep the first night or two after my shot. Give it a couple months before worrying.

#3

Funny how everyone's pattern here tracks to shot day - mine was the opposite, restless nights mid-week and deep sleep right after injecting. It evened out for me around month three too, right about when I'd lost 31 lbs, so hard to say which did it. I just stopped fighting the 3am wake-ups and read till I got sleepy again.

#4

Mine settled around the 3-month mark too, and I've noticed the rough nights now correlate more with eating too close to bedtime than with shot day. Apparently normal sleep coming back is a common theme here, which is reassuring. Forty lbs in, I mostly sleep through again.

#5

I'm only 14 lbs in so maybe too early to call it, but mine has been all over - a few 3am wake-ups the first weeks, then a stretch of sleeping harder than I have in years. I started noting which nights were rough against my shot day like others here suggested and there does seem to be a link. Hoping it fades like it did for you all by the two or three month mark.

#6

Had the same 3am wake-ups during my first couple months, especially the nights after injection day. Mine leveled out somewhere around the 3 month mark once the appetite swings calmed down. Worth noting whether yours lines up with shot days, that pattern made more sense to me once I spotted it.

#7

19 lbs in and mine took a few months to calm down. The 3am wake-ups showed up for me the first couple weeks, then faded once I got into a routine. Keeping the room cool and not checking the clock helped more than anything.

#8

Mine lined up with injection days too - weird 3am energy the first night or two after my shot, then dead tired the next day. I'm about 30 lbs down now and the pattern has mostly faded, though I still sleep light right after dosing. Tracking mine against shot day helped me stop stressing about it.

#9

Mine was rough on 0.25 the first month or so, same 3am thing, and it settled down once I was further along - I'm 37 lbs down now and sleep pretty normally again. Not checking the clock was the big one for me too, just lying there counting how long I'd been awake made it worse.

#10

Only about 11 lbs in myself and still getting the random 3am wake-ups, so good to hear they fade for most people. Late dinners do seem to make my nights worse too, so I've started eating earlier on shot days especially. Not doing the mental math on hours left has honestly helped more than anything.

#11

Only 13 lbs in so far and I'm still in the choppy phase, but the clock-watching thing is real - once I stopped calculating how many hours I had left, the wake-ups bothered me less even when they still happened. Hoping mine follows the same pattern you all describe.

#12

The pattern people describe here matched my experience on Zepbound - the 3am wake-ups were rough for the first couple months and then just quietly stopped somewhere along the way. I'm down 67 lbs now and the only thing that still messes with my nights is a heavy late dinner. For me the biggest change was just accepting a bad night here and there instead of lying there stressing about it.

#13

I had the same 3am thing for the first couple months and it faded around the time I hit 30-something down, so you're not far off from where mine settled. Early dinners on shot days still matter for me too - any big late meal and I'm up at odd hours.

#14

Funny how many of us hit that same fade point around 30 lbs down - mine eased up right about there too. The 3am wake-ups were my worst stretch early on, but once I quit checking the clock every time I stirred, they stopped mattering so much. Heavy late dinners are still my only sleep saboteur these days.

#15

Mine faded too on semaglutide, right around the 30 lb mark which lines up with what you said. The one thing that still trips me up is late dinners, and Tampa heat plus afternoon shots doesn't help if I eat anything heavy after 7. Stopping the clock-watching is what actually got me back to sleeping through.

#16

52 lbs in and the middle-of-the-night stuff is long gone for me, so it does even out. My remaining rule of thumb is keeping shot-day dinners light, and that's held up the whole way. Once I stopped treating a 3am wake-up as a problem to solve, they mostly stopped happening.

#17

22 lbs down here and I'm still in the choppy phase, so it's reassuring hearing several of you say it faded around the 30 lb mark. I've noticed my bad nights line up with late heavy dinners too, so I've been trying to eat earlier on those days. Going to try the not checking the clock thing instead of lying there doing math on how much sleep I've got left.

#18

I'm right around that 30 lb zone everyone keeps mentioning, and the 3am stretch has already started loosening up for me. Biggest difference was eating dinner earlier, especially the nights after my shot. The clock thing is real too - once you quit calculating how many hours you have left, falling back asleep gets way easier.

#19

Only 12 lbs in on my end so sounds like I've got the choppy stretch ahead of me still. Funny thing is I also sleep best the night after my shot, so maybe our bodies just need a few weeks to settle into the new rhythm. Trying the earlier dinner thing this week since it seems to be the common fix here.

#20

Down about 21 lbs and my pattern matches yours - solid sleep the night after my shot, then a few choppy ones later in the week. The clock-watching in the 3am stretch was my biggest enemy too; once I stopped doing the math it got easier. Hoping the earlier dinner trick works as well for me as it seems to for everyone else here.

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