Does any of this sound familiar?

 

When someone asks you how you are, you often reply, “I’m tired.”

 

Your family says you’re cranky all the time.

 

Your spouse is constantly pushing and kicking you during the night because of your snoring, so you’re irritated with them, and they’re irritated with you.

 

You’re not doing well at work, and everyone is annoying you.

 

You oversleep often (or hit the snooze button multiple times) or fall asleep at work.

 

Your medication isn’t helping your blood pressure or your diabetes, even though you take it consistently.

 

Your libido is waning or nonexistent (and you’re not that old!)

 

You wake up in the middle of the night, grab your phone, and then can’t go back to sleep.

 

You find yourself prowling the kitchen and grabbing a snack at 3 a.m.

 

You stay up way too late on your phone scrolling social media or checking email.

 

You set your alarm for 6 a.m. but you find you’re waking up at 3 a.m. and can’t go back to sleep.

 

You always worry about falling asleep because you hate that “draggy” feeling when you wake up.

 

You sometimes feel like you’ve got the flu because you’re just sooo tired.

 

You find yourself not remembering things or making “stupid” careless errors.

 

You’ve tried every over-the-counter sleep aid (even cannabis) to help you go to sleep at night.

 

Your evening glass of wine has become two to four glasses just to help you relax and fall asleep.

 

You eat (or overeat) just because you’re tired and don’t have the energy to say no, and sweets or carbs make you feel better.

 

You’re tired of being tired.