sudden drop in amount of sleep

[Alex87]

Well over the past 2 weeks I've noticed that I'm not sleeping anywhere near as much as I used to! On average I slept around 7/8 hrs a night, this has suddenly dropped to around 5! I don't feel any worse for it, just something that has baffled me! I've up'd the gym routine to 5 days a week, mostly after work and I'm currently drinking around 2 litres of water a day, don't drink caffine after 2pm so I can't figure out why this would be happening!

Also to add - I don't have money/job/family issues either! Does anyone have any ideas?

[rash_decision]

It could just be that you're getting older!? It won't be long until you're sleeping for 2 hours a night, if you're lucky, because you need to get up for a piss every 10 minutes. Then it drops to 1 hour a night, because you need to get up and go to the bathroom after stting yourself!! Lol.

[goldblum]

Could be mild overtraining.Take your RHR first thing when your sleep pattern is back to normal,then compare it when your sleep's messed up again.If you know what your RHR should be

you can do this now.

[LordGrover]

I think it may be fairly common this time of year. It's only dark for 5-6 hours and somehow our body clocks may get confused.

NB. I drive a desk - I am not a doctor, as if you couldn't tell.