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Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist
Your sleep does sound restless, and 2 hours is a long time to fall asleep. That you feel fine during the day may indicate that you are in fact getting enough sleep. Fit-bit trackers are not always accurate (they tend to over estimate wakings). However, it does sound like an assessment of your sleep may be helpful so that you know for sure if there is a problem.
Difficulty getting to sleep can be a sign of Insomnia and this tends to respond well to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Frequent wakings in the night can also be due to Insomnia but may also be due to other sleep difficulties such as Obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA). Insomnia treatments are delivered by sleep psychologists. For assessment and treatment of OSA you would need to see a sleep physician for an overnight sleep study.
Hope this helps, Melissa
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Pharmacist
Sorry to hear about your insomnia. From the limited information provided in this post, my guess is that you think and stress a lot, causing you to have restless sleep.
This is a common problem with patients I see in Community Pharmacy and in addition to providing an information leaflet on 'Sleep Hygiene' (https://bit.ly/3tH7RqL) I also recommend the following for those that think and stress a lot:
In addition to the above, my guess that as you've had many sleepless nights in your bed, you might now have a negative association with your bed keeping you from falling asleep.
If this is the case I would recommend you consider changing your sleep environment, and only use your bed for sleep and sex.
Ideally a holiday trip to an exotic location such as Thailand (preferably in peaceful and quiet location such as Chiang Mai), where you can change your sleep environment, and also get away from all the stress at home might work wonders to your sleep.
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