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I fall asleep easily, but frequently wake up at 2:30AM and have trouble getting back to sleep until 4:00AM, which is just an hour before I would normally get up. It does kinda suck, but I'm sure it could be a lot worse.

I used to keep my old physics textbook next to my bed. Interesting enough to find something to read, dry enough to put me to sleep in a couple paragraphs. Ha!

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Same here, had this problem for few years, the thing that helped me was a bit surprising - Magnesium L-Threonate. I must have been depleted of magnesium, maybe from drinking coffee? Other forms of magnesium didn't helped (but I haven't done proper experimentation on myself). With this form of magnesium the results were pretty much immediate. You can try it if you want, it may help as well.

I had a similar experience but with magnesium citrate, I think any organic salt of mg will likely help as they all have good uptake/absorption qualities, as opposed to mg oxide. I also got some beneficial effects from medium strength b vitamin pills and a high dose of b12 in the methylcobalamin form, taken sublingually.

The same here. For me, exercises seem to ease the problem.

But the amount of exercise is important, and once in a while I need to take some rest, then the same issue hits me again. Maybe I need my own dry textbook..

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