39. Woke up at 3.17am last night. The night before it was 3.04. Before that, 3.20. I've started noticing the exact time because it's so consistent it's actually freaking me out a bit. I don't wake up panicking or sweating, just... awake. Completely awake. Lying there with my brain going at full speed about absolutely nothing and everything at once. Then I'm exhausted by 9am and somehow expected to function. The thing is I don't know what to call it when I go to the GP. "I keep waking up in the night" sounds like I just need a chamomile tea and an early bedtime. They're going to think I'm stressed. And I probably AM stressed but this feels different to normal stressed, if that makes any sense at all? I've been cutting back on wine in the week because I read somewhere that even one glass can wreck your sleep architecture, and honestly the waking pattern hasn't changed but I feel slightly less grim in the morning so maybe something. Going to write everything down before my appointment. Dates, times, how I felt, all of it. Because the minute I'm in that room I will say "oh I've just been a bit tired" and walk out with nothing. I know myself. Anyone managed to explain vague symptoms to their GP without sounding like they're making it up? x