Tired still

be an introvert

Dream about talking to huge crowd of people

Wake up exhausted from talking to people

Just dream about sleeping and being well rested afterwards while taking a power nap. Ezpz.
- The worst is when you dream about not being able to sleep, so even though you slept you feel like you didn't

"Ugh, I feel like garbage."

"You must have slept wrong."

"WHY is that POSSIBLE?"

7 hours

One of my college roommates only needed six hours.

Jokes on him, he got to hear me hit the snooze for an hour every day.
- I don't only need six hours, but it's all my body allows me to get lately.
- I practically ran on 2-4 hours from 16-30.
  
  I have a lot to show for it, but I should have stopped after 30.

Add to my list of evidence against intelligent design.

Intelligent design, but the designer was on a tight schedule and had to ship the MVP
- The designer didn't sleep for 3 days themselves. Gonna make some mistakes with that kinda lack of sleep
- Intelligent design but the budget was managed by an insurance company.
I'm with you there.

If this ::wildly points at self:: is intelligent design, then said intelligence clearly adhered to a strict "just barely good enough to survive and move genes around" work ethos. That, or over-doing it wasn't going to fit into the time and materials budget.

Source: anxiety, PMS, knees, shoulders, oversized skull, vulnerable gonads on outside of body.
- Don't forget the absolutely deranged path wour vagal nerve takes through your torsoe because fish didn't have necks and we do.
To be fair, it's called "intelligent", not "omnipotent" design, but still.

Those types always claim omnipotency as well. So you'd expect an omnipotent being to make it perfect for everyone. Since it isn't, the being's either ignorant or sadist. Or, wait for it - a fucking fairy tale. And with ignorancy one can hardly claim a respectable level of intelligence.
Drag thinks humanity was created by the gods. Drag also thinks the gods are stupid. 13.7 billion years and the best those fuckers could come up with was evolution? What a joke!

CPAP, bitches, get it!

but first see a doctor, maybe your sleep quality is bad due to different factors

Stress, poverty, poor health, overwork, poor mental health...
Cpap doesn't work for everyone, either. So don't feel like a failure when it actually makes your sleep quality worse.
Narcolepsy here. CPAP is not helpful.
Definitely see a doctor first. While a CPAP machine can do wonders, it really only works for those who stop breathing. If you don't stop breathing, it can actually do more harm to your sleep.
- Especially if you know nothing about CPAP machines and your physician / pulmonologist select one for you and you get a Phillips one that turns out to rot from the inside and potentially send deadly material straight into your respiratory system.
  
  I fully support CPAP use as recommended after a sleep study, but that was a poor investment by my insurance company.
  
  edit: Though I guess if you get one without seeing your doctor first they won't be selecting one for you.
I’m one of the unlucky ones that the cpap doesn’t magically fix everything. 😢
- Samesies. Though I've been rather inconsistent with my usage. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This mfer thinks we can afford a CPAP
- My condolences, you must be American.
- They aren't that bad, if you have any insurance. Even medicare. The 20 percent we owe isn't that horrible, and after the...2 year rental period we'll just own it.
  
  Do gotta use it like every night so medicare continues to pay its 80 percent though.
- I have an older model in the back of a closet somewhere if it would help someone. It works. I upgraded to a newer model.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. Do not accept medical advice from a sentient piece of sci-fi machinery. Talk to your ship's doctor instead.

I agree about different factors. Here are some things I've learned along that way that may helps folks here.

GERD might be a reasonable first diagnostic step: it can absolutely trash your sleep quality without mitigations. It's common and relatively easy to combat.

Good sleep hygiene is another set of practical things anyone can do.

Re: CPAP - Obstructive sleep apnea is no joke. Fuck around and find out. And by "find out" I mean "wake up having a heart attack or stroke."

I used to wake up energized about twice per year. These last few years I always wake up tired.

I've had sleep apnea tests (I dont have it).

I stopped drinking alcohol, ironically a lot of the 'hangovers' I had appear to be how I wake up without drinking too.

I drink about 1l of water before bed. If I dont, I get let cramps when asleep.

I eat multivitamins daily with addition iron and vitamin D.

I used to drink a lot of coffee but now can't stomach the stuff.

I went caffeine free for months and it didnt help.

I'm completely screws lol :D

Not to preach to the choir, but my sleep quality improved greatly when I started a very physical job. Not to say you have to do that, but moving around can be very beneficial
- Thanks for the help!
  
  I've worked out 5 days a week, 3 days weights, 2 days cardio with no noticeable impact.
  
  I'm glad it worked for you :)
Let me introduce you to my friend Magnesium. It's improved my sleep quality substantially in the past 2 weeks I've started taking it
- Thanks for the tip. What dose so you take?
Not to seem like an ad, but buying a cooling pod for my bed was game changer. I used to sleep like a rotisserie chicken and was always tired. Now I cool my bed all night and not only have the corners of my sheets stayed put but I'm just significantly less tired all around.
- That sounds pleasant but I'd need a tiny oven for my feet.
- Does the cool blanket check your body temp and switch on/off?
Considering what you've tried this might seem obvious but since I didn't see these explicitly mentioned:

Have you tried being really consistent with your sleep schedule? Especially the time you wake up? (Probably the most important thing one can do for sleep quality)

Have you checked wether the temperature you sleep in is ideal(cooler than normal)?

Have you eliminated lights and noise from your bedroom? It needs to be completely dark and insulated from noise.

Have you checked your sleep position and mattress? There are certain professional suggestions I've read about, like you should sleep on your side ideally with your dominant hand on top(fetal position) and the mattress should not be too hard or too soft and you sink into it too much and you should be replacing it from time to time(5-10 years).

Have you optimized your pre and post sleep routines? Like staying away from screens and blue lights, winding down(for pre sleep), not changing up the routines as much as possible.

Are you exercising enough and enough time before sleep?
Have you checked the air quality in your room during the night? If the CO2 level is too high you will not sleep well and may wake up with headaches or otherwise feeling unwell.

Best to sleep with a window open to ensure some fresh air can get in.
- Thanks for the help!
  
  No noticeable difference with window open or closed. No noticeable difference in hot or cold climates.
  
  My partner sleeps fine so it might be something else.
Vitamin D makes me groggy. I still take it but I have to be strategic (eg, once a week on Friday night so if I wake up groggy Saturday it’s no big deal).
Something that has been helping me gain insight is a Garmin smartwatch I got earlier this year. Their body battery metric has been insightful to me. Turns out pushing myself too hard the previous day could mess with my sleep, which I didn't know.

You were born to die as a soldier at 25

Could just be dehydration. Drink some water in the morming and see if that helps.

Then I wake up to pee

This might be a self love issue

What are you talking about? I love myself for 3 minutes before bed every night

Tossing, turning, tossing, get up to pee, tossing, back pain, turning, tossing, goddamn it it's 3 am already, tossing, turning, get up to pee, tossing, cat goes genocidal on her toys, alarm goes off.

Time, you sonofabitch...

You forget the falling asleep literally 12 minutes before your alarm goes off.
- The deepest, most-restful sleep of the night.

Sleep inertia

Wait so sleep has momentum? Does sleep have mass? Is dark matter just all the sleep in the galaxy? Coffee is an anti-gravitational field??
- Have you ever slept? It's obviously a phenomenon in the quantum scale. No other explanation could possibly cover why it has such a weak impact unless done in bulk and oddities like waking up in entangled states of asleep and awake.
- Meth: the final frontier