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Struggling to get a full night of sleep is bad enough. But waking up every night, checking the clock and seeing the same single-digit number appear over and over is a whole other scenario. Not only does it leave you zonked, but it can also make you feel downright unsettled, too.
Unfortunately, persistent pre-dawn awakenings are more common beginning in midlife and beyond, says Funke Afolabi-Brown, M.D. , a triple board-certified sleep medicine physician and member of the advisory board for the nonprofit Project Sleep .
In most cases, they’re not worth freaking out about. “Sleep isn’t supposed to be eight uninterrupted hours,” says…
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