So I have a recent phenomenon that has been happening for a bit now, oddly correlated for when I started Alternate Day Fasting (for weight loss, discipline, and to save time/money), where basically I will be unable to sleep more than 3-4 hours on one day (usually the day I don’t eat) then sleep a solid 14-16 hours the next day (usually the day I eat). I am not sure what’s going on, have started actually just accepting it and doing work not to lose productive time, but I am curious if anyone else has gone through something like this, what are the health effects (i.e. is this worse than sleeping 7.5-9 hours consistently each night?) and possible fixes if any?
This same type of thing happens to me when I’m in ketosis. I’ll have horrible insomnia and it’s worse when I’m fasting while in ketosis already. Out of three nights I get maybe 6 hours sleep total. I always dread seeing 4:45am on the clock as I start feeling a little hopeful that I may fall asleep. Then get discouraged when I realize the alarm will go off at 6am.