I have read numerous articles and testimonials about the mental clarity that comes from the cleaner diet. My interest has sort of been piqued as of late because I am not sleeping through the day or the night.

The first few months of carnivore I didn't really have tons of energy per se, but it was like just having a steady supply. I was getting more done during the day, at least more than before, and my sleep actually improved. (Lifelong shift worker, rotating 12-hour shifts both days and nights so my sleep patterns are far from normal. I sleep much better during the day than the night and my sleep is 9-3/3:30 day or night.)

I have not had the 'mental clarity' I have read about. The closest thing is that when I wake up, I am up, and there is no going back to sleep. I am not what has changed as of late but my 3 or 3:30 has shifted back to 'before 3' and there is no going back to sleep. Been up for awhile now and this seems to be my new norm.

Yesterday I had what felt like a really good workout between 5AM and 7AM. I carried my mom to an appointment and home by 9:30. Fed animals, hauled a week's worth of garbage to the dump (two houses), put brakes on the back of my buddy's car, pulled my son's dishwasher out to replace a diverter motor, walked their dog for about a mile or so, fed the baby so my daughter-in-law could walk the other dogs, and then pulled the dishwasher again last night to ohm check the motor when he brought the meter home. I ate two chuck steaks and the day sort of caught up with me. I was dog tired after eating and could barely hold my eyes open at 8PM. I made it to just about nine and went to bed. I slept like a rock til 2:30 or so, and here I am.

For the last month or so I have tried everything I can think of to go back to sleep but as I said, when I wake up, I am up, like, my eyes open and my feet hit the floor.

Ready for the day, except it is the middle of the night. LOL

The sleep itself is good, and I wake up rested and feel charged. It is like my clock has shifted and my new bedtime is 8, and sometimes like 7.

Noting has really changed as of late that I can think of that would trigger a change in sleep patterns, especially after having them engrained over the last 35 years.

This is how I end up being one of the weirdos in the gym at 4:30 in the morning. LOL

Scott

I’ve heard of many others that experience the same thing.

I experienced some of that in the beginning but for the last couple of years I haven’t slept good. I have to get up two to four times at night to pee due to my prostrate. I only get six to seven hours of sleep a night. I almost never feel refreshed. I’m just thankful that I’ve got the sustained energy of carnivore to get me through the day.

I have a biphasic sleep pattern now, and it's almost predictable, like clockwork. I pass out somewhere around 10-11pm. Then I wake around 2:30 and 3am, let the dog out, brush my teeth, go to my actual bed, and doom scroll on my phone for a bit before falling back asleep listening to something carnivore related on YouTube. Then I awake at 7am and when I am up then, I am up for good.

I'm so used to it now I just accept it, lol.

I am sort of the in the same boat. I am a life long rotating shift worker. My patter has been 9PM to 3AM or 9AM to 3PM for years.

Before carnivore I could go back to sleep after waking the first time and sleep til 4 or 5, and sometimes even six. That is no longer the case. When I am up, I am up and my day starts when my eyes open.

I was up yesterday morning around 3:30. I went to the gym, walked the dog, got a truck inspected, cleaned and re-housed some chickens, then flopped in the recliner with the laptop for the afternoon. I got paged into work a little early and worked from 4PM til 7AM this morning. I lifted on the way home, walked the dog and crashed like a rock. And just about 3PM on the dot, here I am. LOL

For the most part I feel rested and I think it sounds worse, or even appears worse than it actually feels. Just odd that I can't go back to sleep like I could in the past.

Scott