It’s probably occured to you more than once: you go to bed tired, hoping to sleep through the night, but around 2 a.m. you open your eyes and can’t help it. The first reaction is usually to criticize the glass of water you drank before bed, but the truth is much more complicated.
The real reason you wake up at 2 a.m.
According to sleep specialists, the bladder isn’t always the main reason. What’s really occuring is an imbalance in the way your body handles fluids and controls temperature during the night.
