19 classes/19 days

Everyone always talks about how Bikram yoga will make you sleep better than you ever have in your life. I currently find no truth in that statement. 

I'm having trouble falling asleep at night, and when I get to sleep, I'm having trouble staying asleep (which might be because of our four cats playing and begging for attention). The muscles in my back, on my sides, and in my shoulders feel as though they are shifting, changing, and rearranging. It is quite painful and uncomfortable, and I find myself popping more ibuprofen than I would like. Luckily, I do not feel the pain and discomfort as much in class because of the heat. I have intentionally placed myself in hotter spots of the room the past few classes to get as much exposure to heat as possible. 

I also find myself waking up several times each night to empty my bladder. This is very unusual for me. I used to be able to go to sleep and not move for 10 hours. Now I'm tossing and turning and making trips to the bathroom at all hours of the night. (I'm not necessarily drinking more water than I used to -- drinking water has been a sort of hobby of mine for years -- and I have healthy sweat beads all over my body in class, so what gives?)

And on top of all of that, I find myself yawning when I take the morning classes because I am not getting enough sleep. I'm fortunate enough to be able to take long naps in the afternoons to catch up on sleep, but this is a less-than-ideal schedule. And I worry what will happen when I get a job -- how do people who work full weeks do a challenge? I'm exhausted, and I'm not even working!