Meditations messes up my sleep

[StarStruck]

Getting into deep meditation. Almost trance like states. Always doin them at night and it doesn't matter if I do it just before sleep time or not, it always messes up my night sleep. I fall into sleep very easily and I even get dreams, which is an indicator of deep sleep but I'm not rested anymore. My brain feels so pressurized that I'm forced to take mini naps. It is a solution but it messes up my schedule. Any advice? 

[hamedsf]

you're not doing meditation right, in other words, you "think" that you are meditating and you're not doing it right. because meditation relaxes the mind and eases the mind to fall into sleep. it's a time-tested practice for curing insomnia.

[StarStruck]

@hamedsf when I meditate right before sleep I fall asleep very quickly. I don't have problems with falling asleep. The problem is the quality of sleep. 

[JosephKnecht]

Are you sitting during mediation or laying down? 

I usually do a long meditation in the morning and a shorter one before going to bed.

Try to vary the times of day when you meditate. 

[hamedsf]

10 minutes ago, StarStruck said:

@hamedsf when I meditate right before sleep I fall asleep very quickly. I don't have problems with falling asleep. The problem is the quality of sleep. 

logically, you should have high-quality meditation after a robust meditation.

and generally having a vivid dream isn't a good indicator of high-quality sleep since I have experienced that by drinking coffee prior to the bed time.

and even worse, you could not remember any dreams at all in sleeping but still you'd have no good quality sleep.

if you have superficial sleeping, it means that meditation eases the emotional stuff to come to the surface of your mind when you're sleeping which you have suppressed unconsciously during the day.

[StarStruck]

39 minutes ago, JosephKnecht said:

Are you sitting during mediation or laying down? 

I usually do a long meditation in the morning and a shorter one before going to bed.

Try to vary the times of day when you meditate. 

If I lay down I fall asleep guaranteed. I sit down.  

[StarStruck]

@hamedsf I thought dreams equaled REM sleep. I’m not sure about it. Perhaps it is not the meditation but something else.