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So today I've slept all day. Plus sleeping all morning. I know I have sleep paterns and stuff, but I just don't like the idea of sleeping all day. What could I do about this? What do you do to help yourself stay awake to try and sleep all night? Please help, I'm going out of town pretty soon and I don't want my sleep problem to interfere with my fun.
The biggest thing is to force yourself onto a regular sleep pattern daily. So don't let yourself go to sleep in the day, don't allow yourself to sleep til 10 PM for example. Take melatonin if you have trouble falling asleep. Have a specific bed time ritual that prepares your mind and body for sleep.
As for staying awake in daytime and energy I have heard drinks like Rockstar and Monster do wonders - but of course are horrific for one's health.
Hmmmmmm will have to try that...
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Don't just schedule your sleep, but make a basic "ideal day" schedule overall. Put in times when you want to eat, and especially put in times for exercise. It's easier to work on a sleep schedule if your body is actually tired at night.
So walking and things of that nature will help?
i dont think you have to drink those energy drinks. the thing is to not let yourself fall asleep during the day. do everything you can that will not bore you enough to get sleepy. then by the time it's night, you'll be sleepy. it's hard to do if you've been sleeping the way you do for a while, but if you do this, it works. i used to have this problem, too.
schadule your sleep, and make it in the certain time, is your sleeping time. maybe look at let say every night bedtime at 11PM and get up at 8AM. and do it in a regular bases. even if you sleep at 1 in the morning or 2, still, getting up at 8. your body clock will work according to that. try not to sleep during the day because you lack of sleep the last night. that will mess your patton even worse.
if you can't sleep in your giving time, try do some breathing technic or meditation. it does not necessary need to follow any parth of any relagion. psychologist uses that at times to treatt sleeping problems.
also, if you feel in certain environment you easier to fall asleep, adjust yourself to that. some people need to have a radio on, or totally silent, depends on individual.
try not to drink any caffinated stuff after let say 3 in the afternoon. that will prevent you from not sleeping due to too much of caffin or stuff.
listen to some relaxation music, that might also help you with having a better sleep.
Joanne, good advice. I'll have to try it!
Yes. Walking, running, lifting weights, hitting a bunching bag, doing crunches, playing beepball, anything that gets your body working, sweating, and generally aching. You burn up your energy on activity and thus you're much happier to fall into bed and go into a nice, long sleep at night.
I recommend green tea during the day. It's good for you, and has just enough caffeine to keep me going, but yes. Exercise is definitely key. I also like to drink camomile tea before going to bed. The taste is something a lot of people say takes some getting used to, but it'll relax you enough to get you in the right frame of mind for sleep.
Also, ask yourself if anything in your life is causing this pattern. Stress can sometimes cause this. Any sort of disturbance really can trigger it...just a thought.
Nope, I'm not stressed or anything, I just don't know what it is. Well, I can go buy some tea bags when I get a chance...
And I'll have to look up stuff online for the exercising since I can't go to the gym.
Just do not work out right befor bed because it will actually give you more energy.
Aw, naw I definitely want do that. Plus, I'll be worn out. lol
If you can avoid it, try not to take naps during the day. As someone who walked into work an hour later than usual, sleep is a big issue for me. If you can, use an alarm clock to wake your self up each morning. Try to stay active during the day. Don't drink too much liquid before you go to bed, and try to limit your computer and tv activity right before bed. The light and sound can actually stimulate your brain.
Noise does? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Interesting.
Sound actually helps me sleep, although only if it's relaxing, and not too loud.
Guys I've watched some of the posts on here about sleep patterns, and while I don't have an odd schedule like you all are talking about you're in good company:
Anyone who deals with frequent jet lag, or those of us that start work early on weekdays but want to sleep in on weekends have the same, or similar enough problems.
So what Miss M says is pretty much it: exercise, do stuff, be engaged with things. Probably hard on summer break you indolent youngsters, when all you gotta do is lay around while we stiffs pick up after ya ... lol but anyway if you have to break yourself I'd say get up before you have to or before it's comfortable.
When I was in Japan, for whatever reason, my patterns stayed messed up all summer term: Even if we partied till 3 in the morning, I'd still wake up at five instead of seven like I needed to for school, and what happens is you'll drift off - and sleep in - if you stay in bed. If you're awake enough you know it's not just a wake up from a dream or whatever, I'd say get up and get moving. I'd say wear yourself out. After all, that's what we taxpayers pay the educational system for all year, and you all can't wait for weekends so you can sleep in, cause you're beat by Friday, and after Friday's activities.
Just some ideas, hope they help, just realize tons of people deal with this stuff not just what they say in the blinkosphere. In fact I know someone who traveled on business his whole life, and I don't think his patterns will ever get right from all the jet lag. Leave it to the medical people to explain why that is to us, the insurers to charge us for said explanation, and as we're a private system, the individual states to define every term differently. If you're really not insomniac because of stress (that's kinda hard to tell comin' and goin') but I'd look at travel stuff online there's more info on jet lag than you could pack into a bookstore, and some of it may be useful.
Good luck / HTH
Indeed, nois often helps me sleep. Even just listening to traffic noises is oddly comferting.
While some noise is okay, loud noises and light can cause us to not sleep wel. Even when I've fallen asleeep with the tv on, I've woken up later only to turn it off.
Hi there,
I do have major sleep troubles and have always had them since I was born. I was the type of individual who has always had to rely on sleep aids or something that would make me sleep. It still has not changed.
Sleeping during the day is not a problem for me, as I can stay up for two or three days if my body cannot wind down. It is unpredictable. I never know what will happen.
To make my life easier, I just take a sleep aid if I know that I have important things to do the next day, so I can get a full night of restful sleep. Highlands sleeping tablets or the Midnite sleep aid are all natural and are nice for getting the job done. They work well for me. I recommend you get some for yourself. They are very inexpensive.
I hope things go well for you, and here is to hoping you have a good night's sleep.