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Sat, 05 November 2005 16:14  |
icedog90
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Guys, I need help...
I have a bad case of insomnia and I have no idea how to deal with it. I can't stop myself from going to bed later than midnight, and when I do go to bed (even if I'm tired), it can easily take me up to two hours to fall to sleep. That's not the only problem... getting OUT of bed is just as bad. No matter WHAT time I go to bed, I just can't get out of bed any earlier than 12 PM. On school days, of course, I get up because I know I have to (except I did miss my alarm a few days ago, which sucked). But on any day that I don't go to school, I -JUST CANNOT- get out of bed. It doesn't matter if I DO want to get up early or not, I still can't get up earlier than 12 PM.
I tried reading this:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-ea rly-riser/
And if you don't want to read the whole thing, the conclusion of it is: "Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning."
That won't work for me, because I never reach the state of being too tired to stay up unless I stay up all night and partly throughout the day. Of course I do get a little sleepy at night, but when I go to bed I just CAN'T fall asleep for at LEAST an hour. This problem is getting extremely worse every week, and I'm desperate for a solution. I know it's fixable, because before summer ended I had my sleeping habits controlled pretty well, and I think stress has a lot to do with insomnia.
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178046 is a reply to message #178045] |
Sat, 05 November 2005 16:28  |
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Dave Mason
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I'm quite the same, but what they say works.
Just make sure you get up at a fixed time in the morning. Try to do something active in the day like go for a run or a day out or something to tire you out.
As long as you get up early enoguh and do exercise/activities then you should find it easier. I use to go to bed at like 4am and get up at 2pm.
Now I try to go at 12 if possible or I restrict myself to 1am max. I also try to be up and showered before 11am.
Set your alarm for the morning some time and when it goes off, turn it off and sit upright. It's not fun trying to sleep upright in bed. Like that article says, don't even stop to consider the benefits of sleeping that little bit longer. Turn off the alarm, sit upright, stretch, whatever else, then get up and go in the shower (the shower helps to waek you up a bit).
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178085 is a reply to message #178045] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 02:42 |
Kanezor
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| icedog90 wrote on Sat, 05 November 2005 18:14 |
Guys, I need help...
I have a bad case of insomnia and I have no idea how to deal with it. I can't stop myself from going to bed later than midnight, and when I do go to bed (even if I'm tired), it can easily take me up to two hours to fall to sleep. That's not the only problem... getting OUT of bed is just as bad. No matter WHAT time I go to bed, I just can't get out of bed any earlier than 12 PM. On school days, of course, I get up because I know I have to (except I did miss my alarm a few days ago, which sucked). But on any day that I don't go to school, I -JUST CANNOT- get out of bed. It doesn't matter if I DO want to get up early or not, I still can't get up earlier than 12 PM.
I tried reading this:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-ea rly-riser/
And if you don't want to read the whole thing, the conclusion of it is: "Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning."
That won't work for me, because I never reach the state of being too tired to stay up unless I stay up all night and partly throughout the day. Of course I do get a little sleepy at night, but when I go to bed I just CAN'T fall asleep for at LEAST an hour. This problem is getting extremely worse every week, and I'm desperate for a solution. I know it's fixable, because before summer ended I had my sleeping habits controlled pretty well, and I think stress has a lot to do with insomnia.
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The way I've dealt with it is to have a rotating sleeping schedule... about every three weeks, the time I fall asleep has gone from evening, then night, morning, daytime, and then evening again. Of course, I'm unlucky enough not to have a life, otherwise that'd really fuck things up. 
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I suppose you could say I have chronic insomnia... I've been this way for the last 5 years or so.
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178087 is a reply to message #178085] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 02:51 |
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| Kanezor wrote on Sun, 06 November 2005 04:42 |
| icedog90 wrote on Sat, 05 November 2005 18:14 |
Guys, I need help...
I have a bad case of insomnia and I have no idea how to deal with it. I can't stop myself from going to bed later than midnight, and when I do go to bed (even if I'm tired), it can easily take me up to two hours to fall to sleep. That's not the only problem... getting OUT of bed is just as bad. No matter WHAT time I go to bed, I just can't get out of bed any earlier than 12 PM. On school days, of course, I get up because I know I have to (except I did miss my alarm a few days ago, which sucked). But on any day that I don't go to school, I -JUST CANNOT- get out of bed. It doesn't matter if I DO want to get up early or not, I still can't get up earlier than 12 PM.
I tried reading this:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-ea rly-riser/
And if you don't want to read the whole thing, the conclusion of it is: "Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning."
That won't work for me, because I never reach the state of being too tired to stay up unless I stay up all night and partly throughout the day. Of course I do get a little sleepy at night, but when I go to bed I just CAN'T fall asleep for at LEAST an hour. This problem is getting extremely worse every week, and I'm desperate for a solution. I know it's fixable, because before summer ended I had my sleeping habits controlled pretty well, and I think stress has a lot to do with insomnia.
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The way I've dealt with it is to have a rotating sleeping schedule... about every three weeks, the time I fall asleep has gone from evening, then night, morning, daytime, and then evening again. Of course, I'm unlucky enough not to have a life, otherwise that'd really fuck things up.
Edit:
I suppose you could say I have chronic insomnia... I've been this way for the last 5 years or so.
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That's exactly how I am. Mine rotates from every 3 weeks to every 5. I'm overdue for the sleeping schedule screw up, but it looks like tonight I'm having it happen, seeing as how it's 5 AM. Currently I'm still (MOTHERFUCKING) sick, so I'm ok with it. Plus, I don't have a life, just a computer, so...
| Aircraftkiller wrote on Wed, 31 May 2006 22:30 |
I've been Nodbuggered. =( =( =(
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178093 is a reply to message #178045] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 05:12 |
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Every day I get that crap. I have the 2-4 hours to get to bed part of it. I usually get off track on MOH and loose track of time and when I try to sleep It doesn't work...Mind that this is always happenig around 5AM my aww f- it time
These computers have mind controll....
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178108 is a reply to message #178057] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 10:28 |
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| rm5248 wrote on Sat, 05 November 2005 19:26 |
Uhhh.... Tylenol PM?
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I freaking hate Tylenols... They ruin my moral (rawr, depressiveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee).
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| Re: OT: Insomnia [message #178119 is a reply to message #178045] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 11:59 |
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Ryan3k
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To help you wake up in the morning, try drinking/eating something sour. My mini-fridge is right next to my bed, so this works for me pretty well. You could just put a can of lemonade next to your bed or something for when you wake up; it doesn't necessarily have to be cold. That's just my $.02.
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