Messed Up Sleep Pattern

wild_eyed

This happens ever christmas, my sleep pattern gets tottally messed up, and moves forward about 6 hours, ie, i dont get up till 3 when i shud get up at 9, and cant fall asleep till 4 at night, i wanna get out of this as quick as possible, any tips?

feylya

Happens to me to. What I've done for the past couple of times that it's happened to me is stay up from when you get up, that night and the next day then go to bed at about 11. Hopefully (or with an alarm clock), you'll wake up at about nine. Then that day do a lot of work so that night, you'll be tired and sleep. Of course, it's probably really unhealthy doing it but it's interesting watching yourself without sleep

Exit

I'm on about 4am till 12-1pm at the moment.

Exit

By the way, I just did Freecell #21359 now, and got it straight away. So neh.

wild_eyed

im changing my sig.

dendenz

try and sta awake till about tommorrow and then get 8 hrs sleep exact.

BKtje

i been on a 7--8am to 3-5pm evern since Easter.
Joys of not working and quitting college ( :rolleyes: )

Gotta change it tho, working soon

Töpher

I'm currently on a pretty steady 5am - 8am, it's killing me! And nothing I can do helps! Ack! Just be happy you're all at least getting some sleep!

Ro: maaan!

Went to bed at about 5 this morning. Got up about an hour ago. I was fine before this. Damn. Conviently placed thread though...

Kold

I played freecell once, however I couldn't b arsed reading the instructions. However, I remain adamant that it is "ghey"

wild_eyed

i have a some stuff to do tonite from about 8 till 11, after that im gonna have a few drinks and then i shud sleep soundly, i'll do this for a few nights. bed at 12 and up for 8.

zAbbo

I havent see daylight in 2004 yet, seems i`m pulling 5pm - 11am type awake mode.

Sleepy

I'm the exact same, now I'm just worrying about getting up for work on Monday. The only way I've seen 8am since December 23rd was by going to bed then... Christ I'm gonna get the sack when I show up four hours late!

(then again, maybe that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world...)

Spunog UIE

The very same. To fix it I think you better off crawling out of the bed in the morning early and just get tired during the day so you will actually sleep when you do go to bed. Tryin the other way around you just end up staring into darkeness going LA LA LA LA LA till the early wee hours of the morning.

wild_eyed

how long can we go without sleep for and wha are the side effects?

Crimson

well ... prob the best to do is make yourself get up at 9 .... then when it gets late go tob ed and make youself get up again after a wile you'll get back into it :rolleyes:

blondie83

I was doing the night shift in Dunnes for a few days in the run up to Christmas, and my sleep time was pretty much 10 am to 6 pm. To get out of it I went to bed at 10am, got up at 1pm, then stayed up for the rest of the day, and went to bed as normal about 1 am. I was a bit tired, but fine the following day.

PS: freecell is a brilliant game!:D

Big Ears

Originally posted by Exit
I'm on about 4am till 12-1pm at the moment.

exact same as me.

Calibos

I take 2 Panadol Night when I need to adjust my sleep patterns. Much safer than the real thing. Its the antihistimines in it that do it. About an hour to an hour and a half later and I get quite sleepy. In fact its not unlike being slightly wasted. I never fail to get to sleep within a few minutes of my head hitting the pillow. In fact I'll be taking 2 tonight cause like others here I've been on a 4-5am to 1pm cycle and thus wont feel tired till 4-5am but I need to be up early tomorrow. So I'll take 2 at about 11pm, they'll hit me at about 12:30am and I'll sleep till 8am. Easy Peazy Japaneazy! :D

Ancient1

so glad i'm not alone!

(and if you see my last post at 0400hrs, then you'll know you werent any help )

Sarky

I have forgotton what day and date it is. Again. Christmas does evil things to me, how can I hurt it back?

Agent Smith

only true god's can sleep for ever.... or pimp's.....



(is there a differance?)

Jk_Eire

yeah i get f,ucked up sleepin pattern any time i get more than 5 days off college..
i havent seen daylight yet in 2004 ive been gettin up so late in the evening...

sci0x

Same here! I blame boards.ie. Id be in bed if i hadnt found this addictive drug! I really dont know what id do if this shut down. If I spent as much time studying as I spent on boards id be a f*cking genius. Although id say i learn more valuable things on boards.ie than in skool.

The reason I goto bed at all is people stop posting at around 5:00. The reason i get up is coz ppl are posting again. Course this is only during the holidays.

When skool is on i used to play games at night after studying. Now its boards, boards, boards.

You'd see these surveys saying how much time do you spend on the net a day? 1/2 hour, 1 hour, 2 hours+. And im searching for the 5 hour box to tick.

I need a job!

wild_eyed

at 12 last nite i started drinking, by 2 oclock i had 4 pints and a southern comfort (bleaurgh), i was sleepy but not tired, i walked home and watched the second renaisance part 1 and 2, while eating a toasted sandwich , and i went to bed at 2:30, very bad nite's sleep, mite have been the drink but i felt as if my eyes were open the whole nite, i awoke at 8, and am still awake now, at 9:45, i feel like anal surgery gone badly wrong, oh god, please shoot me. i will try to stay awake until 11 tonite, and with gods help i will beat this terrible infliction, ur honor. :ninja:

Senor_Fudge

smoke 2 joints in the morning smoke 2 joints at night smoke 2 joints in the evening then you'll feel alright

Tazzle

Only just out of bed myself, yes, Christmas is evil.

zAbbo

just outta bed as well, is there daylight in 2004.

GBA romz are evil

weemcd

school holidays are so ****ed up.i wake up and i dunno if its am or pm and what day it is, though i do get to stay in bed all day playin ps2 so :D

AL][EN

I used to suffer from insomina too, this isnt something to be taken lightly as its pretty damn difficult to get rid of,

First off if you drink coke or coffee stop right now until your sleeping pattern returns back to normal, avoid staying up late watching movies/DVD's and the internet,

next thing is to mind your eating too if you eat late at night its very difficult to fall asleep afterwards to if you could cut food out after about 9:30pm you'll be doing fine, you can also try a herbal drink from BIO FORCE i'll get the name of it for you tomorow if you need it now be warned the stuff tastes and smells like silage but it does the job, you could also try getting yourself one of those oil burners and an oil like lavendar put some on your pillow and some in the oil burner which should relax you as lavendar is a natural sedative.

failing all this go see a doctor as they can prescribe something to you to help you sleep until your sleeping patterns return to normal,

good luck mate hope it works out

KlodaX

lavender.. mm.. I agree with that...

but avoiding intoxications.. how do you stop thinking? ... I'm on 4-1 at the moment... but even when I've to get up at 8 its still 3 or 4 before sleep.... and its not even sleep... its dreams... very realistic dreams... like films but my eyes are closed and I'm a character.

random thoughts are the enemy to sleep ... you kill those stupid thoughts and sleep befriends you... but alcohol and weed can't be the only solutions... *maybe yoga* .. whats yoga?

... damm zzzs ... little gits are so difficult to catch.... maybe if we get some netting .. and some shiny colours to distract thought.... mmm.....maybe...

mr_angry

I definitely think lack of physical exercise is the problem - I do nothing all day, and even if I've been up since 7am, I'm not sleepy. Think I might start going to the gym this year (yeah right)!

seamus

Tomorrow should be fun alright. Want to be leaving the house here between 7.45-8am, and have been consistently waking up between 12 and 2pm since Christmas. I got up at 10am on Friday, and I had to snooze for a couple of hours on the couch, I was knackered...getting up at 10am!!

Very tempted to stay up all night playing C&C Generals or Rollercoaster Tycoon, but I may either be in good form tomorrow and sleep early, or be completely knackered all day in work, and fal asleep at 6pm only to get up in the middle of the night....Hmmm.

Sangre

Ahhhh, thank God for work. Since Im on a part time contract I usually for evenings/nights so I still get up late.
But today I was up at 7.45, having falled asleep around 3.30, wasnt that tired. But after a 9 hour shift standing Im kind of sleepy. I find watching tv puts me to sleep but the computer keeps me wide awake. Have to get up at 7.30 for college tomorrow so I should be back tomorrow.
I was working a lot for Xmas so I wasnt today bad but up until today I was getting worse and worse. Also due to work/being tired I havent to the gym in a while. A good work out and a full day leads to a great sleep.

tinkerbell

maybe go to the doctor and get him / her to prescribe you somethin, as a last resort maybe sleeping pills to help you get into a pattern and then you could come off 'em after a while and see if you can sleep then?

try reading a bit before you go to sleep, sometimes that helps

Sangre

Why is everyone suggestions going to the doctors so quickly? Is that the kind of society we have become? Prescription medicine for every niggly problem?

'A pill for every ill' only leads to trouble.

Look your solution should be easy.

GET SOME EXCERCISE AND GET UP EARLY YOU LAZY SHITS

GuanYin

I'd say try exercise, eat at regular intervals cut down on sugar and caffeine and surprising as it sounds try counting sheep (or better yet picture a kite and follow it around).

Any Doctor will be reluctant to give you medication. It will wreck havoc with your system and isn't always the best alternative.

Go for a check up, but don't go expecting drugs.

tinkerbell

As a last resort like, if everything else doesn't work

I personally never go to doctors, I actually have to be dragged there! Only if I'm really really really ill will I go to a doctor

GuanYin

Some of them are really nice, damn sexy and have wonderful personalities.

Even those ones would be slow to give drugs

Stephen

Try working 12 hour nightshifts throughout the christmas periods. I sleep like a baby.


weh

sci0x

Originally posted by KlodaX
lavender.. mm.. I agree with that...

but avoiding intoxications.. how do you stop thinking? ... I'm on 4-1 at the moment... but even when I've to get up at 8 its still 3 or 4 before sleep.... and its not even sleep... its dreams... very realistic dreams... like films but my eyes are closed and I'm a character.

Maybe too much RPGs is your problem!

But i also have very realistic dreams! And they are most realistic if I wake at around 7 and fall back to sleep til 9. They are so realistic I have to make sure they didnt happen. For instance this morning I woke up and someone had txted me and i fell back to sleep. When i woke up later I had to check my fone again to make sure i hadnt dreamt receiving the message.

tinkerbell

Sometimes I have dreams that seem so real that I am absolutely wrecked when I wake up the next morning. A few weeks back, I dreamt that I was running away from something, and when I woke up, my legs felt like jelly as if I really had been running all night!!

wild_eyed

well, i stayed awake all day on sunday, was totally wrecked till about 7, i sterted to waken up, and it was bedtime in 5 hours, anyway, when 12 arrived i was knackered tired, slept well listening to Martina Topley-Bird, i set my alarm for 8, when i woke up i said to my self, you've been very good, have another hour, so i did, and i got up at 9, rite now im still listening to the same album, and working away like a little bee.

sci0x

Originally posted by tinkerbell
Sometimes I have dreams that seem so real that I am absolutely wrecked when I wake up the next morning. A few weeks back, I dreamt that I was running away from something, and when I woke up, my legs felt like jelly as if I really had been running all night!!

Just remmembered my freakiest dream after eading this. I was out at sea somewhere. And something happened and i was thrown from this platform into the sea. It was freezing cold and i tried so hard to move but couldnt, it was too cold. I started sinking into the blackness of the water until i died drowned. And the dream couldnt continue coz i was dead in the dream, so i woke up. Very freaky.

I thought of it coz i was sinking down into the water, falling and falling and i had the same falling feeling when i woke up, i was also shivering with the cold.

seamus

Originally posted by sci0x
I thought of it coz i was sinking down into the water, falling and falling and i had the same falling feeling when i woke up, i was also shivering with the cold.

Your bedroom was probably cold. The outside environment tends to feature and even influence your dreams.
I can't count the amount of times I've had bells going off in a dream (and them being an integral part of the dream), only to wake up and my alarm clock or the house alarm is going off.
I've also dreamt that my arm was chopped off, only to wake up and find it dead from sleeping on it. Tis quite cool.

sci0x

Yeah it is really cool! I remmember when i had this really loud alarm clock. And in when it used go off i didnt wake up for ages. Instead whatever i was doing in my dream the clock would be there and id try to turn it off in my dream lol.

THAT REMINDS ME, my best dream ever (no not that kinda dream). Right i dont know how i dreamt this but anyway....

Our house was not at its usual location but in a street somewhere. I left there and started running from something ( I 4get what). I came to a field as I ran through it. As i ran the ghosts of dead ppl who were buried in the field appeared in front of me. As i ran through them i could feel shivers going through me. Anyway the best part was i stopped running in my dream, and i realised, hey, im dreaming. It was so cool, i realised i was dreaming in my dream. I wish i couldve tried to do something else in the dream after realising this however i was terrified of all the ghosts and closed my eyes tightly in my dream. And woke up.