Can't wake up in mornings, it's going to cost me my job.

Horsebox9000

Hi folks,
Serious issue here so I would reallyu appreciate some help.

I can't for the life of me wake up in the mornings anymore. I can easily sleep through ten alarms and nothing.

I am meant to start work every mornin at 7am, however from Mon - Wed this week I slept through my whole shifts!!!

I have one huge alarm that I have, I set it at the end of my room. It would wake me up, howver I would not be in a state of concisness to actualluy wake up, and as usual I could wake up 2 hours later with the alarm beside me with no recolletion of getting out the bed earlier to turn it off.

There have also been days where I would wake up but my brain would be ina coma and I would miss a day of work.

I'm not sure what's going on, could it be a form of depression.

If anyone out there has any advice I would greatly apprciate it.

Firetrap

What time are you going to bed at night?

Horsebox9000

Some nights it could be 9pm, some nights it could be 11pm. My body seems to not want to sleep alot.

Morag

Go talk to your dr esp if it's effecting your work.

orchidsrpretty

I use to set a kind of internal alarm clock as i use to have trouble hearing the alarm. Try repeating to yourself over and over before you go to sleep "I have to wake in x hours" and see if that works. It always did for me!:)

matrim

You could try one of those sleep cycle alarms. You can get it as an app for iPhone and Android. If you don't have one of those I think you can also get a PC version.

I haven't used one myself but I've a few friends who rave about how good it is.

mikemac1

Any drink involved? I don't even mean boozing, just a bottle or so of wine to chill in the evenings

It can make you sleep very lightly and badly

Then if you take a break you get a deep refreshing sleep the first time
Now you haven't mentioned drink but I'll just throw this in there anyway

LegacyUser

High strength vitamins, particularly B12. Look it up!

cafecolour

Stay up all night, then go to sleep after work (what, 4 pm?). Then you'll sleep from 5 pm to maybe 2 am, and be up well in time for work. You can push it later (i.e maybe 9 pm to 5 am) after a bit.

Or you can try this:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-your-alarm-goes-off/

Which has worked for me.

mikemac1

Changing your diet and working in some sort of exercise routine might boost your energy too.

You start work at seven am, how about getting up at five am, heading off for a run and then getting back to get ready for work.

Now maybe you'll call that a crazy hour but you are already getting up early so what's another hour.
And even if you fail to get out of bed, well at least you'll be awake an hour earlier. You can even exercise in your bedroom

You just have to do something to mix up your routine, what you have isn't working

And don't underestimate how much your diet can help or drag down your energy

starlit

Hi OP, I often sleep through alarms but eventually they will either wake me up or that I wake up naturally. I don't know. Do you tend to over sleep a lot OP? How many hours of sleep do you need each night to be fully refreshed? If its anything like 10 to 12 hours then you need to go to bed earlier to get the full amount of hours sleep you need.

Exercise can help relax you, yoga is suppose to be very good.

Take a look into your diet as a poster mentioned previously. Diet can contribute to sleeping issues.

Do you try to relax totally before going to bed? How many hours of work a day have you?

Its fairly serious if you can't wake up at all like that and sleep the day away like that. Have you seen a doctor?

Its like your body is totally relaxed when you are sleeping. I don't know depression is generally linked with lack of sleep, little sleep, constant insomnia perhaps but over sleeping can be related if its like more than 12 hours a day. It all depends how much sleep you need if you are sleeping the length of time you need like 9 hours you are grand and varies by sleeping less like 8 hours the odd night, 7 another night, 9 another night or 10 another night but if its like odd amount like 14 hours on a regular basis than just a once off, definitely see a doctor about it.

Best of luck with it OP. Hope you be ok.

Horsebox9000

Thanks for the advice so far folks . I'm busy at he moment but I will answer those questions when I have the time.
Cheers people, you have already been a great help.
With regards to the doctor thing. I wont be able to see one until I have the money, I don't have a medical card and I am literally living on noodles for Xmas and jan.

pragmatic1

Could be an underlying medical issue. I got pleurisy one year without even knowing it. Would sleep for 10 hours wake up and feel like going to sleep for another ten hours.

Could be depression too.

Ask your GP.

Firetrap

Someone who knows more about these things than me might correct me but your last comment about noodles til new year caught my eye. Are you eating well in your everyday life? Might you be run down?

mikemac1

Horsebox9000 wrote: »

I am literally living on noodles for Xmas and jan.

Well this is not good at all

Stroll over to the nutrition and diet forum. Lots of info on healthy eating on a budget

You might be broke at the moment but there are other options too apart from your student diet

lau1247

mikemac1 wrote: »

Well this is not good at all

Stroll over to the nutrition and diet forum. Lots of info on healthy eating on a budget

You might be broke at the moment but there are other options too apart from your student diet

actually there are various stuff you can do.. add some vegetables like pak choi, mushroom, chopped up sausages, eggs.. they are not that expensive

these are just some of the example.. noodle does not have to be boring noodle type

OP, as for your sleep issue, you probably need a lot of alarms going off at the same time at various locations in your room, other than that, you really need to go to see your GP

silverharp

might sound naff, but a light based alarm might help in addition to the other suggestions. I sort of use this with my kids, I turn the landing light on 10 min before they have to wake up, then pull the covers off about 5min later. they think they wake themselves up. so also might worth seeing if your room /duvet etc is either too cold or too warm?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Natural-Sunrise-Alarm-Clock-Simulator/dp/B000YSFS6Y

ebbsy

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Could be an underlying medical issue. I got pleurisy one year without even knowing it. Would sleep for 10 hours wake up and feel like going to sleep for another ten hours.

Could be depression too.

Ask your GP.

I used to be tired all the time as well, found out I had type 2 diabetes. Went to the doctor and Im a lot better now.

You should do the same.

Taltos

OP - this really does appear to be a medical issue.
Please go to your GP and seek a referal to a sleep specialist.
If necessary go to another GP if your current one will not listen to you.

In advance of going make out a sleep diary - note times you go to bed, wake up plus maybe include notes on your diet too.

Best of luck. Thread closed.