Sleep problems and not hearing alarm

dodderangler

Havin some problems lately so hope to get help
I work shift work 3-11pm and sometimes 7- 3:30am and I do have my daughter at 10 in mornings till I bring her to crèche
Problem is I not sleepin straight away when I get home even tho I'm shattered and the bigger problem is that I'm not hearing my alarm even tho it's loud (iPhone alarm) and its causin some problems when I've to get my daughter I do be late and even when my phone rings I'm just not hearing it
I've tried even havin a loud annoying alarm clock aswell and nothin
Do you think it's a medical condition that I'm in such deep sleep
Any advice welcome thanks

Overheal

If you're sleeping straight through a traditional alarm clock buzzer, if it were me, I'd go see a doctor.

If you're hearing it, but hitting snooze a lot, that's controllable. I regularly have to switch my morning routine up every few weeks or my body and brain adjust to it, so some weeks I use the phone, some weeks I use the buzzer and other weeks I use the FM Radio alarm setting that tunes me into the news.

looksee

You may need some medical advice, but if you want to try and sort it yourself, try this old trick. Before you go to sleep say to yourself 'I want to wake at 7am'. You have to think it fairly clearly, not just say it automatically.

Some people suggest that you bump your head 7 (or whatever) times on your pillow, but really its just a matter of clearly thinking what you want to do. Try looking at your alarm clock and fixing in your mind the time the alarm is set for. I can wake up within a minute or so of the time if I do one of these things

I know it sounds mad, but it is harmless and you have nothing to lose!

Ickle Magoo

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Queen-Mise

I'd be inclined to consult the doctor also.

You could try what the other posters said - switching the alarm stuff around. But I would consult a doctor though if that doesn't work.

dodderangler

Thanks for all advice folks
I am goin to consult a doctor bout this

kjl

if it's the snoozing problem, I installed a program called math alarm, won't let you turn it off till you solve a maths problem. works every time for me.

username123

I dont need to get up as early as my husband so somehow my brain has trained itself to totally ignore his alarm. Occasionally he will forget to knock it off at the weekend and he will say to me 'sorry about the alarm at 7am this morning' and Ill look at him blankly. He has an iphone to incidentally, so maybe the iphone alarms are not as loud as they could be?

My own alarm is a really annoying screech that I cant ignore, although I do snooze like a mad woman sometimes.

If I were you OP, Id try different alarms, and Id investigate better ways to relax to induce you to sleep when you go to bed and not be lying awake. Its important to take a holistic view to the sleep pattern (in my experience) and be sure you are not neglecting yourself as regards diet and exercise.

Overheal

kjl wrote: »

if it's the snoozing problem, I installed a program called math alarm, won't let you turn it off till you solve a maths problem. works every time for me.

Set it for integral calculus and see how you get on

kjl

Overheal wrote: »

Set it for integral calculus and see how you get on

double digit multiplication is hard enough.