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Hollow · 08-09-2004, 09:23 PM

erm i've been staying up til like 4 all summer and i need to get back to a normal sleep schedule by next sunday because school is starting, i've been trying to fall asleep at like 11 these past few weeks but i haven't been able to and i don't want to be staying up til dawn on school nights so do you know how i can fall asleep earlier lolzzzzz.

I am Him · 08-09-2004, 09:26 PM

Don't go to bed tonight at all tonight. Then you will be sleepy by 11pm tomorrow.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-09-2004, 09:37 PM

Go to bed tonight when you are tired (which Im guessing will be around 4am lol), but set your alarm for 8 or 9am. Do that for a few days, then sooner or later your body will give in and youll want to go to bed a lot earlier. Also, try relaxing before you go to bed. I know it sounds ultra lame, but one night before I went to sleep, I did these stretches/meditation for about 5 min. and just took deep slow breathes, and it really calmed me down.

Cashodeen · 08-09-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
Go to bed tonight when you are tired (which Im guessing will be around 4am lol), but set your alarm for 8 or 9am. Do that for a few days, then sooner or later your body will give in and youll want to go to bed a lot earlier. Also, try relaxing before you go to bed. I know it sounds ultra lame, but one night before I went to sleep, I did these stretches/meditation for about 5 min. and just took deep slow breathes, and it really calmed me down.

Excellent advice. I guess I don't really need to be in here, lol.

But I know what you're going through... now I'm on a kick of staying up past my usual 4:30, and falling asleep at around 6 AM. (At least I have more time to get my schedule together.

)

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 08-09-2004, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
Go to bed tonight when you are tired (which Im guessing will be around 4am lol), but set your alarm for 8 or 9am..

That's what I've been doing lately.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-09-2004, 09:48 PM

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That's what I've been doing lately.

Me too, cept I usually turn my alarm off -.-. But Im working more days, so on my days off I let myself sleep in. I try not to sleep past 11 or 12 though, because then Ill be up all night.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-09-2004, 09:50 PM

Plus if I wake up early, people will bug me. Seriously, my parents will have me do things or my nephew (who we watch during his vacation til school starts up) will bug me to play with him all day. So I just try and go unnoticed in my room like a hermit.

dawsongirl · 08-09-2004, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
Go to bed tonight when you are tired (which Im guessing will be around 4am lol), but set your alarm for 8 or 9am. Do that for a few days, then sooner or later your body will give in and youll want to go to bed a lot earlier.

I'm trying to do that too. Even though I have nowhere to go.

Cashodeen · 08-09-2004, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by AllIWantIsYourClutch
That's what I've been doing lately.

I've done it myself... the bad news is, with me... once I wake up early, I always say "Well, I'll start this tomorrow instead" and I sleep in more. I have ended up doing that everyday until school starts.

Sarah, don't be like me.

Rhiannon · 08-09-2004, 09:53 PM

all this talk is making me sleepy. damnit i have to get up for school tomorrow

PZelda · 08-09-2004, 10:11 PM

Take melatonin, if you have any around. You can pick up a jar at your local kmart or walmart...

Melatonin is supposed to make you sleepy. I had to take them after I got home from England to help me get back into my normal sleeping schedule and not England's, due to the fact school was still in session and I had to be back by the next day.

Hollow · 08-09-2004, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by I am Him
Don't go to bed tonight at all tonight. Then you will be sleepy by 11pm tomorrow.

i've tried that, i always fall asleep in the daytime.

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Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
Go to bed tonight when you are tired (which Im guessing will be around 4am lol), but set your alarm for 8 or 9am.

I'd be WAAAAY too lazy to do that. seriously, my dad wakes me up at 12 and i'm always so tired i just go back to sleep for like 2 more hours and i can't control myself.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-09-2004, 10:21 PM

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I'd be WAAAAY too lazy to do that. seriously, my dad wakes me up at 12 and i'm always so tired i just go back to sleep for like 2 more hours and i can't control myself.

*slaps around* It doesnt matter woman! MAKE yourself get up. Seriously, put your alarm at the other end of the room so you actually have to move. Then make yourself go to the bathroom or whatever. It really wouldnt matter what time you woke up.. youre still gonna feel groggy. And if you get TOO much sleep, youre gonna be slow and groggy all day.

I am Him · 08-09-2004, 10:35 PM

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i've tried that, i always fall asleep in the daytime.

Drink a Red Bull.

Kay Scarpetta · 08-09-2004, 10:59 PM

Unfortunately, the only thing that's helping me regulate my sleep patterns and insomnia are medications.

I'm on Trazodone, an anti-depressant, and Zyprexa, an anti-psychotic to help me sleep... among all of my other medicines. Perhaps you should look into seeing a psychiatrist if your sleeping problems are getting intense. He/she will probably prescribe you an anti-depressant. They don't really prescribe barbiturates anymore- they're too damn dangerous.

08-09-2004, 09:23 PM	#1
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	Sleeping habits erm i've been staying up til like 4 all summer and i need to get back to a normal sleep schedule by next sunday because school is starting, i've been trying to fall asleep at like 11 these past few weeks but i haven't been able to and i don't want to be staying up til dawn on school nights so do you know how i can fall asleep earlier lolzzzzz.

08-09-2004, 09:37 PM	#3
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08-09-2004, 09:26 PM	#2
I am Him Six Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2003 Posts: 1,529	Don't go to bed tonight at all tonight. Then you will be sleepy by 11pm tomorrow.

08-09-2004, 09:50 PM	#7
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	Plus if I wake up early, people will bug me. Seriously, my parents will have me do things or my nephew (who we watch during his vacation til school starts up) will bug me to play with him all day. So I just try and go unnoticed in my room like a hermit.

08-09-2004, 10:11 PM	#11
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Take melatonin, if you have any around. You can pick up a jar at your local kmart or walmart... Melatonin is supposed to make you sleepy. I had to take them after I got home from England to help me get back into my normal sleeping schedule and not England's, due to the fact school was still in session and I had to be back by the next day.