My State Change Switch is Stuck!

[swestrup]

First I can't manage to fall asleep, no matter how tired I am, and then I can't manage to drag myself out of bed, no matter how much sleep I've had. It is WAY too late in the day to be having my moring coffee and thinking about breakfast.

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[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

it's never too late for coffee...


:) N

[angorian.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you've got your body clock so confused that it doesn't work anymore. I suggest the most boring fix ever (but practically guaranteed to work): always exercise at the same time and eat meals at the same time every day and go to bed and get up at the same time every day.

Also, though many people do not like to admit it, humans are strongly diurnal creatures. Set your schedule by the sun and your body will adjust faster.

Putting it mildly, I am not much of a morning person or rather, I'm not much of a waking-up person. I feel very much like going back to bed for the first hour or two that I'm up and if I did it would be very easy to fall asleep again. However, after that waking up period is over, I feel fine. If I struggle through this part (rather than just going to sleep for another couple hours til I really can't sleep anymore), I tend to feel really perky and happy. It also helps massively if I'm trying to be awake during daylight hours. I always forget all this when the alarm goes off unfortunately. But days like today, when I have to get up to be somewhere, I discover how nice it feels to be on a regular schedule. I will endeavour to remember this tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM.

[swestrup]

I can get myself to bed at the same time every night, but nothing I do can get me to sleep. I've tried.

[angorian.livejournal.com]

ah, the trick is that it only works if you implement the entire rigid schedule (eating, exercising, going to bed, AND getting up). For a few days you may have to get up insanely tired, but this should work out to mean that you can go to sleep when you go to bed. At least ideally.

[swestrup]

I've been on that and similar schedules. They just don't work for me. I've been dealing with this problem since I was in high-school, and by now I've tried just about everything.

I CAN get my body clock synchronized for a while, but all it takes is for me to get any semblance of a life -- like going out to dinner -- or have anything new happen that causes stress -- like having my dining-room ceiling collapse -- and my sleep is instantly screwed up again.