EPTWiki/online gaming forum is not the answer to your problems...
Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder - Page 2
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lvatural
United States347 Posts
Wiki/online gaming forum is not the answer to your problems... | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On December 08 2009 22:13 SuperJongMan wrote: Don't listen to the idiots telling you to smoke to sleep. Couple things about weed sleep... I know better than the idiots saying to smoke it. You don't dream very well on weed. I enjoy the dreaming. It's not a very refreshing sleep and the morning after is often groggy, especially close to bed time. (I'm assuming you can't schedule a full 9 hours into your sleep daily, it's usually how it is) Get a bottle of melatonin if things get really bad. Melatonin is supposed to some fuckn miracle in a pill anyways. Something about health benefits here and there, some anti cancer anti aging super duper life bonus 1up! I actually use melatonin time to time and uh.. nice lucid dreams! weeee And it definitely works, although at one point I was up to 15gs (recommended 5g) to have effect. You do build up tolerance but first time users should have no problem getting drowsy. It's not habit forming, you just build tolerance to it. But yeah, I'm +1 for melatonin.. Go to CVS, pick up the blue bottle of Extra Strength Melatonin. Thank me later. Because you know more about marijuana than me right :V But in all seriousness melatonin is a much better way to get to sleep. I was on 10mg of it for the longest time before i realized that it made it quite hard for me to get up in the morning, marijuana has never done that. | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
And yes, I obviously do know more because I'm not recommending it as a sleep aid. | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
OP, do you feel like there's nothing you can do to fix it? | ||
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Kingfisher
Canada144 Posts
I know that for adolescents, the reason why they cant sleep early is because of changed circadian rhythm. I'm not trying to disprove anyone, I'm just simply informing that just because of some matching symptoms does not make you victim of this syndrome. It's something like medical students' disease. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On December 09 2009 07:42 BanZu wrote: Crap, I think I'm having similar symptoms but I feel like I'm still in control if I fix some habits. OP, do you feel like there's nothing you can do to fix it? not OP, but there is nothing I can really do about it. Doctor says its a result of "panic disorder caused by gender dysphoria." Currently taking paxil/clonazepam (which I use as a sedative/immediate panic attack solver since it acts in about an hour, has a half-life of like 12 hours, and is usually ok at helping me sleep). But even taking a clonazepam before bed is no guarantee I'll get sleep, it just helps. Exercising is the same thing (and with the cold weather its really easy to get sick from running in the cold) - it helps but is not even close to a guarantee. Those of you who can sleep whenever you want, glory in it. Believe me, you don't fully appreciate sleep until you go without for long periods of time. | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5501 Posts
Are there any major drug stores in canada that carry it? Shoppers drug mart, etc? | ||
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
On December 08 2009 18:13 EvilTeletubby wrote: I'm almost positive you don't have sort've disorder; you're probably just a fucking young person.  Everyone knows we procrastinate with everything, including going to sleep... one of the biggest causes of insomnia is irregular sleep patterns. If you mess with your body's internal clock at all (ie, stay up late to party on the weekend, or even just stay up late random weeknights playing video games or watching starcraft matches) you're going to suffer these symptoms. I would recommend... For the next week or two, document your sleep patterns. Write down when you start to feel tired, when you actually go to sleep (estimating, obviously ^_^) the time you wake up, and how you feel when you wake up the next day. Try to adhere very strictly to the same 'go to bed' time every night you can, even weekends. After just a few days/weeks, I can almost guarantee you'll see a huge improvement. speak of the devil. i printed out sleep schedule recorder from wikipedia last night. ill do this | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22253 Posts
On December 09 2009 12:03 jimminy_kriket wrote: Wow I've been having the same problems. My mom has been recommending me melatonin but I never really looked into it, I went down to walmart and checked but they didnt have any. Are there any major drug stores in canada that carry it? Shoppers drug mart, etc? Christ, drugs are not the fucking answer T_T Over the counter stuff, recreational stuff, whatever, it's not the answer... Discipline is... getting regular sleep, at the exact same time every single night, will prevent all these problems, virtually guaranteed. What's causing this is lifestyle choices, not some obscure disorder with really vague and commonplace symptoms.  KTT - wish you the best, ignore pretty much anyone recommending drugs as the primary solution.  | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
The best thing to do really is to try and keep a regular schedule. Eating also plays a big part in determining your sleep cycle.. try not to eat anything right before bed. edit: also I found that it helps to keep all the lights on until I go to bed. Using the computer in a dark room is really bad because your body can't tell if it's time to sleep or not. If you keep your room really bright until you go to bed, then your body knows you arent fucking around and it's time to shut down. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
Can't sleep before 3 am -.- Also i can't eat when i wake up. I blame comp and exams for my terrible sleep schedule. It isn't my fault ! | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
I think this problem is quite universal over the college demographic. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
I mean I'm willing to accept that it is not a very damaging recreational drug, but when I see the amount of stupidity like on those posts, I beg to differ. To the O.P. I think this is rather common in youngsters. I'd recommend either buying a light box (Getting the sun on your face helps you wake up, as well as smelling the morning air) Or reading micronesia's sleep guide. Exercise would be really good too, like having a real good reason to wake up would be to do your 1 hour exercise at 6 am or something and you would be tired as you are supposed to be at 9 or 10pm. If you just lack the balls to change (because I honestly think this is just a combination of laziness, indifference, etc.) Then reschedule your school to later hours, possibly night hours. I fixed my problem basing myself on micronesia's guide to be honest. It's just psychological. | ||
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
On December 09 2009 17:17 Boblion wrote: I'm averaging 4 hours of sleep/night for the last three days. Can't sleep before 3 am -.- Also i can't eat when i wake up. I blame comp and exams for my terrible sleep schedule. It isn't my fault ! My sleep schedule is so fucked up. Since I can't study when I'm tired, I take like 2-3 hour naps at like the most random times in the day. Fuck exams. | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
On December 08 2009 17:11 ShaperofDreams wrote: Ghermination is correct again with his earthy street-smart wisdom. One joint will do, make sure it doesn't make you too paranoid to sleep though. Yea you have to wait for the high to wear off of you will see crazy shit when you close your eyes and not be able to sleep very well. When it wears off you drop right off though  This is not a very good idea though because its really hard to wake up the next morning. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On December 10 2009 02:05 Roffles wrote: My sleep schedule is so fucked up. Since I can't study when I'm tired, I take like 2-3 hour naps at like the most random times in the day. Fuck exams. Yea same for m. My problem is that i'm sometimes even more tired after a nap than before. So hard to wake up and start to study after ... | ||
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
On two separate occasions in the last 6 months, I've gone to bed at 10 pm and woken up at 630 am for two week stretches. This really didn't help. I'd exercise myself to exhaustion (1 session in the morning 1 before dinner) every other day and do light exercises in between. I'd eat vegetables (like celery. who the fuck eats celery) and fruits and avoid anything -ogenated (except sundays). I would strive to be as healthy as I could. I set up my sleep environment to be as beneficial as possible. I wouldn't be able to fall asleep, commonly till 4 am. On nights when I would fall asleep on time (after my 4am nights) I would wake up groggy as hell. ive got bigass bags under my eyes now I've never noticed before. 2 more weeks till christmas vacation | ||
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