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Resetting My Sleep Schedule - Page 2
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On June 27 2010 00:26 textbook wrote: This may be very useful for some of you guys, currently using the 1 nap method http://dustincurtis.com/sleep.html If you want to take a nap that's fine, and there is logic in what the author is saying that the brain will front-load REM sleep if you are sleep deprived, but this is not and/or should not be any kind of a solution to sleep problems for most people. Most people can sleep normally (one sleep session at night) and not need naps or anything else special... but it requires some knowledge and effort. OP: by fixing a lot of my sleeping/insomnia problems, I've found it much easier to reset my sleep schedule than it used to be. I can brute force it forward a couple of hours a day without that much difficulty (relatively speaking). However I used to have a lot of difficulty with this and I tried what you are planning or are doing. One thing I noticed was you can easily overshoot. If I am on a schedule where I go to bed at 5am and wake up at 2-3pm, then trying to stay up until 7pm and sleep until 9am seems logical. But, after struggling to make it past 1pmish, I suddenly get a second wind and don't feel like sleep at 7pm. All the sudden it's 10:30pm and I haven't gone to sleep yet and I find myself sleeping until 2-3pm the next day. You have to get yourself tired and in bed early enough that make it easy for you to get up at a normal waking time, plus it will be slightly harder to get to sleep the following night. | ||
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On June 27 2010 02:36 MiniRoman wrote: For the last six weeks i've had pretty bad insomnia where I've been up for 2-4 days straight a week without sleep and then i would sleep the rest. Got on seroquel seems to be helping but I'm prolly fucked without medication. Have you read all the crap I wrote on this last year? It sounds like your problem is pretty extreme but you probably already know medication is not the best long-term solution. | ||
Corr
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On June 27 2010 01:41 FreshVegetables wrote: My sleeping schedule is so fucked up right now too. I go to sleep at like 8-9 AM and wake up at 6 PM, hell I dont even know how I can sleep for that long. I'm gonna go ahead and pull an all nighter too. Another Finland stereotype confirmed :D I suck at falling asleep. I'm gonna try some of this stuff | ||
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On June 27 2010 02:40 Corr wrote: Another Finland stereotype confirmed :D Explain please! | ||
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What I find is slightly more pleasant is forcing yourself to wake up (even if little sleep). Eg get up at 6-8am regardless of when you fell asleep, even if it's like 4am. Its slightly better for me, although it takes some adjusting, just an arbitrary example. | ||
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/clearsleepsch YES | ||
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