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Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...

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Is my body in serious sleep debt?

SlayerEnraged
SlayerEnraged
Finally I've slept well the last few days. I've honestly not been using an alarm because I'm simply trying to gain some energy back so I have the energy to fight insomnia and do my school work. Well what has happened is that I'm going to bed around Midnight and I do wake up momentarily probably around 7 or 8 but I fall asleep within seconds and for instance today its 10:20 and I finally woke up. Long ago when I actually was a good sleeper I didn't need over 10 hours of sleep. So its making me think I've lost TONS of sleep or that I'm a night owl. I might try going to bed at midnight and getting up at 7 but I really fear my body is going to be stubborn and not want to go to bed before midnight.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well i happy your got sleep. Thats so important is to get the rest you need and there is alot of people that are night owls and sometimes you just need to work with it and it can be hard hang in so glad you got rest thats great. HUGS TINI
deleted_user
deleted_user
It sounds like sleep debt, unless you have another condition like depression or you take a medicine that could cause that. If you sleep "naturally" over 9 hours its usually "sleep debt". If you can allow yourself to just sleep as much as your body lets you, within 3-7 days you will "pay your debts" and you will start waking up after 7-9 hours sleep (that will also tell you how many hours your body requires).
Once on a vacation I slept a total of 18hours in 9 days, (not evenly 2hrs per night), then I got home, settled in, and slept 20 straight hours!
Do you also have delayed sleep phase disorder? My brain usually thinks 4am is about bedtime!