Insomnia Support Group
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...
It's only been a couple nights but it's definetely challenging right now. I'm falling asleep between midnight and 1 and waking up at 8. So at minimum i'm sleeping 7 hours which is a hell of a lot more than 4-7, so you'd think I'd feel better. I still am waking up very tired...possibly even more than certain days I slept poorly.
My alarm goes off at 8 A.M. but i don't actually get up untill 8:10ish cause I hit snooze like twice. It just doesn't feel like it's time to get up at all. I think your body learns to live without sleep and then when you fix it somewhat, it learns to rely on it again and it craves it more than ever because its in major debt. Just very frustrating cause I doubt I'll be able fall asleep at night if I try making up my sleep. Maybe I'm just having it rough and things will get better but I really think I need to make up a lot of lost sleep time. It's a battle to even get me to do anything because of how tired I feel.
My alarm goes off at 8 A.M. but i don't actually get up untill 8:10ish cause I hit snooze like twice. It just doesn't feel like it's time to get up at all. I think your body learns to live without sleep and then when you fix it somewhat, it learns to rely on it again and it craves it more than ever because its in major debt. Just very frustrating cause I doubt I'll be able fall asleep at night if I try making up my sleep. Maybe I'm just having it rough and things will get better but I really think I need to make up a lot of lost sleep time. It's a battle to even get me to do anything because of how tired I feel.
Maybe it would help to just try and let go the worry about sleep a little, and focus more on all the cool things you'll be doing at school.
Keep us posted.
But school starts tomorrow so I'm excited. Between School, Working out and homework, I'll be much busier and be on a fairly strict routine/schedule which is pretty ideal for sleep. I also might be getting a job(waiting for calls about second interviews).
I'm sure stress will happen from time to time but I think i've learned a little bit better stress management skills. I will keep you guys posted. So far I've had 2 straight days of 7+ hours of sleep.
Oh and if anyone is having trouble falling asleep because of it being hot, I suggest turning on a fan and running it 2 hours beore bed and while waiting for bed time, take a Cold bath. It keeps you cold feeling and I think that has been to key to my recent sleep success.