tito_defekt

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Over-sleeping

Can anybody tell me how can I control my sleeping time?

Yesterday I went to bed at 11 pm. This morning I woke up in 3 pm...

This is happening almost every day, except when I must go to school. But then, when I return home from school (2 pm), I'm having a lunch (2-2:30) and then I go to sleep and I sleep till 10 pm. Once again, I'm sleeping too much.

My father is just the same...

Can someone tell me what the f**k is happening with me? Is this some kind of a disease or it's just in the genes lol?

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no your body gets use to your sleeping habits and won;t wake you up until its use to being up, works both ways I sleep only 5 hours a night and I feel well rested, but my cousin has your sleeping habits and sleeps a lot.

you just got to get an alarm and make its aburptly annying and loud. and when u go to sleep count like 6-8 hour later and set the alarm for that time.

just make sure u get up and the 1st like 2 - 3 week your gunna feel really tired but then u get use to it and your body will start waking up after 6-8 hour of sleep. and you'll feel well rested.

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One bad thing about sleep cycles. I think we are forced into this 6-8 hour, roughly 11pm to 6am habit. Every persons body is different and for some the natural sleep time is different. I find about 4pm to 10 or 11pm to be the best time for myself and even have worked that around work in the past.

You can force yourself into the so called "normal" sleep cycle, but even after 20 years my body still hates it and whenever I am off work I revert to my natural time to sleep.

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you just got to get an alarm and make its aburptly annying and loud. and when u go to sleep count like 6-8 hour later and set the alarm for that time.

I've tried the clock thing, but I keep turning off the alarm. Even the school ain't keeping me awake. Every time my alarm rings for school time, I'm turning it off and go back to bed.

You can force yourself into the so called "normal" sleep cycle, but even after 20 years my body still hates it and whenever I am off work I revert to my natural time to sleep.

So that means I CAN sleep less, but I'm not gonna like it at all because I'm used to sleep a lot.

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Well since you mentioned schoold I take it your on the young side, so you will still have some time to go through some growth adjustments. Could just be a phase your goin through.

Alarms suck for me to and no normal one will wake me. One thing I did is hook an auditorium loudspeaker to a clock radio. Put it far enough away that you have to get out of bed to get to it and point it at your head. If it doesn't get you roused whoever else is in the house will when they come rushing in

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Well since you mentioned schoold I take it your on the young side, so you will still have some time to go through some growth adjustments. Could just be a phase your goin through.

Alarms suck for me to and no normal one will wake me. One thing I did is hook an auditorium loudspeaker to a clock radio. Put it far enough away that you have to get out of bed to get to it and point it at your head. If it doesn't get you roused whoever else is in the house will when they come rushing in

I'll try this!!

THX!!

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For what it's worth, I haven't needed my alarm since I quit caffeine. Your mileage may vary, though.

As far as an alarm goes-place it as far away from your bed as possible, preferably on something tall, so that you have to get out of bed, not to mention be standing, to turn it off. And make sure it's as loud as humanly possible.

EDIT: Aka basically what DA said.

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First off,

If you think you have a sleep disorder talk to a doctor.

Second,

Are you drinking any energy drinks?

If so you may want to look at how much your drinking. Those things are nothing but liquid stimulation in a can.

Drinks like "Monster Energy Drink" have a "ammount per serving" on each side of the can. What you need to look at is "servings per can". Monster has 2 so your getting double of what is printed.

You may feel physicly tired but may not be able to reach "deep sleep". You could be tossing and turning all night and not know it.

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Are you drinking any energy drinks?

Rarely. Most of the time I drink alcohol.

But doesn't that should put me into a deep sleep?

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do u fall asleep while standing up? I knew some people with narcalepsy who had problems where they would just fall asleep no matter what they were doing unless they had regular naps

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do u fall asleep while standing up? I knew some people with narcalepsy who had problems where they would just fall asleep no matter what they were doing unless they had regular naps

Well, yes. I often do that in the bus on my way to school if there is no seat available.

I remember, last year the bus was about 2 miles close to my house and I've done that. Next thing, I'm waking up about 4 miles away and I've been driving in the bus about 1 and a half an hour for f**k sake...

Holy sh*t, I'm sick!!

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Quoting tito_defekt,

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do u fall asleep while standing up? I knew some people with narcalepsy who had problems where they would just fall asleep no matter what they were doing unless they had regular naps
Well, yes. I often do that in the bus on my way to school if there is no seat available.

I remember, last year the bus was about 2 miles close to my house and I've done that. Next thing, I'm waking up about 4 miles away and I've been driving in the bus about 1 and a half an hour for f**k sake...

Holy sh*t, I'm sick!!

There's nothing strange about falling asleep standing. Well.. odd, maybe. But not strange. If you had narcolepsy, you'd fall asleep randomly (or near-randombly). It's quite hilarious to watch.

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hmm, i'd consult your doc, they should be able to diagnose ya (or send you to a sleep specialist or whatever they are called)

and i know this sleep schedule from experience

for me its midnight to 6 AM on weekdays, midnight to 9 am on weekends, and 1 AM to noon during the summer

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There's nothing strange about falling asleep standing. Well.. odd, maybe. But not strange. If you had narcolepsy, you'd fall asleep randomly (or near-randombly). It's quite hilarious to watch.

So that means I'm half-sick yeyeyeyeye v

Or not

hmm, i'd consult your doc, they should be able to diagnose ya (or send you to a sleep specialist or whatever they are called)

and i know this sleep schedule from experience

for me its midnight to 6 AM on weekdays, midnight to 9 am on weekends, and 1 AM to noon during the summer

How the f**k everybody are sleeping 6-8 hours a day and I am sleeping 6-8 x2 ?????

AAARRRGGGG DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD I"M GONNA KILL YA FOR MAKING ME A SUCCESSFUL but bugged SPERMATOZOID!!!!!!!!

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I once read in the news about a woman who had falled asleep in her bed and woke up later standing in the parking lot of a supermarket while loading groceries into her car.

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Quoting Tamren,

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I once read in the news about a woman who had falled asleep in her bed and woke up later standing in the parking lot of a supermarket while loading groceries into her car.

Doesn't really sound like a sleeping disorder, though. Just some kind of black-out.

A week I spent without sleeping, in the final phases I started to have hearing hallucinations, but more unnerving, I started to have blackouts like that. I could be walking around in a room or sitting on the couch just to "wake up" minutes or hours later in a completely different part of the house.

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Never mind. I was going to say something, but it's not relevant.

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I once read in the news about a woman who had falled asleep in her bed and woke up later standing in the parking lot of a supermarket while loading groceries into her car.

I guess that was my momma...

A week I spent without sleeping

Man you are crazy!! A week?

Damn you're good. I can't even hold my eyes opened for 12 hours.

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A week I spent without sleeping

Call me when you hit 14 days.

On second thought, have Guinness call me. They've got someone else holding that record. Something like 11 days. Pansy.

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Quoting tito_defekt,

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Man you are crazy!! A week?

Damn you're good. I can't even hold my eyes opened for 12 hours.

It was a bit of a self-imposed project. I can't even fully recall how long it lasted. It was a couple of years back. I did pull just over 7 days, though, but I don't remember how many. Certainly not anywhere near 14, though.

I usually sleep a lot more than what could be considered healthy, and have extremely fluctuating day/night cycles.

Quoting Sole Soul,

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Call me when you hit 14 days.

On second thought, have Guinness call me. They've got someone else holding that record. Something like 11 days. Pansy.

I'm going to call you on that. The human brain doesn't actually require much sleep - the man that pulled 11 days only had about 14 afterwards and then claimed that he felt just fine (although likely suffering minor brain damages). But to pull 14 days off, in a wakened state, is a near-ridiculous notion. With even just the aformentioned 11, Randy Gardner suffered from a vast range of various afflictions, including problems with cognitive abilities, loss of concentration, short term memory, paranoia and hallucinations. At one point during the experiment/record attempt, he even initiated a conversation with a street sign - and at another, had the delusion that he was Paul Lowe, winning the Rose Bowl.

For those interested in sleep deprivation; http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/54471

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I'm going to call you on that.

As odd as this may sound, I don't have the time to disprove you at present, but when I do, you're more than welcome to verify for yourself, with whatever resources you deem necessary. Perhaps Guinness would be so kind as to drop by.

And, yes, there are certainly side effects.

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Give me a call when you do enter the history books.

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tito...

Lay off the booze.

Get some self-control.

As it is, you are rather pathetic.

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Quoting Luckmann,

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Quoting Tamren, reply 14I once read in the news about a woman who had falled asleep in her bed and woke up later standing in the parking lot of a supermarket while loading groceries into her car.Doesn't really sound like a sleeping disorder, though. Just some kind of black-out.

A week I spent without sleeping, in the final phases I started to have hearing hallucinations, but more unnerving, I started to have blackouts like that. I could be walking around in a room or sitting on the couch just to "wake up" minutes or hours later in a completely different part of the house.

Experimenting with hallucinigins?

Because i did basically the same thing for a week lol

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hmmmmm

goto bed at 18:00 u shuld wake up around 10:00

dont drink any coffee b4 bed, nor coke or any other energy drinks

i lvoe ure Alarm problem... i also do that, i just turn it of and go back to bed not even noticing i turned it of "WEHEW"

i did solve it tough, i put my alarm somewhere across the room, that way i have to get out of bed to turn it off "mostly just getting out wakes me up enough NOT to get back in bed afterwards.... MOSTLY"

as an extra precaution, to not get back in bed, just get an alarm wich can wil buzz at multiple times like every min after 9:00 for 15 min, that'll get u awake

if it doesnt then get an alarm with the buttons ripped off, so u cant turn it off "screw it to something so it wont "accidently" fall off

Huzzay fur dumn idea's

E=MC.... Doh let me get my notepad..

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Quoting tito_defekt,

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Are you drinking any energy drinks?
Rarely. Most of the time I drink alcohol.

But doesn't that should put me into a deep sleep?

Alcohol makes it easier to fall asleep, true, but it severely reduces the "quality" of your sleep and thus you get a lot less rested from it than you would if you had no alcohol in you. If you want to be more rested from sleep, cutting out the alcohol should be your first step.

If you drink almost every night, you're going to end up in a constant state of fatigue or drowsiness.

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