Futurama Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Well, after new years, my body clock is currently absolutely rubbish. It's 11:30am now and I was meant to leave for college 10 minutes ago but there's no way I can make it in on time now. The worst part is i've missed 2 presentations today, and it's because I couldn't get to sleep until about 4:30-5am last night. I don't know why I can't sleep at night, I keep trying to fix my body clock but it doesn't seem to be having any effect because I keep getting up late and thus, missing college because of it. Does anyone have any advice for trying to sort myself out a bit? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 That's exactly what happened to me this year. :x I used to get home from college at 4 and be asleep by 4.01, waking up at about 9pm, thus having to be awake from then on until I got back home at 4. Rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 When it happens to me I usually force myself to get up early - say 8/9am and force myself to stay up to a certain time. Don't go to bed till like 10/11pm. Don't take any naps during the day because that mucks me up even more. Only takes me a day or two of this to get my body into that routine. Also make sure you are doing plenty during the day to tire yourself out at night, like a bit of exercise. Might not work for you but it does for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunokiller Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Don't drink coffee, or anything with cafeine in it. My blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Simple. You just need to get one night where you -dare I say it...- go to bed before midnight, and just lay there, allowing no thoughts to pass through your head. You may not get to sleep until two at the latest, but that should fix your body clock pretty well. Worked for me anyways on the break-school transition [i went to bed at 5am the saturday night before school and woke up sunday 3pm... that was rough to fix :lol: ]. Oh, and do it on a day when you're up around 9 or earlier, that should make it easier :P . [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Simple. You just need to get one night where you -dare I say it...- go to bed before midnight, and just lay there, allowing no thoughts to pass through your head. You may not get to sleep until two at the latest, but that should fix your body clock pretty well. Worked for me anyways on the break-school transition [i went to bed at 5am the saturday night before school and woke up sunday 3pm... that was rough to fix :lol: ]. Oh, and do it on a day when you're up around 9 or earlier, that should make it easier :P .That depends on the person. It's almost impossible for me to get more than 5hrs sleep (without feeling like i haven't gotten enough sleep) unless i've been on a 48hr physical and mental punishment run. Otherwise after 4-5hrs i'll wake up. I have fallen asleep at 6pm after i've gotten back from work and woken up around 10pm... fallen asleep at 9:30pm and woken up just before 2am.. In the long haul rob, i dunno mate. looks to me like it might be easier to start your day at 1 or 2am, and sleep in the "evening" time-frame :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 In the long haul rob, i dunno mate. looks to me like it might be easier to start your day at 1 or 2am, and sleep in the "evening" time-frame :P I've done that a lot in the past. :) Yes it might sound 'bizarre' to wake up and start your day with a breakfast at 2AM, but to some people it's a real solution. Go to sleep at 6PM, wake up at night, and live through the day without any kind of tiredness whatsoever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punc Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 It helps if you don't use your bedroom for anything else but sleeping. Make sure it isn't too hot or too cold in there as well. Try to have it as dark as possible, and with as little sound as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctp080188 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Stay up for a full 24 hours no sleep, then when it gets to about 8pm go sleep, wake up about 6am, it's easier after that to go to bed a bit later. My body clock messes up on a regular basis that's the only way that ever sorts me out. SHH HUT YUH MUH. DERKHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Stay up for a full 24 hours no sleep, then when it gets to about 8pm go sleep, wake up about 6am, it's easier after that to go to bed a bit later. My body clock messes up on a regular basis that's the only way that ever sorts me out. Bleh, I've tried that, just messed up my clock even more and felt like crap... oh, and puked beacuse of it too. That wasn't fun >_>. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Apparently forcing yourself up earlier (10 mins or so) than normal helps you sleep at night. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyco_Reborn Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Try taking some sleep enducing medication or something, there's bound to be something around. My Last.FmLeekSpinner!!!Random Furry Dance!!!Proud to hate life, since not too long ago!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
look_its_rob Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 umm. Get an alarm? if you already have one get another one. just suck it up and get up in the morning and eventually your "body clock" will be back to normal. Look its rob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambassadar Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I have gotten my days messed up many times. The best way for me to fix it is just to pick one day that is gonna hurt and wake up at a normal time even if you only got 2-4 hours sleep. Then make sure you stay up until at least 9 pm with no naps. It's not fun but you will go to sleep for sure. Another big thing that helps is to make sure you are getting regular exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilev Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 with the getting up part, make sure you set alarm for roughly 90mins, 3 hours, 4.5 hours, etc from when you go to bed, will make getting up alot easier becasue after every 90mins you are the easiest to wake out of sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDT Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 It's the holidays, and I'm staying up 'till 3am, then waking at midday. I shall be watching this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powman3 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Before school started again I went to bed at like 1:00 A.M. Now I have to go to bed at 10:30. My sister then wakes me up at 6:00 in the morning, then I get ready for school. Sometimes I don't even need to have her wake me up, but it pisses me off when it's dark in my room and I try to go back to sleep, and then my sister comes in and tells it's 6:00. Damnit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Before school started again I went to bed at like 1:00 A.M. Now I have to go to bed at 10:30. My sister then wakes me up at 6:00 in the morning, then I get ready for school. Sometimes I don't even need to have her wake me up, but it pisses me off when it's dark in my room and I try to go back to sleep, and then my sister comes in and tells it's 6:00. Damnit. I seriously can't go to bed until at least 12:00, unless I've had a big day / am extremly bored / extremly tired. As far as my biological clock goes it should be fixed today, had to wake up at 4:30 and am leaving at 5:00 - 5:30 to go to the airport to head back to school. I'm fairly wide awake now. (went to bed at 12:00 last night) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus_77 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Getting to bed earlier would be the ideal, but if you can't do that (like me) then you just need to force yourself awake even if you need multiple alarm clocks (I use two because one just simply isn't enough to wake me up). 76th to reach 99 Construction on 6th of February 2007379th to reach 99 Runecrafting on 4th of November 2007 Finally the secrets of goal achieving are revealed! (give my guide a read :^_^: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Stay up for a full 24 hours no sleep, then when it gets to about 8pm go sleep, wake up about 6am, it's easier after that to go to bed a bit later. My body clock messes up on a regular basis that's the only way that ever sorts me out. I thought that when I looked at your name I would see Soulest. But that isn't such a bad idea, I think, just don't mess up OT with 5 threads about it. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctp080188 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Stay up for a full 24 hours no sleep, then when it gets to about 8pm go sleep, wake up about 6am, it's easier after that to go to bed a bit later. My body clock messes up on a regular basis that's the only way that ever sorts me out. I thought that when I looked at your name I would see Soulest. But that isn't such a bad idea, I think, just don't mess up OT with 5 threads about it. :lol: Am I missing something? SHH HUT YUH MUH. DERKHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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