Sleep DIAMONDfire: If its like sleeping in an aeroplane it might be your bodies chemical constitution, at higher altitudes boiling points are greatly reduced (25 degrees celsius), imagine cooking.  Trail_7: How do I set my sleep schedule to sleeping nights and waking up no later than 10 AM? I tried not sleeping one day to go to sleep earlier but I got too tired and gave up and went to sleep. Trail_7: I am supposed to sleep 7-9 hours per doctor's orders and my body woke up after 6 hours but then I went right back to sleep for almost 4 more so that's almost 10 hours. Now I feel unrested and feverish after getting up and eating - I felt a slight fever - hot forehead when I initially woke up, then it got less and now it's the hottest when I touch it with my hand. I might go back to sleep and sleep my 12 hour shifts again lol, gosh it's so hard to do self care - maybe if I had people helping me. Or maybe I need a whole internal reset. Or a bit of both. Someone else used to tell me to sleep as much as my body needs. And the doctor did also say depression patient do sleep more than the 9 ideal hours usually. But I'm not sure if I'm supposed to try to sleep the ideal hours and then just be tired? And ideal wake up is 9 am. So maybe I'm so tired also because it is 3 am now. DIAMONDfire: I'm not a doc but I know sleep dep. is or can be quite a punishment in certain corners of society, I think you have to be actually, I don't know the advice, its problematic (Edited by DIAMONDfire) Trail_7: Can you clarify-what did you mean by "I think you have to be actually?" I am not sure if I am sleep deprived though but I think I felt better when I did sleep at nights and at regular times; I do not know how to describe the feeling exactly but it's perhaps a soft and natural life feeling. For years of my life since childhood until about age 20 years- I had a good sleep pattern. (Edited by Trail_7) DIAMONDfire: There's no intended meaning in 'I think you have to be actually' I was thinking in my words a little relaxed like Trail_7: Did you say you were typing while feeling relaxed? I kind of think there is no cure too but that it is also a big deal, but sometimes maybe one could skip a day of sleep - power through, to go sleep earlier the next day, however for some reason I could not manage that one lately.  BigAlNH: I'm a "night owl" ... AND I tend to stay here on Wire too long. So I'm trying to adjust my sleep schedule by setting alarms for when I should go to sleep, and ofc when I should wake up. Right now I'm supposed to be in bed. We'll see what happens. Trail_7: I had also worked a night shift job so that might be it too - as in my body finds it harder to sleep at nights now; some weeks I somehow got back into sleeping nights but it was only about a week at a time max. I think when I was not at my night shift job wire would keep me awake - some people say the internet drains a person's energy and they like to limit it but as much as I noticed that I also think it has this factor which causes my body to be on alert so to speak and hence awake longer. Another sleep factor personally is if I do not feel a certain level of tiredness and sleepiness in my body then it is hard to fall asleep -I could be lying in bed for hours, but on the other hand I heard even lying in the bed counts towards one's resting time-so perhaps that could be a good step to acclimatize my body to sleeping earlier. (Edited by Trail_7) BigAlNH: Yes and if you can't get to sleep right away or if you wake up early, just stay in bed. I've also started meditating (or trying to - it isn't easy for me) and just taking long slow deep breaths. Inhale fast, exhale as slowly as I can. That seems to work pretty well for me. BigAlNH: Yes. Idk how restful just lying in bed is, but I think it helps develop the routine we want to have. Trail_7: I tried a breathing method of shorter in and longer out that a kind person on here recommended, for about a minute which seemed to make me feel better or at least calmer; I didn't try it in terms of sleep though. Trail_7: Also, I can not go to sleep now since I just woke up pretty much and too much sleeping is dangerous I think too. DIAMONDfire: No at times I write what I think .. maybe there might be information on nocturnal behaviour that could shed light on, I think your brain creates light and dark chemicals like the moon, melatonin. and it works as a natural clock Trail_7: Yes but I think maybe being online - laptop or cell phone diminishes those dark=sleepytime chemicals? Trail_7: Maybe there could be reading materials on nocturnal behaviours in the library, you are right. DIAMONDfire: Gardening or the like could help, lift you legs maybe... on pillows in bed (Edited by DIAMONDfire) | Health Chat Room Similar Conversations |