Insomnia: I can't sleep
By gelooo5
@gelooo5 (113)
Philippines
March 2, 2013 5:10pm CST
I can't sleep. Rather I chose not to yet because I wanted to reset my body clock. Lately I have been sleeping late maybe around 2 or 3 am and waking up late around 10 am to 1 pm. Sleeping and waking up at times like those made me feel that I was practically wasting precious time and I felt like I was a bum. So in order to change this routine I decided to change my body clock and not sleep until around 8 or 9 pm. I's really hard work, to tell you the truth. I get sleepy around morning or afternoon but I'm trying to stay awake to be able to change my body clock and sleep early and wake early. I don't want to feel like I waste time anymore and I might be doing more stuff if I wake up earlier than what I got used to.
5 responses
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
3 Mar 13
May I ask why your sleeping pattern is totally disrupted? Did you travel across time zones or have been working the graveyard shift that your body clock is used to a different set up? It is indeed hard to adjust and personally, I would even get sick whenever I disrupt my normal sleeping time.
You mentioned you also have insomnia, have you tried the conventional sleep inducers, like warm milk, hot showers, or melatonin tablets?
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
3 Mar 13
I get that way many nights here. So i drink a warm glass of milk, seems to relax me and I sleep. I also sometimes read 5 or 6 pages in a book, Seems to put me to sleep. Try it...
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
3 Mar 13
Are you working the night shift? That can mess up your cicada rhythm, maybe you should try taking a supplement to help you sleep, something like Melatonin, its all natural, not habit forming, only use it when you need it. I take it when I want to sleep but not feel groggy after. You could also do some calming exercises to help you sleep, yoga, ect.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
5 Apr 13
this kind of disorder that i hate to have and i am thankful because i still never it have,sometimes there are nights that i can not sleep or hard for me to sleep and the thing that i will do is to make a glass of milk because this will help me to sleep.
