Sleep issues...any advice?

[KaidaPyralis]

I think I'm mildly insomniac. I find it very difficult to get up in the mornings, I'll sleep through several alarms, but I find it really hard to wind down in the evenings and rarely go to sleep at a sensible time even though I'm always tired. I just seem to wake up in the evenings. I can't move my schedule to suit unfortunately, and I'm scared I'm going to sleep through something important.

I am under a fair bit of pressure at the moment, but it's not even that I want to sleep and can't sometimes...sometimes I just don't feel tired and 2am, despite having been up at 7.30 that morning.

Anyone else get this? Any suggestions for regulating my sleep cycle?

Kaida

[jaelle]

You could be insomniac or it could just be your circadian rhythm is different - in essence, you're a night owl. For example, the best time for me to be up and around is the 3 pm to 2 am shift, so I work within those hours and live my life that way.

If you don't think that's it then you'll have to play hardball with yourself (like I did when working 7 am- 3 pm. I'm talking no computer/tv/reading library/desk in your room. Just you and a bed. No lights. Keep it simple. Bedtime at 9:30. Wake up at 6:00. (Or whatever). No eating at least 2 hours before bed. Scent your sheets with something that makes you sleepy. Go to bed warm (I find I sleep the best nights in winter with my toasty rock in bed with me). But that's me. I like my sleep to resemble my time in the womb, apparently.

Betcha Freud would have something to say about that.