What are you sleeping habits?

Duddy

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OK, at the time of this posting it was 6:19AM Central. I have been up all night. I feel fine, had a Full Throttle a few minutes and expect to get all hyper on it. I have a 4 hour shift that starts at 9AM.

My sleeping habits totally suck, but I don't like going to sleep until 1 or 2AM.

What are your sleeping habits and how do you manage your nights?

Tell us your tricks. :)
 

Duddy

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Seriously, lately I feel like my life is centered around sleep and how tired I am.

If I get alot of sleep (8 hours or more, I'm tired in the afternoon.

If I don't get enough sleep (less than 8 hours) I'm hyper until 6PM.


It's soo freakin' wierd!!!
 

dighn

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Originally posted by: Duddy
Your body can handle that?

well as long as I get enough sleep then it's fine, otherwise i have problems. I often don't get enough sleep though... there's just so much to do!
 

Duddy

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Yeah. At 3AM I decided that if I went to sleep, I wouldn't wake up to my alarm, and I would be late to work again and get fired. So I decided to stay up until I go to work.

I'll go to the local pancake house at 8 to get some wake-me-up food. I can already taste the waffles and bacon. :D
 

Proletariat

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I passed out drunk at an unkown hour and now I'm up listening to Evenflow by Pearl Jam.

Does that count as a plan?
 

NanoStuff

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You should give modafinil a try. It can stabilize your sleep patterns and also keep you well awake if you don't get enough.
 

Duddy

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Originally posted by: NanoStuff
You should give modafinil a try. It can stabilize your sleep patterns and also keep you well awake if you don't get enough.


Stabalize as in, make me sleepy at a certain time and wake me up at a certain time? Could I take along side Strattera?
 

skim milk

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I go to sleep in between 1 - 2 A.M

wake up between 9 - 10 A.M.
college student :thumbsup:
 
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i need sleep so i will go to bed on normal nights around 10:30-11pm. i don't sleep very well so i do get up at night but that is only a few times a week.
I wake up at about 7am during the week. I like sleeping i am not going to deprive myself of it.:)
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: Duddy
Originally posted by: NanoStuff
You should give modafinil a try. It can stabilize your sleep patterns and also keep you well awake if you don't get enough.


Stabalize as in, make me sleepy at a certain time and wake me up at a certain time? Could I take along side Strattera?

Modafinil just turns off your body telling you to sleep... so you don't feel sleepy, and you don't feel hyper. And you can go to sleep whenver you want, even if you just took it a few hrs ago (since it doesn't make you hyper).
 

baoytl

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I sleep when I'm sleepy. It can be between 11pm or 5am. It doesn't matter when, even if I have to be up by 6am. I can get through the day with an hour of sleep. (Not a big caffeine intaker either.)
 

daniel49

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graveyarder....I go to bed right after work about 7:30 AM and sleep till usually 1 or 2PM

But I may wake up hourly in the process.
Or not be able to get to sleep.
Or get up at 12PM turn the tv on and fall asleep for 2 more hours.
Hard to maintain a pattern.
Sometimes you spend the entire day and early evening trying to get 5-6 hours in before next shift starts.


Going to swing shift soon though.
 

Sphexi

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Well, I work from about 9:30pm until 6:30-7am. So I generally come home by 8, go to sleep, get up around 3 or 4pm, then bum around until I go to work again. Some days I sleep later, some I don't sleep at all. Yesterday I slept from around 10am until 10pm, still awake and I'll probably take a nap around 5pm or so.

Basically I catch some rest when I can.
 

NanoStuff

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Originally posted by: Duddy
Originally posted by: NanoStuff
You should give modafinil a try. It can stabilize your sleep patterns and also keep you well awake if you don't get enough.


Stabalize as in, make me sleepy at a certain time and wake me up at a certain time? Could I take along side Strattera?
You should phone a doctor about that one, although you might not need to take both. Modafinil also promotes a sense of awareness and brightening of mood, and you might find it to be a better substitute to Strattera. Many people seem to have done so, particularly because Modafinil gives you the benefits without the potentially worrying side-effects of Strattera, or just about any other drugs.
 

EvilYoda

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They're horrible...I'm back to my old habits, of sleeping at 3-4AM and waking up past noon when I can. If I'm good, 2AM-10AM, but I'm trying to get better.
 

eminemrh25

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Day: When I wake up - When I go to sleep

Monday-Friday: 6am - 11pm
Saturday: 8am - 5am(Sunday)
Sunday: 8am - 11pm

I sleep alright, sometimes I am tired, but for the most part I am fine. If there are parties, I basically don't go to sleep on Friday or Saturday and sleep half of sunday