Re: Less sleep is better then no sleep.. for me atleast.

[Guest guest]

> But forcing myself to wake up early is a very hard thing if not

impossible if i go to sleep the normal time from midnight to 10am..

Its like i'm in a coma and nothing could wake me up..

>

> anybody else feel the same?

>

> mike

Hi Mike,

I have not had much insomnia, and only minor fatigue. I attribute my

good fortune to regular sleep habits with little or no deviation.

All of the leading sleep experts reccommend the same thing. GO to

bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every

morning. Most likely giving yourself 8-9 hours of sleep every night.

I go to bed every night at 10pm and get up at 5:45am. This fits my

work schedule and I rarely feel tired. On weekends, I try not to

shift this schedule too much,mostly only by an hour or so, I go to

bed at 11pm , get up at 7am. On the rare occaision, that I must

deviate from this, I do feel it, and it takes a few days to get back

to schedule. Find what works for you and don't deviate. Yes, my

friends call me boring & old, but If I didn't follow my schedule, I

probably wouldn't be much fun to be around anyway.

Good luck, Stay Well,

[Guest guest]

Hey! I've noticed a similar thing myself. I teach, so I'm off work (Ha) in the

summer. During the school year, I'll sleep in late on the weekends and feel real

groggy like you described. This summer I thought I'd sleep in a lot, but my

Chihuahua had different plans for me. She's been getting me up early in the

mornings (every day) since school got out. I actually feel better when I go

ahead and stay up. I feel really groggy on the days that I take a lot of naps

too!

Jackie

[Guest guest]

I can relate to the sleeping so soundly........my teens were " banned " from

coming in and asking me any questions while I was napping, because I'd say o.k.

to anything and then not remember anything about the conversation when I woke

up!!! Now, sleeping at night is a totally different thing.....I wake up at the

least little things and sometimes am up a while before I can go back to sleep.

It's not so bad right now (I'm off work in the summer because I teach), but

during the school year it's hard when you've finally fallen asleep for and hour

and a half and the alarm goes off to get up for work. Mine seems to come in

cycles, then go away for awhile. Do you have trouble all the time, or does it

cycle?

Jackie

[Guest guest]

Jackie, I know what you mean about sleeping so

soundly...I've even awakened in the morning in the

same position I fell asleep in...and very stiff and

sore! I work four 9-hour days per week, so on my day

off on Friday I take time for an afternoon nap to

catch up on the exhaustion. For some reason, during

that nap I have the most vivid, bizarre dreams and

again, sleep so deeply that I have a hard time coming

out of it. Last Friday while I was sleeping, the phone

rang. I usually have it nearby, but then I didn't.

Anyway, I'm glad my 17-year old son wasn't there to

see me putting the tv remote to my ear and pushing the

buttons

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone else have the strange

> dreams and have difficulty waking up when they take naps? Mine

> is sometimes so weird that I know I'm trying to wake up, but

> can't.( Almost like the feeling of coming out of anesthesia)

> Jackie

I think most people (including myself) have that sort of dream

occasionally, but it's generally atypical.

-- Ron

[Guest guest]

--:

> Does anyone else have the strange dreams and have difficulty waking

up when they take naps? Mine is sometimes so weird that I know I'm

trying to wake up, but can't.( Almost like the feeling of coming out

of anesthesia)

>

> Jackie

>

> Hi Jackie,

I can get some strange dreams-esp if I fall into a deep sleep after I

have been having trouble sleeping , Also while I was taking Lortab

it put me in awierdo twilight sleep where half my brain was dreaming

and half was awake observing the dream.

Marti

[Guest guest]

Hi Marti,

That is so wierd, that's a good description of the kind of dreams

I'm having. I know I'm asleep and having a dream and keep telling

myself to open my eyes. It's kind of creepy!

Jackie

-- In , " snowbound22003 "

<mlw402@a...> wrote:

> --:

> > Does anyone else have the strange dreams and have difficulty

waking

> up when they take naps? Mine is sometimes so weird that I know I'm

> trying to wake up, but can't.( Almost like the feeling of coming

out

> of anesthesia)

> >

> > Jackie

> >

> > Hi Jackie,

>

> I can get some strange dreams-esp if I fall into a deep sleep

after I

> have been having trouble sleeping , Also while I was taking

Lortab

> it put me in awierdo twilight sleep where half my brain was

dreaming

> and half was awake observing the dream.

>

> Marti

[Guest guest]

Oh boy, do I know that feeling. I find it easier not to sleep than to wake up.

No matter what I do, I can't ever seem to sleep at 'proper' times. I can't ever

get to sleep before 4 or 5am, and rarely wake up by myself, before 4pm. It gets

really frustrating, as you can imagine My siblings and parents both say it's

impossible to wake me up once I've fallen asleep, it's like trying to wake the

dead. In fact, it's 4.44am here now, and I can't sleep. I think maybe the

disease attacks us more when we're tired? I always find the pain is worse during

the night than the day. If I stay awake until about 7pm the following night, up

until about 3, I'll be fine, fresh as a daisy. But I fall asleep around 7, and

don't wake up until 4 the next day, and it starts all over again