Re: Weird Sleep Schedule

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>From: " healthnutwannab " <healthnutwannab@...>

>However, I still cannot seem to get to bed

>before 2 or 3 am. This is also messing up my eating schedule as I am

>having breakfast at lunch time, lunch at dinner time and then eating

>again around 9 or 10 pm. Anyone have some suggestions as to how I

>can get off of this vicious cycle?

>

>with Metta,

>~Lori~

Bite the bullet Lori, set your alarm for 10am every morning for a week, get

out of bed when it goes off and don't take a nap during the day. Then the

next week set your alarm for 9am etc.... Eventually you will be able to fall

asleep earlier and get up earlier.

Shirley

[Guest guest]

> Bite the bullet Lori, set your alarm for 10am every morning for a

week, get

> out of bed when it goes off and don't take a nap during the day.

Then the

> next week set your alarm for 9am etc.... Eventually you will be

able to fall

> asleep earlier and get up earlier.

>

> Shirley

>

I am desperately trying not to sense negativity from your reply,

Shirley. The " bite the bullet " remark leaves a sour taste in my

mouth though, as though you are assuming that this is something so

simple that I should just suck up and do it. Wish it were that easy.

Also, the naps are not something I want to do, but something that is

forced on me due to the CFS. I will just fall asleep where ever I am

if I do not go lay down. But thanks anyway, Shirley, I will make an

attempt to do this. I normally do not do alarm clocks because the

sudden jolting awake in the past has set off a panic attack (I

probably should have mentioned this in my previous post). I also

cannot have a phone in my bedroom for the same reason. Hopefully the

good nutrition and supplements that I am on will prevent the panic

attacks.

Anyone else have other suggestions?

with Metta,

~Lori~

[Guest guest]

I have the same thing, and I also used to work a swing shift. Mostly for me

it's mental because at night even if I'm tired I will fight it because I don't

want to sleep, I want to continue playing around. I'm very lucky my job has

been flexible with my schedule as long as I get my work done because I have come

to work at ridiculous hours.

I finally started realizing how much it was affecting everything and decided

to make yet another attempt at sleeping reasonable hours. I force myself to

wake up and often have to discipline myself every night to sleep. It's a

continued struggle.. not easy at all. But I set my alarm clock for the same time

whether it be on weekend or weekday otherwise I just am too wired at night to

sleep.

The alarm clock I have is an inexpensive one from Walmart with a CD player.

So I made my own CD with the " Gladiator Waltz " on it so I can wake up to it.

It's from my favorite movie Gladiator. It starts off very slow and then builds

to a crescendo. That way I don't get jolted awake, because I hate that about

regular alarm clocks blaring in your ear.

I also put the alarm clock across the room so I have to get up to turn it off.

I am the snooze Queen and have been known to snooze every 10 minutes for 3 hours

straight even with it across the room and have also slept through very loud

alarms.

So mostly when ever I start a task late at night, say reading my book, I look

ahead of the book, estimate how long I have to read and then I pick a chapter to

stop at. That works well for me, because if I was too rigid and only gave

myself say 30 minutes, I would ignore my own discipline if I was in the middle

of a good paragraph/page what ever. I'd just keep reading because I would just

have to finish that chapter, and maybe the next just to appease my inner child.

Then I also have to remind myself of all the reasons its better to go to sleep

earlier (weight loss, fatigue the next day, feeling good about my choices, etc.)

because man the inner child in me just wants to play all night long. For

instance last night I had an hour to watch TV before bed time.

So I start watching the TV show I recorded and then after starting it realized

it was a 2 hour special. So I actually got to bed an hour later than I had

planned. Had I known that it was a 2 hour special I wouldn't have started the

show, because I know once I start something I won't want to wait until the next

day to finish it. So I don't start tasks like that close to bed time. I just

work with my own limitations and figure out a happy middle ground.

So for me with my recent improvements, it's gradual changes, discipline at

night with my bed time gradually getting earlier, and still allowing myself play

time so my inner child doesn't rebel at all work no play.

I've managed to get my average bed time from 4 or 5am to 1 or 2am this way,

usually closer to 1am. Ultimately my goal is midnight for bedtime so I'm

getting closer. I've been getting up by 8:30 am most days, although I slipped

one day.

Keep sticking to the diet and you will get so much better!

Hope this helps...

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

healthnutwannab <healthnutwannab@...> wrote:

For most of my adult life, I have been a nightowl. It started due to

a 3rd shift job I had in my early 20s. I've enjoyed staying up late

and sleeping in most of the morning, usually not getting up until 11

am or noonish and I don't start actually functioning well until

around 2-ish. You see, I have been ill for so long (diabetes, panic

disorder, CFS, etc.) that I can no longer hold down a job. So I have

been at home. My husband is a truck driver, so he is gone 2 weeks at

a time. I am pretty much left to my own weird schedule.

Since being on Bee's diet, I have noticed more energy throughout the

day (but still not enough to be high functioning)and I am even not

needing to nap late in the evening as I have in the past (maybe one

or two days a week now). However, I still cannot seem to get to bed

before 2 or 3 am. This is also messing up my eating schedule as I am

having breakfast at lunch time, lunch at dinner time and then eating

again around 9 or 10 pm. Anyone have some suggestions as to how I

can get off of this vicious cycle?

with Metta,

~Lori~

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. We

develop it by practice. --Aristotle

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

> I've managed to get my average bed time from 4 or 5am to 1 or 2am

this way, usually closer to 1am. Ultimately my goal is midnight for

bedtime so I'm getting closer. I've been getting up by 8:30 am most

days, although I slipped one day.

>

Debby, how do you manange to sleep until 8:30am daily with a toddler?

Summer

[Guest guest]

lori,>

> give your body the rest it needs. I know the feeling

> to well of trying to wake up and not being able to

> physically get out of bed. <snip>

just follow your body signs, you may not be able to

> wake up early for a while. Accept it and work around

> it if you can.

>

> Everyone is different and can handle things

> differently and i think shirley's idea is a good one,

> once you get to that point. You just may not be there

> yet.

==>Sue, do remember that we humans do get into habitual non-healthy

patterns. Cravings for the wrong foods is one biggey. Sleep

patterns that don't follow nature's clock and the sun are also not

healthy. It is not wise to always go by what we " feel " or what our

bodies are telling us. When you get healthy your body's tuning

system will be much better and then you can follow it and it will be

more accurate and healthy.

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

> I did not mean anything by the comment Lori, just that you were

going to

> have to get out of bed earlier if you want to fall asleep earlier. I

> understand all about CFS and panic attacks too. Sorry if I offended.

>

> Shirley

>

I'm sorry as well, Shirley. I was having a very sensitive day

yesterday.. had the weepies for no reason at all (unless it is die-

off). I did manage to get to bed at 2 am and was up by 10:30 am. I am

going to try not to take a nap today.

with Metta,

~Lori~

[Guest guest]

>

> We have a live-in nanny that works from 7:30am to 6pm M-F. My

husband works from home in the morning from 6am - 7:30 am. If my

son wakes up earlier than 7:30am, my husband tends to him until my

nanny starts work. On weekends my hubby and I take turns, and I

wake up with him early one day, and he wakes up on the other.

>

Interesting. My DH and I have been talking about needing more

support, but we are not sure how much. We have considered a live-in

nanny, but have not taken the plunge yet. We have some concerns

about affording it, some about space (our home is less than 1700

sqft), and some about what others will think (we have a close friend

two doors down with 4 children and no help). We tell ourselves that

it is what would be good for us regardless of what others are

doing/thinking. Still contemplating.......

Any advice?

Hugs,

Summer

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>

> So how are your adrenals doing? Have you done the 4 times a day

> cortisol levels test? If your cortisol levels are way off you can'

> get to bed on time and simply can't get up earlier no matter how

hard

> you try.

>

> ~Inga

>

Inga, I don't even know what the cortisol levels test is. Can I find

it in the files? If not, can you explain it to me?

with Metta,

~Lori~

[Guest guest]

>>

> ---> So how are your adrenals doing? Have you done

> the 4 times a day cortisol levels test?

>

> ***what are the cortisol level tests? I looked

> throught our files and found nothing...maybe i am

> misssing it.>

>

==>Sue, you do not need to test your cortisol levels at all, so do not

be concerned. All candida sufferers have malfunctioning adrenals.

Just concentrate on your candida program and you'll do fine. If you

are concerned about adrenals please read my article " Adrenal

Malfunction & How to Treat Them " in the Treatment Folder.

Actually I think Inga's message was intended for Lori and not you.

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

>

> Cortisol tests measure the levels of cortisol your adrenals put

out. (Blood tests don't work, and only test the levels in your

bloodstream at one time of day...the saliva tests give a much more

accurate picture of what is actually going on) Cortisol is a hormone

that your body needs to function and be alive and it governs your

circadian rhythm, ie, what makes you go to sleep and wake up, and

when. A good place to get some basic info on cortisol is at http://

> www.drrind.com

==>Inga, do not be concerned about posting these kinds of messages on

my group. It's just confusing to members. Like my Home Page states

this group is not like others where members become confused by other

member's information. There is a definite program and steps to

follow. Such information is covered in our files (left menu). When

you read my main article " How to Successfully Overcome Candida " you

will understand how candida affects the adrenals and other organs in

the body, and that my program cures candida as well as any other

malfunctions that are related. In fact my diet plus supplements is

a " healing program " ; that's why I'm just setting up my own website on

natural healing - to be launched in a month.

Cheers, Bee

[Guest guest]

> Inga, I don't even know what the cortisol levels test is. Can I find

it in the files? If not, can you explain it to me?

Dear Lori, don't get confused my friend. Inga is a new member and she

hasn't read the information yet. This group is different than other

group because you get a very good program that is well laid out and

organized for you so there is no confusion. Cortisol levels test the

adrenals. All you need to know about adrenals is in the Treatments

Folder " Adrenal Malfunction " .

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

>

> I can relate to that! Could have been re-tracing going on Lori.

>

> Shirley

>

OMG if the weepies are going to be retracing, then I will have a lot

of weepies. I've spent over half my life battling depression and

weepies. *sighs* Thanks for being so understanding, Shirley.

with Metta,

~Lori~