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For a long time I've been getting up relatively early (7 am) and around 9 through 11:30 I feel completely lethargic and wanting to go sleep indefinitely. (I am sleeping about 8 hours each night.) It is so annoying because I end up wasting quite a few hours.

Anyone have the same thing?
 
evil^milk said:
For a long time I've been getting up relatively early (7 am) and around 9 through 11:30 I feel completely lethargic and wanting to go sleep indefinitely. (I am sleeping about 8 hours each night.) It is so annoying because I end up wasting quite a few hours.

Anyone have the same thing?
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I get that too. I usually go to bed around 10 - 10:30 and wake up at 7:00 and i get a good nights sleep. But like you said, around 11 i get tired again.
 
yeah. I have to have caffeine or I can't get anything done.
 
I really don't feel fully rested unless I get like 10 hours.
 
There are weekdays where I'll get up at 7 after going to bed at 3 in the morning, do a whole day of college til 6 then stay up again until 2/3. Then there's days where I'll go to bed early, get up early then come home and want to go straight to sleep.

S'weird.
 
Your body is apparently meant to have a dip around lunch time, which is why the spanish take siestas. Just drink a coffee and take a 15 minute nap for it to kick in.
 
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Something interesting I heard on the radio:

If you are pretty tired, you can have a cup of coffee just before you take a nap. When you wake up in a little while, you will hit the ground running.


Er - I guess that's exactly what you said?
 
stop drinking caffeine at a certain point in the day so you can go to bed when your tired and also try reading before you sleep. Its good to keep your room dark too
 
I have a cinema class from noon to 2pm. So we are watching movies. When I want to sleep. And I do.
 
Warped said:
stop drinking caffeine at a certain point in the day so you can go to bed when your tired and also try reading before you sleep. Its good to keep your room dark too
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This is probably one of the best things you can do - stop your caffeine intake at least 5 hours before you're planning to go to bed. I find that I have problems falling asleep when I drink something caffeinated (like a Cola of the Cherry persuasion) at dinner.
 
15-30 minute cat naps do wonders for this, just make sure you don't take a longer nap (1-3 hours) because that will just make you more sluggish and tired after you wake up.

Other solutions: eat more healthily, exercise (it gives you a lot more energy/alertness generally if you're fit)
 
evil^milk said:
For a long time I've been getting up relatively early (7 am) and around 9 through 11:30 I feel completely lethargic and wanting to go sleep indefinitely. (I am sleeping about 8 hours each night.) It is so annoying because I end up wasting quite a few hours.

Anyone have the same thing?
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Me too, I think I was having trouble breathing in my sleep. These helped a lot. But I still ended up having to see a doctor about it.
 
Exercising helps a ton.

Caffeine for me just makes me more tired after the initial high.
 
evil^milk said:
For a long time I've been getting up relatively early (7 am) and around 9 through 11:30 I feel completely lethargic and wanting to go sleep indefinitely. (I am sleeping about 8 hours each night.) It is so annoying because I end up wasting quite a few hours.

Anyone have the same thing?
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I've been unable to wake up when I want to.

Sometimes I'll sleep for 17 hours and feel like I am unable to wake myself up any earlier.


I'm confident that's just because I don't have anywhere to be though. When I have to work, even when I have to wake up at 3 AM to get ready and go... I do it. As long as I have a proper alarm clock to wake me up.
 
Raziaar said:
I've been unable to wake up when I want to.

Sometimes I'll sleep for 17 hours and feel like I am unable to wake myself up any earlier.


I'm confident that's just because I don't have anywhere to be though. When I have to work, even when I have to wake up at 3 AM to get ready and go... I do it. As long as I have a proper alarm clock to wake me up.
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I've been having that problem lately as well, but I think it's more just apathy (although I do seem to feel consistently tired all the time). Three years ago, I used to sleep pretty normally, and six hours of sleep seemed like not enough. Two years ago, I was able to stay up until 2 or 3 AM every night working on homework and get 4-5 hours of sleep.

Then I think I got burned out with school and other stuff, and I'd fall asleep by accident and wake up (without an alarm clock) consistently around 4 or 5 AM to do homework.

Now I just fall asleep and don't wake up until 8 or 9 AM. I'll even fall asleep in really bad positions (like curled up in uncomfortable chairs).
 
I have fairly average sleeping habits.

I hate getting up early though, especially for school.
 
Eat Garuana berries or some shit, it's better than caffeine.
 
gFrohman said:
Yeah allergies suck nuts. Half the time I can't fall asleep it's because of that.
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Do you know what you are allergic to? You know all the products that are specially formulated for people with sensitive skin... soaps, shampoos, deodorants... they give me a rash :p. I had a friend that apparently developed an allergy to sunlight.
 
Yeah I've always had problems with this, generally I aim for about 9 hours sleep (otherwise I can't function). But I tend to wake up, say "oh just 15 more mins" then wake up 4 to 5 hours later wtfing
 
Danimal said:
Eat Garuana berries or some shit, it's better than caffeine.
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Guarana berries? They're full of caffeine.


I love getting up early myself. I usually do it more during holidays than when I'm working. In fact, I find it easier to get up when I have nothing to get up for (Other than the pleasure of experiencing the morning sun) than when I have to go to work.
I also usually wake up about 30 minutes before I need to get up. Then I can doze and enjoy the fact that I can lie in bed for an "extra" half an hour.
 
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