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How to regulate my sleep schedule by BionicCrow

"Much needed relief found in the last place you'd think to look"

How I did it: Well initially I was suffering from insomnia for several months due to stress and an erratic sleep schedule.  After being placed on an anti-depressant and sleep aids I began sleeping excessively and found it virtually impossible to wake up when desired.  We're not talking "I don't want to get up", but more like "I can't get up" or "OMG what time did I sleep till!?".  So recently I began to suffer from some other physiological symptoms that I eventually connected to the drug.  As soon as I started taking less of the medication my ability to fall asleep and get up when desired returned.  Hooray, now I can go back to being a regular member of society and not a vampire!  Well, it's one step toward getting back on my feet and battling depression.  My advice to anyone else would be to monitor the drugs you take.  You never know when they could be having an adverse effect right under your nose.


 

Mar 08, 01:32AM PST | 0 comments


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    BionicCrow is surviving

    Methods 10 months ago

    FALLING ASLEEP

    HASN’T WORKED: Prosom, exercise, music, thinking = bad, video games before bed = bad

    HELPS: Ativan, ambient noise, deep breathing, massage

    TRY: more exercise?, getting up earlier (see below), meditation, reading

    WAKING UP

    HASN’T WORKED: setting alarms, having parents wake me, having roommates wake me, exposure to sunlight =P, having people call me

    HELPS: having structure!

    TRY: getting a fucking job, set alarm on stereo, force self to turn on TV, have friends get me up, have Steph call me and yell at me till I get up =P

    Feb 18, 2009, 12:45AM PST | 0 comments


    asaB is starting this list about 2 years later than he should've.

    Untitled 12 months ago

    This is basic and underpins everything else. My sleep schedule is more erratic than anyone I know. I’m not going to get anywhere until I address it.

    First goal: sleep from 12am-8am during the workweek. I can shift that forward a little on the weekend, but not more than 2:30am to 10:30am at the LATEST.

    Nov 25, 2008, 06:27AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


    maryk34453

    Done! 23 months ago

    Without even trying… It only took a visit to my Dad’s, sleeping on the living room couch to regulate things. I went to bed early from sickness and exhaustion… (apparently after 6 months in Florida I’m allergic to the North) and he and all his dogs wake up so damn early I can no longer sleep past 11 which is regulated enough for me… believe me I’d sleep until 4 when left to my own devices but that’s not good for when potential employers call in the afternoon to schedule job interviews and you answer the phone in your groggy sleep.

    Jan 09, 2008, 02:44PM PST | 0 comments



     

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