Reason for sleep deprivation

[skibum9995]

My work schedule keeps me all screwed up. In a week I will have shifts starting as early as 6AM and as late as 5PM. My days and hours change weekly so I never know whats coming.

 

[Trekchick]

I tend to sleep well, most nights, getting 6-8 hrs of sleep. When I don't get the sleep I need/want, my problem usually stems from one of two things.

• I wake up and have to pee, then can't get back to sleep
• I fall asleep too early and wake up in the wee hours

Last night I fell asleep at 9:30 ish and woke up at 5:30, which is a very good night sleep. That is the norm for me.

 

[Trekchick]

Looking at the poll results thus far, it seems that most of us have to pee :lol:

 

[severine]

Looking at the poll results thus far, it seems that most of us have to pee :lol:

:lol: You old fogeys!

That was why I would get so little sleep when I was pregnant, anyway! Up 3 times a night to pee. That does happen sometimes still; more like when I get to the end of the day, realize I drank very little water, try to make up for it before bed...and then end up getting up 2-3 times because of that water. Then a kid wakes. Then the next thing you know, I'm wide awake and posting on AZ at 3:30AM and can't fall back asleep. And just as I try to, Brian's alarm goes off at 5:30AM (which, BTW, he NEVER gets up before 6:30AM) and I get all irritated and the night is lost on me.

I miss sleep.

 

[Trekchick]

Severine, I'm telling ya, my great aunt used to be a big believer in brandy.

 

[Marc]

The only thing that ever prevents me from falling asleep is anxiety about unconciousness. I know that sounds wierd, but when I start thinking about how I wake up in the morning not remembering having fallen asleep, with a skewed sense of time for the period I was out, it makes me anxious about falling asleep. If I'm tired enough though, I want sleep enough that I look forward to it instead. Sometimes all it takes is a boring book.

 

[o3jeff]

I usually sleep through the night, my problem is that I wake up around 5:00-5:30 every morning no matter what time I go to bed so I try to go to sleep around 10 which give me 7 hours of sleep.

 

[Trekchick]

The only thing that ever prevents me from falling asleep is anxiety about unconciousness. I know that sounds wierd, but when I start thinking about how I wake up in the morning not remembering having fallen asleep, with a skewed sense of time for the period I was out, it makes me anxious about falling asleep. If I'm tired enough though, I want sleep enough that I look forward to it instead. Sometimes all it takes is a boring book.

You are one interesting dude!

 

[Marc]

You can say "wierd" if you want, I'm used to it.

 

[2knees]

in my current harrem

do you love it when they call you Big Pappa?

 

[Paul]

The only thing that ever prevents me from falling asleep is anxiety about unconciousness. I know that sounds wierd, but when I start thinking about how I wake up in the morning not remembering having fallen asleep, with a skewed sense of time for the period I was out, it makes me anxious about falling asleep. If I'm tired enough though, I want sleep enough that I look forward to it instead. Sometimes all it takes is a boring book.

OUT!!! Out of my head, you bastid!!!!

 

[Marc]

OUT!!! Out of my head, you bastid!!!!

It's called hypnophobia, in case you were curious.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

do you love it when they call you Big Pappa?

ahahahahahahahaha

I still keep waking up an hour before my alarm clock...I generally go to bed around midnight and wake up sometime between 6AM and 7AM depending on if it's a delivery day when I have to be at work at 7AM or an off day where I have to be at work at 8AM..

If I have trouble sleeping..I sometimes smoke a bowl and that usually knocks me out..

 

[Trekchick]

It's called hypnophobia, in case you were curious.

I know why you're really staying awake all night.
You're trying to figure out how to work out the logistics for the promise of a ski day "on you" for the person who donated the most $$ to your charity event. ;-)

 

[ctenidae]

I know why you're really staying awake all night.
You're trying to figure out how to work out the logistics for the promise of a ski day "on you" for the person who donated the most $$ to your charity event. ;-)

I think it's because the goats know where he sleeps.

 

[Marc]

I think it's because the goats know where he sleeps.

And those sonsabitches never rest.

 

[ctenidae]

And those sonsabitches never rest.

You better sleep on your back with one eye open and your mouth closed.

 

[Beetlenut]

And those sonsabitches never rest.

and never forget!

 

[Schif]

For me its usually because I just lie there thinking. And when I try to not think about anything its when a million more thoughts come into my mind. I might have to try some of that meditation stuff ctenidae suggested.

 

[Beetlenut]

For me its usually because I just lie there thinking. And when I try to not think about anything its when a million more thoughts come into my mind. I might have to try some of that meditation stuff ctenidae suggested.

I usually just think of staring up at a blue sky. It's ok to let those thoughts into your mind, just let them pass through, don't dwell on them. It's like a river flowing through, the next thing you know, you're dreaming.