How to fix a sleeping pattern

klwxx

Hi everyone,

My sleeping pattern is seriously messed up. I'm a college/university student, so one night out can ruin it for a long time and it's hard to get it back on track (so far I've been unsuccessful)

I eat dinner at 6-7ish, and I don't actually have snacks after that unless I'm starving, so it's not like an excess sugar rush keeping me awake, and if I am really hungry I either drink a lot of water or eat something like a piece of toast...

And then I get into bed at 11pm and try to drop off...nope. Not happening. I lie there for hours and hours sometimes! So I turn the lights back on and read for an hour, and then try again. Still nothing. Recently it's been worse than ever, I can't get to sleep and don't feel tired until at least 5am, and some days during the week I have to wake up at 8am for classes!

Even on days where I do a lot of cardio I'm not tired at night one bit. But I can't sleep in the day because of the sun (I just can't nap lol). The only time I'm really tired is in the morning when I wake up from my three hour sleep T_T but that's obvious.

Has anyone got any good ideas on how to fix this, because I think it's starting to affect my weight and metabolism. I don't overeat to compensate, but I've still heard sleep can aid weight loss. Plus it's just plain irritating. I want to sleep! If nothing works I think I'll have to go to the doctor, but I wanted to try other remedies first thanks!

billdavismqt

My son is a paramedic and in one of his jobs he had a horrendous schedule (24 hours on, 24 hours off, etc) which caused sleep problems. His doctor recommended that he take melatonin. He did and this was helpful to him. I don't know speciifics such as dosage, time but this might be something to look in to.

billdavismqt

My son is a paramedic and in one of his jobs he had a horrendous schedule (24 hours on, 24 hours off, etc) which caused sleep problems. His doctor recommended that he take melatonin. He did and this was helpful to him. I don't know speciifics such as dosage, time but this might be something to look in to.

klwxx

My son is a paramedic and in one of his jobs he had a horrendous schedule (24 hours on, 24 hours off, etc) which caused sleep problems. His doctor recommended that he take melatonin. He did and this was helpful to him. I don't know speciifics such as dosage, time but this might be something to look in to.

Thank you! I'll mention I've heard of it to the doctor

Magddaa1

its in the natural supplement area..with nitamin..my bf and i take it..he does shift work..and i had trouble falling alseep its great..

ashenriver

My problem was caffeine. I had to stop drinking it after 12 noon otherwise I would be up for hours.

How is your caffeine intake?

Avoid anything with a screen prior to bedtime. I have heard that watching tv or playing games on a computer doesn't allow your body to start thinking its bed time which keeps you up.

Francl27

I agree with no caffeine at all.