I need to sleep LESS !

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,669 Member
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    I'd guess sleep apnea.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
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    A lot of you are being quite rude.

    For someone who has depression, for example, actually falling asleep is hard then waking up is even harder.
    There are a number of uncontrollable things that can cause anyone to sleep so much.

    Seriously we're all in the SAME boat, stop being so mean all the time. If you get irritated with a post DON'T COMMENT it's that simple. Do you troll around just looking for boards to be mean on???

    I wish you all the best regardless of your callousness. I hope whatever causes you to be so angry and disrespectful gets better.

    LOVE YOU!!!! :)
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
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    Possibly it's the lazy gland.

    Make plans, set an alarm and get up.

    Hi, I don't know you, nor do I care to, but there was really no need to be rude. This site is meant for support in a nice way. You don't have to sugar coat everything, but there's no need to be such a rude b*tch. Thanks :)
  • Julijulz
    Julijulz Posts: 119 Member
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    Hey Ellie, I am so glad you posted this thread. I actually have been going through the same thing as well. I noticed it all started when I would start going to sleep later. I am the type of person who will drink a bottle of water all the way up until bedtime, so a lot of my waking at night was to use the bathroom. I never really quite noticed how much I was getting up to go b/c I was still half asleep. But I thought about it for awhile and realized that in one nights rest, I got up 3 times. So that was putting a damper on my sleeping. I would go to bed at 1:30am or 2am and wake up around 11:30am or 12pm the next day. It just seemed like waaaay too much sleep. But when I thought about it, I was spending more time trying to get to sleep at night and using the bathroom instead of actually sleeping. I started drinking less water after 9pm and also a friend of my husbands recommended Melatonin. Ever since then, I've been sleeping amazingly. I feel so refreshed when I wake up. I think the hormone has helped so much. It is all natural. Check it out on the internet if you don't know what it is. Basically what I would suggest to you is to take some time and figure out what it is that interrupts your sleeping pattern and find a fix. Mine was the bathroom issue and falling asleep. You have to pinpoint your problems before trying to fix them. I guess there are people out there that are too lazy to get up, but 9 times out of 10, that's not the case for people like us who follow a healthy lifestyle and exercise. :)
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
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    Easy solution my dear no worries..

    Step 1...

    set alarm clock

    Step 2

    Go to sleep

    Step 3

    Hear alarm clock

    Step 4

    Get your lazy *kitten* out the bed..


    There.....


    Would it have been possible for you to be more *****y? Probably not. Get the stick out of your *kitten* honey. :)
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
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    It seems that almost every night I go to bed around the same time of midnight and get up at around 10-11. I know that this is not good for me, I always feel fatigued, very out-of-it and worn out. Although I know the amount of sleep I should be getting is only 7-7.5 hours for me to really be awake and alert, although I get too lazy to get out of bed most of the time and will hear my alarm, wake up and reset the alarm for an hours time and just keep doing this.

    Any advice?


    Are you currently on medication for the depression? I know that depression can cause a person to want to sleep more. And, if you are on meds, maybe call/visit your doctor to have him/her switch it up for you, so your body can adjust. Hopefully that will help you get to sleep and have a restful sleep, too. Good luck!!
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
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    Look guys, there is no need to be so rude.
    I thought that MFP was here for support.

    Btw, I do have dedication and commitment, not that that is any of your business.
    When my alarm goes off my body actually feels like I have had no sleep at all so I don't know.
    Is there a dr that specialises in sleep or just a normal GP?

    Look, I am not trying to be rude, I am trying to point out other viewpoints. Its far more likely to be "I don't feel like getting out of bed syndrome" than any other issue.

    Simply agreeing with you and saying "Oh its not your fault, don't worry about it" doesn't help you. If after forcing yourself to get up all the time, you still feel crummy, go see a sleep doc.

    I did try this for about 6 months, and it made me feel WAY worse, I started falling asleep at school and work. I just never thought it was something you would need to talk to a dr about and would go away on its own, but about a year after this attempt and it has not.

    If that is the case, I would definitely agree with the other posters saying you need to see a specialist.

    That detail would have helped stem back some of the negative comments.... ;)
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
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    Possibly it's the lazy gland.

    Make plans, set an alarm and get up.

    Hi, I don't know you, nor do I care to, but there was really no need to be rude. This site is meant for support in a nice way. You don't have to sugar coat everything, but there's no need to be such a rude b*tch. Thanks :)


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  • dipsl19
    dipsl19 Posts: 317 Member
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    probably wise to have a check up with your gp, rule out thyroid problems perhaps....

    Possibly it's the lazy gland.

    Make plans, set an alarm and get up.

    ew. maybe you have a problem with your miserable witch gland.

    and honestly, if youre so damn good at everything, why did you gain weight in the first place? i mean, you shouldve just set an alarm to go to the gym and stopped stuffing your face.

    youre flawed too, honey. get right.
  • Julijulz
    Julijulz Posts: 119 Member
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    And Ellie, don't pay attention to some of the people on this site. I have found that a lot of people are thread junkies...they spend more time on the threads putting people down instead of actually helping solve a problem and give good information. I don't know if it's a lack of self esteem that makes them feel that they need to put someone down or if they are just straight up cocky. Either way, don't feed into it. I would just call them all *kitten* and be on my merry way. You wouldn't be asking for insight if you thought it was just a laziness problem.
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
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    Would melatonin work for you? Do you ever drink any alcohol? I know that if I have even half a glass of wine at dinner then my sleep is off for the whole night. It will take me hours to fall asleep and then I am up at random times during the night. Same with caffeine. If I have caffeine after 9:00, then it is impossible for me to sleep before midnight, and I'm only talking about one small cup of coffee a day.

    If you are truly having problems, go see a doc. If you don't like what they have to say, get a second opinion.


    I have two littles at home. Sleeping in isn't an option for me at this point in time in my life. I just get up even though I feel like I've been hit by a truck some ams. About 20 minutes later I ususally feel good. But those first twenty minutes are tough. It helps if I get up and exercise first thing in the am.

    On a different note, I am sorry that you feel some people are rude or attacking you. I think they are responding to your wording in your initial post. If you use the word lazy, then they will focus on that. Please don't get upset with people for going off of the information you have provided. They are just trying to motivate you.
  • michelletyler38
    michelletyler38 Posts: 469 Member
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    I'd try taking a sleeping pill at night.
  • Pidders89
    Pidders89 Posts: 1,169 Member
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    some people are so rude on here!!! Theres no need she is just looking for some advice and would be better off without that!!!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    I have always needed more sleep than most people. I would be thrilled to get 9 hours a night. Anything less, and it's so hard to get up. I've found if I at least get 7-8, then even though waking up is super hard, after about an hour, I'm alert. Anything less, and I'm just impossible. But more than 9 hours, and I am a bit more sluggish throughout the day. I have a friend who's happy with 5-6 hours a night. I wish. I could get a lot more done if I didn't need so much sleep.
  • DiabeticAlien
    DiabeticAlien Posts: 240 Member
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    Speaking as one who suffered from sleep apnea all my life until diagnosed 4 years ago, it is NOT just "lazy *kitten*" syndrome. When I had my sleep study done, they found that I stopped breathing 30 to 50 times per hour, each one lasting 15 to 40 secs. My blood oxygen levels dropped into the low 70's which is dangerous, to say the least. In other words, if I slept for 8 hours I was only breathing for about 4 to 5 of those hours....you figure it up. Not a good nights sleep. I rarely if ever dropped into REM sleep, which is where you get your rest.
    After being diagnosed, and starting to use CPAP machine I now sleep for 6 to 7 hours a night and am RESTED....completely!!

    GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR!!
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
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    I think if depression had been mentioned in the first place, people would have been a lot more sensitive. The original post just kind of sounded like a teenager who was staying up late and oversleeping.
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
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    If that is the case, I would definitely agree with the other posters saying you need to see a specialist.

    That detail would have helped stem back some of the negative comments.... ;)

    LOL Uhhh no. Not being an a_sshole would've stemmed back the negative comments. She came on here asking for help. If she was happy in her "laziness" then she wouldn't have asked for help. The negative comments wouldn't have happened if negative people wouldn't have posted. It's that simple. Nothing she said or did warranted it. The nerve of you to insinuate so.
  • THCamel
    THCamel Posts: 54 Member
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    If you have a iPhone, there's an app called 'sleep cycle alarm clock'

    The Sleep Cycle alarm clock is a bio-alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you when you are in the lightest sleep phase. Waking up in the lightest sleep phase feels like waking without an alarm clock - it is a natural way to wake up where you feel rested and relaxed.

    Also a colleague of mine has M.E. or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and oversleeping was one aspect of it. I'm no doctor though but it might b worth a read up
  • MayMaydoesntrun
    MayMaydoesntrun Posts: 805 Member
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    And Ellie, don't pay attention to some of the people on this site. I have found that a lot of people are thread junkies...they spend more time on the threads putting people down instead of actually helping solve a problem and give good information. I don't know if it's a lack of self esteem that makes them feel that they need to put someone down or if they are just straight up cocky. Either way, don't feed into it. I would just call them all *kitten* and be on my merry way. You wouldn't be asking for insight if you thought it was just a laziness problem.

    THIS
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
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    I think if depression had been mentioned in the first place, people would have been a lot more sensitive. The original post just kind of sounded like a teenager who was staying up late and oversleeping.

    It didn't to me. If you read her OP and then looked at her profile to find out her age and then judged her accordingly, that's your issue. Most normal people take the OP at face value; she needed help sleeping less and asked for advice. Nothing more, nothing less.
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