tellywellies
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I sleep from around 12-30 A.M until 5-30 A.M. I'm OK on that as long as I get a couple of 15 minute dozes a day, one after lunch and the other after main meal time (around 6 P.M)
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veronikkamarrz
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mountaingoat, I like the advise, but suppose, you've been showering as a 'wake-up' forever? Won't the PM shower also, wake you up? The daylight thing is a problem for me, too...I always shut off the alarm, and stand at the window for a minute. Now we're coming on winter, it's DARK when I look out!
I guess nothing is for sure, but I DO have my Xanex!
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I don't have trouble falling asleep, but I wake up way too early, after having slept 4 hours or so. This problem is called "terminal insomnia", which sounds ominous , but really just means waking too early. It's frustrating because I still feel tired and groggy, but can't get back to sleep.
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I don't have problems falling asleep... my primary issue is staying asleep.
I rarely am able to sleep longer than 3 hours at a stretch so my day usually goes like this.: I usually go to bed around 3am or 4 am and sleep until 6 or 7 am. Sometimes I take a one hour nap around 2pm and sometimes I take a second one hour nap around 11pm.
I don't get stressed out or worry about the number of hours I sleep because that makes it even harder to fall asleep. I've never heard of anyone dying from sleep deprivation and inevitably your body will command you to go to sleep when you finally get tired enough.
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agony
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That's more or less the approach I take. The only problem with it is that sometimes I will *need* to be well rested, and I'm not. If I've only had three hours sleep the night before, a long drive the next evening is scary.
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I either read or listen to the news.
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Audiobooks! They help me take the focus away from the bad stuff. =( I have a few favourites (The Invisible Man, Congo, Jurassic Park). I also have a good collection of Art Bell recordings.
The daylight thing is a problem for me, too...I always shut off the alarm, and stand at the window for a minute. Now we're coming on winter, it's DARK when I look out! 
, but really just means waking too early. It's frustrating because I still feel tired and groggy, but can't get back to sleep.
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