I keep getting a feeling I need to sleep at inappropriate times! What's a good way to avoid this before 10 PM?

Question

My dad is overly concerned about my sleep cycle. I need relevant answers and what ways worked best for you.

Answer 1

Eat healthy & excersize.
Usually lots of carbs and sweets make you sleepy.
Eat fresh fruit for desert. Don't overeat.

Answer 2

An alteration in the sleep cycle is often a result of stress at work or at school.

Take a few minutes and breath. Figure out what could be causing this problem. Do you have a project due to your boss in a few days and you're really busy with other things? Is one of your co-workers getting on your nerves?

Identify the source of the stress. Figure out the best ways to get rid of it. Organize an attack plan in your head. Once you've eliminated the stress, force yourself to go back into your regular sleep cycle.

However, if the source of the stress still exists, there could be problems. Keep trying this method over and over until you find the "real" source of the problem. It could take a few tries to get it to work!

Answer 3

I have really bad sleeping patterns too. What has worked for me is waking up early one morning. Preferably on a Monday, great way to start the week. Even if you go to bed the night before super late, try to wake up early. Spend the whole day being active. I guarantee that by the time 9pm roles around you will be beyond tired and be able to have a peaceful sleep. And you'll be able to wake up early the next day. Try to continue this. Good Luck

Answer 4

You may have sleep apnea, which is a disorder where you intermittently stop breathing during sleep. Many things can cause this...excessive snoring, being overweight and enlarged tonsils or adenoids to name a few. When your breathing is interrupted, your body jolts itself into wakefulness to get you breathing again. Because of this, you never reach REM sleep which is essential for complete rest. This in turn makes you sleepy and tired during your normal waking hours. You might want to see your doctor and request a sleep study to see if this is the case.

Answer 5

If you are young, Sleeping is not a bad thing because you are growing bigger in size. My brother did this for about a year when he was about 13 and the next year he had grew about 4" so that may be what is happening to you.

I think you will grow out of it soon.

Answer 6

Look into Methocobalamin. I'm attaching a scientific paper on the subject.

Treatment of persistent sleep-wake schedule disorders in adolescents

with

methylcobalamin (vitamin B12).

Ohta T, Ando K, Iwata T, Ozaki N, Kayukawa Y, Terashima M, Okada T,

Kasahara

Y.

Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.

Two adolescent patients suffering from persistent sleep-wake schedule

disorders appear to have responded to treatment with vitamin B12

(methylcobalamin). A 15-year-old girl with delayed sleep phase syndrome

(DSPS) and a 17-year-old boy with hypernychthemeral syndrome complained

of

not being able to attend school despite many trials of medication. The

improvement of the sleep-wake rhythm disorders appeared immediately

after

the administration of high doses (3,000 micrograms/day) of

methylcobalamin.

Neither patient showed any laboratory or clinical evidence of vitamin

B12

deficiency or hypothyroidism (which can cause B12 deficiency). Serum

concentrations of vitamin B12 during treatment were in the high range

of

normal or above normal. The duration of the sleep period of the DSPS

patient

decreased gradually from 10 hours to 7 hours, and the time of sleep

onset

advanced from 2 a.m. to midnight. The period of the sleep-wake cycle of

the

hypernychthemeral patient was 24.6 hours before treatment and 24.0

hours

after treatment. The relationship between the circadian basis of these

disorders and vitamin B12 and its metabolites is discussed.

B12 and Sleep

Those who can't get to sleep at night may need vitamin B12. Studies

show

that B12 causes an earlier release of melatonin at night which resets

the

sleep-wake cycle. (Melatonin has been called "the sleep hormone"

because of

its effects on sleep). B12 acts directly on the pineal gland to provoke

a

faster release of melatonin. At the tail end, B12 causes melatonin to

drop

off faster. B12 helps you get to sleep earlier, and may help you wake

up

earlier if you leave a curtain open to the morning sun. B12 sensitizes

you

to morning light, which helps you wake up. Very serious sleep-wake

disorders

have been successfully treated with vitamin B12 in the methylcobalamin

form,

although it may not work for everyone. Unfortunately, the vitamin

doesn't

help people who want to cut down on their sleep time altogether.

During the 1950s, B12 was frequently given to heart patients. The

vitamin

fell out of vogue as drugs took over the therapeutic picture. New

findings

on the connection between homocysteine and vascular disease, plus the

failure of drugs to have an impact on the number of heart attacks and

strokes, have shifted the focus back to B12 and other

homocysteine-lowering

vitamins. The notion that B12 must be injected to be effective has been

disproven in recent studies. Swedish experience shows that oral B12 is

effective for the treatment of pernicious anemia.

B12 has many benefits, including the reduction of homocysteine,

restoration

of normal sleep patterns, and mood effects. B12 deficiency is a fairly

common deficiency in elderly people who frequently have disrupted

digestion.

It can cause symptoms that look exactly like Alzheimer's disease, and

it's

crucial for the retention of folate in cells.

Answer 7

if you want a regular cycle its best to wake up earlyish maybe avoid catnaps and also yr diet may not help if yr taking sugary stuff it will make you sleepy during the day after a burst of energy

Answer 8

Get good and regular nights of sleep. If you stay up too late or have inconsistent sleeping habits, you'll fell sleepy and any/all times.

Answer 9

you need to eat more fruits and veggies, and start gettingmore active by playing sports or something fun. Sleeping before 10..? hell, i go to bed at 9 and wake up at 6am. that's notthing bad..

Answer 10

It's just a habit!! just go to sleep early and you should be able 2 get enough sleep to get you going!!