I've been having this problem lately, no matter what I do, I cant seem to feel refreshed in the morning!! I get plenty of sleep, probably even more than I should. I have night classes from 6-9 every night, so because of that I can't get myself to go to sleep much earlier than like 11 or so. I was wondering if there could be some way that I could feel better in the morning.... cuz' sleeping til noon and still feeling exhausted is not right!!
2007-02-13 02:45:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I empathize with you more than you could know. I too suffered from this awful problem. From the info you have given it appears that your mind is over-stimulated when you arrive home from class.
Here's what you can do. If you are hungry when you get home eat a little bowl of cereal and milk. Being hungry when you go to bed will bother you when you sleep. Do not drink any soda pop, or caffeine, or watch any TV or listen to any stimulating music. Stretch your muscles. You have been sitting in class for 3 hours. You can do some light reading if you want. About an hour before you want to go to bed get into a warm bath and drink some "Sleepy Time" tea or warm milk. If you don't like plain milk put a little vanilla in it but not chocolate (will keep you awake). Set your alarm for "music wake" for eight hours sleep.
When you get into bed, lie down comfortably on your back and then,starting at your toes tense each muscle in your body for about 5-10 seconds until you reach your fingers. By then you will be feeling very lazy and relaxed.
In the morning, get up when your alarm softly wakes you. During the day have some fun and do something productive including exercise - just some walking for a few blocks is fine. It's all about balancing work and play. In the afternoon, take an hour nap. Repeat the process above. In no time, you will have trained yourself to sleep properly.
I should mention that there may be an underlying problem with depression which will rob you of sleep. Also if you snore (sorry), that may indicate a medical sleep disturbance problem which sometimes can be offset by weight loss, smoking cessation, or surgery.
I hope this helps you.
2007-02-13 03:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're sleeping at least 8 hours per night, you're getting plenty of sleep. I would question the quality of sleep. If you're waking in the middle of the night or maybe you're moving a lot like restless leg syndrome or sleep apnea. Or, your mind isn't cycling through the full sleep cycle so you're not going into the full deep sleep stages. The best way to determine difficulties with sleeping is to do a sleep study. They hook up to a machine and monitor you while you sleep, it'll let you know if something's wrong. Another thought is you could have some mild depression that's leaving you feeling tired through out the day.
2007-02-13 02:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by rxstudent01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you're just not tired enough,
exercise would help this (before your class).
Don't sleep until noon, get up @ 7:00 or 8:00 a.m., you're throwing your sleep cycle off.
Also, try some Melatonin which is a hormone which will help you fall asleep.
As we age we tend to make less of this hormone, thus lies the difficulty in falling asleep. It's secreted by the pineal gland, a pea-size structure at the center of the brain, as our eyes register the fall of darkness melatonin is produced to help our bodies regulate our sleep-wake cycles.
Be patient with yourself because your sleeping will get better,
worrying about it makes it worst.
2007-02-13 16:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Fraulein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are sleeping too much and you are over rested. try getting exactly 8 hours for like a week and see if you feel better. set an alarm. try going to the gym and exercising, it might make you feel better too. so wake up at 8 or 9 and go to the gym or go out and do something productive. just get 8 hrs, no more or less.
2007-02-13 02:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by dave k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, you desire to sleep or keep up? Cause you assert each. Your consuming, with the intention to positioned you to sleep, and relying how so much you could have had, additionally make you too impared to force in a couple of hours. Be cautious. Sleepy+consuming=a extraordinary detrimental driving force, in a position of killing an blameless at the street
2016-09-05 07:50:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the gym one day, work out REAL hard, take a shower, and take a big nap. You will feel REALLY refreshed, trust me. Especially if you haven't been to the gym in a while, you might get a little sore, but it's a great feeling. Hope it helps :)
2007-02-13 02:49:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are sleeping that much and not feeling rested you are not getting quality sleep. I had the same problem and I got a new mattress. Problem was solved.
2007-02-13 03:06:08 · answer #7 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the adult world. I'm 50 and I'm like that every single day. I do have sleep apnea and that helps keep me sleepy all day long but I remember going to college and feeling the same way before my apnea kicked in.
2007-02-13 02:53:46 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get that vibrating thing off the bed
n u should sleep a lot better
2007-02-13 02:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont juss stay home and do nuthin when you have free time go out and enjoy your self like go work out, go have fun ,idk do wat you do best
2007-02-13 02:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by Bianca 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋