Thank you all for your replies.
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Originally Posted by Scott Bird  Welcome Thaiduytrinh.
On days when you can sleep as long as you like during the day (perhaps on weekends), how long do you sleep? |
I feel it much easier to sleep during day than night at the same level of tiredness. I may sleep as long as 2 hours. I often condition myself to sleep around 30mins so as not to affect my night-sleep.
I always feel very excited and energized after my day-sleep even if it is only 1-hour long even if I did get only 4 hour-night-sleep the day before (I sleep around 7-8 hours a day). I'm just walking like zombie if I can not get my day-sleep. It sound like taking drugs, right?
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Originally Posted by Andrew Michaels Some years ago I used to have a lot of problems getting to bed at night and getting up in the morning, and, like you, I would feel like crap all day long.
My solution was pretty obvious, actually.
1. Cut out all caffeine. Coffee, soda, chocolate, etc. Severely limit anything sugary and stop eating all together after 8pm.
2. Do cardiovascular exercise at some point during the day. I run for 20-40 minutes every morning before breakfast.
3. Wind yourself down. About 11:00pm every night, I get into bed and start reading. By Midnight, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open, as I'm not allowing anything stimulating/exciting to bother me.
4. Wake up at the same time every morning. I think that this is the most important step. I set my alarm for 7:30am and get up at the time whether I'm exhausted or not. Whether I have to go to work or not.
What you'll find is that when you've done all this, you're body will tell you when it wants to go to bed. Without caffeine or sugar to artificially stimulate your body, you'll find that if you're really exhausted, you'll just start falling asleep as you read. You're problems will be gone inside 3 days.
Best of luck. |
I rarely drink coffee and eat those high-sugary products. I have tried the 2nd and 4rd method but it doesn't help much. I usually go to bed very soon as I mentioned previously, either closing my eyes and listening to some audio books or reading somethings.I can't concentrate on reading the 'dry' ones because I was too tired. They don't make me more sleepy. Those motivated reading make me rather excited.
What are you thinking when you are going to bed. I am often in the state of thinking 'nothing' and wait to sleep but...
By the way, is it good to avoid those sugary products in our diet? 'cause I heard some people always bring chocolates to increase their sugar level when needed.