Sleeping problems

[Flea_Man]

Alright, so I've been having sleeping problems for about the past year or so. It's not a matter of waking up, being tired, it's the opposite. I'm always awake, never tired, and full of energy. I can't go to sleep at night.

It starts with my schedule. My school and work, all start at 2pm. I don't need to go to sleep early. So I just stayed up. But, here's where the problem kicks in. If I go to bed at 11, and wake up at 8, I can't go to bed until 1. Repeat over and over till it keeps getting fucked up. Even if I have 5 hours of sleep, I'm wide awake. It's so strange but it upsets me cause all I wanna do is be normal and go to bed on a regular basis.

Last year, I was starting to take NyQuil to put me to sleep at 3 in the morning. I stopped that and moved on to Melatonin. But I just don't want to take it anymore.

So the reason I'm starting this is because just tonight. I took at quick nap at 8pm, and woke up at 9:30. I'm not going to be tired at all for the whole night. So I have a bunch of herbal stuff and NyQuil, just to go to sleep at 4am.

So anyone have any ideas, not with medicine, to help me go to sleep at night at a regular basis? Anything would be appreciated.

[Gvac]

CCC started a similar thread HERE. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76748)

I'd ask Dr. Steve to see if there are any medical reasons for the sleeplessness, but I'm of the belief it's a combination of mental and physical.

[instrument]

I'd stop napping maybe?

Not everyone needs 8hrs of sleep? Why do you want to sleep more of your life away?

[Mullenax]

If your schedule changes every semester, I don't know if you have a sleep problem. Napping can be destructive if you don't need eight hours- I got to a point once where I would nap for three hours every ten hours without having a day or night. That cycle was really hard to break. Force yourself to stay up to the "normal" bedtime for a 2 pm "morning" a couple days in a row and see if that helps.