Sleep disorders

My sleep schedule has been terrible for the last two weeks, with me usually falling asleep at 6 in the morning and waking up at noon. I've tried everything from sleeping pills (over the counter for now) to staying awake for 24+ hours by drinking shit loads of coffee and nothing seems to be working. All of this started from the huge amount of coursework that I had to complete over the last two weeks, and now that all that's finished I can't seem to readjust my sleeping times anymore.

Does somebody have an answer to this?

You need to be careful with sleep medication because you can mess up your bodies natural sleep and wake cycle. Medications espically with melatonin (body makes it to sleep) is sometimes used as a sleep aid, but you can develop a dependency which may further develop to a tolerance and then your body can no longer produce it naturally to make you sleep properly.

Anyways honestly just roll with it. If you're in Highschool/college I use to have the same sleep schedule and took naps when I was too tired. The whole early to rise early to bed isn't something you have to do if your body doesn't want to. You're also getting at least 6 hours so your not an insomniac. Even if you have points where you're not sleeping, just make it up later.

Best thing to get you to sleep is doing activity/exercise. Find a day to work out, jog, whatever (or just go out and about) and then take some time to wind down later that evening, maybe read a book/drink some chamomile tea. You should be able to sleep well enough.

You may also have a lot on your plate/stress so that will make sleeping harder for you no matter what you try. Try to find ways to shut down your mind (a good book, mindless TV, listening to calm music) to unwind from the day.

If you are that concerned you can consult a physician, but again do be careful with sleep medication. The side effects may outweigh the benefits. If you really need it though then it's worth a shot.

You can't readjust your sleep cycle instantly, you have to slowly start by sleeping earlier/later and waking up earlier/later until you reach your desired time.

I am frequently awake for 40+ hours (If you are awake for this long you will get sort of high on sleep deprivation, also it makes me really creative, but that is besides the point, just an explaination of why I do it) and sleeping for 12 + hours, however I find it relatively easy to adjust to waking up at a certain time. If you know how long you usually sleep for, just go to bed that amount of time before you want to wake up. Also, you can set alarm clocks at the desired waking time and force yourself to get out of bed if needed, then you will get tired earlier before next bedtime and adjust quicker that way.

You're doing it wrong. What I did was stay up 27 or so hours, and then went to sleep at 7 or 8pm. Don't drink coffee or anything that has caffeine.

Basically, stay up for an entire day and then go to bed early the next day.

I ask thee, do you use your cellphone onbed, or actually, do you do anything else besides sleeping on your bed?
It's also one of the thongs that bothers sleeping: associating other habits with your bed.
If you do have other habits, try to do it elsewhere, before the time you extipulated to sleep.
(exception: sex, but that's another topic)

This is just a thing I remembered, affects me quite a bit...
I second the others, go slowly changing your sleep time.
I tried what foreground suggested, not so good when you have things to do... You stay the whole day sleepy... Risky to responsibilities.

A fucked up sleeping pattern isn't a sleeping disorder. Turn off the lights and all electricals at 8pm, close your eyes (could put something over them just to keep them shut, I put the thin side of a pillow over mine) and you'll drift right off.

With things distracting you and keeping your mind active you will have problems going to a natural sleep.

If you do all this and still have problems getting to sleep and wake up feeling lethargic, then you may indeed have a sleeping disorder. The most common is insomnia.

[color=green]My internal clock is like that honey badger, basically. I can use alarm clocks and repetition and things and I haven't been late for anything due to being asleep yet. It's just that my internal clock always moves forwards, so I have to skip nights of sleep here and there to keep on a schedule. If I didn't have a schedule then I would sleep a few hours later every day (and cycle through again and again). I'm very rarely sleepy at the time I went to bed last night. And when I'm not sleepy it's hard to get sleep and when I do it often gives me a headache (and I don't get much at all when I'm not sleepy, it also makes me even less sleepy and I have to push my sleep many hours forward).[/color]

[size=10][color=red]I personally have a weird schedule but if I'm sitting there watching videos to fall asleep, I fall asleep usually 1-2 hours after.
They're saying now that sleep cycles end after 6 hours when you fall dead asleep so I've been using this http://sleepyti.me/
It tells you when you should fall asleep or wake up.
If you're drinking certain teas or eating certain foods before you fall asleep, look at their caffeine content. I didn't know green tea actually had as much caffeine in it before I looked it up. If I'm having a really bad time getting to sleep, I drink a small amount of warm milk with a tiny bit of sugar and cinnamon...some people blend milk, banana, and a drop of vanilla into the same type of drink but I don't like it.[/color][/h]