[Hubdave]

Somehow my sleep cycle has been reset so that I don’t fall asleep until 5.30-6am in the morning and wake up around about 8am. The advice I have seen says to stay up until you are tired and then work out your average sleep time and take it away from your intended wake up time to decide your bed time. However, I think this technique on;y works if you are getting at least 5 hours sleep per night on average. Any ideas anyone?

[lightawake]

I had something a bit similar, though I would be able to sleep a bit longer on and off – maybe about 6 hours. I was just constantly tired because I wasn’t sleeping enough to actually rest my body. Although I tried a bunch of things to fix my cycle, in the end the first thing that really provided relief and acted as the first step to further improvement, was getting a good period of solid sleep. My dad found out about a sleep professor gaining interest in Japan and told me to try one of his most recommended techniques: eyemask and earplugs. I almost didn’t even try, I was so certain something so simple wouldn’t have any effect lol. But basically when I was ready to fall asleep I just put those things on….and got an uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep for the first time in about 1.5 years. It was like heaven lol. Since then I’ve been using podcasts like ‘sleep with me’ and raw diets and detoxes as well as making sure I keep stress levels low to slowly bring that 8 hours around to a more normal cycle. I sleep at around 2-3am and get up at 10-11am at the moment, depending on energy levels.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by lightawake.

[Martin Reed]

Hi Dave

Sleep restriction is still relevant even if you are getting less than 5 hours of sleep. If you are getting less than 5 hours of sleep each night, I suggest scheduling 5.5 hours for sleep each night.

You mentioned that you don’t fall asleep until 5.30-6am in the morning — do you feel sleepy before that time?

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