I’m always so exhausted, I can take an hour to wake up. How do you wake up quickly ?
Why are you exhausted? If this is not normal it may be worth a doctor visit.
Exhaustion after a full night’s sleep is often sleep apnea.
Constantly differing shifts can also keep the body confused because there’s no schedule and it doesn’t even remotely match the light cycle outside. OP also didn’t say ‘full night of sleep’ in their post.
Yea fuck me for assuming and offering a valid reason for the issue.
? I’m confused by this reaction. I offered another possibility. I also pointed out that ‘full night’ wasn’t in there because jumping straight to a disease/disorder seemed a bit strong when there might be other posibilities.
This post has many comments. Not one the same as mine, yet many the same as yours. Op was asking for help. I gave my knowledge, gained from experience and education that was not seen in any other comment on the post. Fuck me for offering assistance that I know from my history is an option as to this person’s problem when I could have just circle jerked.
Realize you overslept.
Conventional wisdom is to keep a balanced circadian rhythm. Sleep at regularish times. Your body clock is set by when you first see blue light from above, so going outside first thing and looking up. Meal times too. Consider your diet and pre sleep habits - sugar, tv, caffeine tend to mess with sleep. Alcohol disables your adrenaline and helps fall asleep but then lowers the quality. Weed largely removes dreams and helps feel rested, but then there’s a slight hangover that encourages you to keep smoking
In short, it’s a holistic lifestyle thing. Everyone is different, so keeping a journal and experimenting helps. And of course your daily level of stress is a factor
There are also bedside lamps that slowly turn on at defined times, so you can wake up slowly. I’ve also built a blue light with a pi zero for my kids, that slowly increases in intensity over 10 minutes
I would also suggest something like a very bright Philips hue light (or other smart bulb). For me personally the bedside lamps can be problematic when sleeping sideways. And with smart bulbs you can just use whatever lamp you want.
I did this as well. I put 3 in the ceiling fan above my bed.
I get up an hour before my partner, and I also wake up easier, so I have them turn on at a low orange-red sunrise type color. They then later gradually brighten to a higher level of bright white when it’s time for her to get up, so it’s more intense, but still not harsh.
We still have alarms to actually get us up, but they can be quieter and less harsh, since the light helps the actual waking effect.
Falling asleep at the right time. Not getting into bed, falling asleep.
Use a sleep calculator to work out when you should be in bed so you can wake at the right part of your sleep cycle.
Any good sleep calculators on android? Preferably libre?
Sleep For Android
Cold Shower.
Maybe a cold shower that has to be as long as the time it takes you to get into the shower from your bed. If it takes a minute to get into the shower, then you owe a minute of the coldest water.
Keeping the bedroom cold. It will kickstart your circulation as soon as you get out from under the blanket.
The wake up lights work really well. They’re designed not to interrupt deep sleep (which results in grogginess). I’ve had one for years. But regular circadian rithms work best, always go to bed between the same ~ 30 min. Try to hit snooze only a set amount of times. Morning walks and cold showers if you can handle it. Note that one (or all)of these implementations won’t give results overnight, you need to give your body some time to change hormone cycles.
If you live alone, and trust me on this, start screaming. It feels weird but it works 9 times out of 10 also it relieves some stress probably.
If you feel uncomfortable doing that or don’t live alone or share walls with other people, try splashing you face with cold water. It fucking sucks, it really does, but you probably won’t fall asleep again.
If you’re ADHD like me and you’ve never been able to establish a consistant sleep schedule in your entire life then you gotta find tricks like these to help. No amount of “just go to bed at a regular hour and get up at the same time every day” is ever going to change anything. Coffee helps and so do prescribed stimulants but I can still pass out with those in my system. Cold water and staying on my feet hasn’t filled me.
However, if you’re struggling to get out of bed bc you turn off your alarm in a sleep haze and pass back out I recommend getting an app called alarmy and using it’s barcode scanning function. I pasted a barcode on my medication bottle that stays in my bathroom and the alarm won’t turn off until I scan it. It forces me to get out of bed and take my meds ASAP bc that alarm is annoying af. You can also keep your phone charger far away from your bed for added protection but if you have no self control at night this will eventually get annoying and you’ll move it back to your bed.
I hope something here helped o7 best of luck fellow permanently exhausted pigeon
If I start screaming at 6 AM, my neighbor would call the cops.
Added a clause for a reason lol, I don’t do this now that I live in an apartment but when my family wasn’t home and I woke up for school I’d do this.
I think it also helped that I had parrots so initially when I woke up they’d start screaming first and I felt included. I miss my birds
Waking up to screaming parrots and screaming with them sounds great! Stress relief and company
It was pretty cathartic. Got them really excited too and my greencheek would march around the top of his cage while he did it lol
This accurately reflects my position on the matter
It is currently almost 3 am, I have class at 9
7:10 for me. At some point I just gave up
I’m only an hour behind you lol
Probably won’t bother sleeping tonight either
Did you make it to your class?
I’d avoid it if at all possible. Waking up slowly and taking your time to adjust can be beneficial. There’s no way a sudden jolt of adrenaline and caffeine is good for you in the long run.
There have been studies stating that when daylight saving is rolled back one hour there’s a spike in coronary accidents. That may or may not be true, but I do feel better when doing my slow start routine.
Always wake up at the same time
And try to go to bed at the same time, preferably early.
Yes, even on weekends.
this.
Get an old school alarm clock. I mean really old school. The kind with physical bells that get hit by tiny hammers.
Put it out of reach of your bed so that you physically have to get up to shut it off.
But as others have said, a slow awakening is usually better. Maybe just do what you’re doing but an hour earlier?
Perform acts counter to what your body wants for the majority of your earthly existence. Feel bad bout wanting rest and relaxation. Develop anxiety about not having enough money.
Back in college I lived off campus and had to bike in. Usually waking up at the last possible moment had me leaping out of bed, eating as fast as possible, and pedaling my dumbass to class seconds after opening my eyes. Maybe the regular exercise helped.
I successfully trained myself to wake up at the right time without an alarm. There are methods for doing that, I’ll elaborate on mine if there’s interest. It takes all the pain out of waking up.
