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Question: Is it insomnia or something else? Will this ever change?My problem is not so much insomnia, but the fact that no matter when I go to sleep, no matter how sleep deprived I am, no matter what sleeping pill I might take my body is the most alert about 11PM and wants to sleep at 4-6 AM and wake up in the afternoon around 2PM Its not that I need more than 8 or 9 hours of sleep. It's more like my body is hard-wired to those times. I've tried melatonin, I've tried ambien, I've tried rozerem. While the ambien works, its short term and addictive. Even with the ambien I still find myself wanting to sleep until about 2 PM if I don't have plans the next day. What is wrong with body? Is there something off with my circadian rhythms? Why doesn't my body feel tired at dark and awake when it's light out like everyone else?
Answer: I use to have the same problem and it's actually not that complicated as you think. You have just change your sleeping times. Where most sleep at night...yours are in reverse. The way I broke mine was to force myself to get up earlier and earlier each day. If I went to bed at 4am I would make myself get back up at 8am and not go back to sleep till like 10pm. even if I wasn't tired. You have to be consistant. But if you keep it up you will eventually get back into a normal routine. Also a huge part of it is staying away from the computer and tv around the time you would normally be up! Those only urge you to stay up longer. At least it did for me
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