I hate sleeping! :(

[TheLonelyPoet]

I know lots of people who deal with being unable to fall asleep / stay asleep.

 

However, my problem is the opposite!

 

I can fall asleep like that, anytime, anywhere… and stay asleep. You can hold a loud conversation over my head and I will sleep like a baby. The problem is… I can’t wake up. I end up sleeping over 12 hours on more and more days. And there are few when I sleep less than 10. Then I never have enough time for all the stuff us humans have to do when awake. I constantly feel ANGRY with myself and frustrated over not being able to wake up. I’m constantly rushed by work adding up, as I can’t keep up with everything. Worst of all, I actually feel tired when I wake up!

 

Question is, is it possible to sleep to hard, too deep? That seems to be the case. I set up FOUR loud and annoying alarm clocks in the four corners of my room to force myself to walk around and turn them off. And believe it or not, sometimes I don’t even remember standing up. Then, I just wake up at 1 pm with a clock in my hand. And very very very frustrated!

 

Worst thing is, when I talk to people they just say: oh you’re a lazy freelancer … you need to get up when the alarm goes off… etc. They don’t get that I don’t even hold control half the time the clocks go off. No one seems to understand this problem, they don’t even see the problem, they just think I like sleeping that much and it is my choice.

 

Furthermore, after I wake up it takes a good hour before I finally feel 100% awake. 15 minutes after I wake up my brain is still so dull I can’t even hold a decent conversation, I can’t bring in the right words etc. and fall asleep again on chairs, or in the shower.

 

Interesting exception to this, which might be important I guess, are all sorts of special events. If I’m a guest in someone’s house or I have to wake up because I have to be at the Airport at 7 AM sharp… then my sleep is totally different. I FEEL AWAKE the moment that alarm clock goes off, I am completely conscious right away, it is as if I closed my eyes and then opened them again… that’s how awake I feel then. No hour lag either before I’m 100%.Yet most days are routine so I don’t get that pleasure very often.

 

I’m writing this because this problem is getting worse and worse, This week I slept 12 hours or more on 4 out of 7 days. And over 9h on the other 3. Worst of all, I feel sleepy all the time too… after 10h on my feet I’m ready to fall asleep again.

 

What can I do, what is the nature of my problem? I'd like to know of methods I can use to wake up, and I would also like to know if anyone is experiencing the same problem every morning.

[Jetta]

Have you ever done a sleep study? You should go see a sleep specialist.

[Love_Music]

I think you need to go to see a doctor....sounds like you have a sleeping disorder

[TheLonelyPoet]

Have you ever done a sleep study? You should go see a sleep specialist.

 

I did not do a sleep study. Because frankly how could it work? Like I said, under unusual circumstances I do not go into my usual "super heavy sleep" instead I sleep the way normal people sleep. Such circumstances include:

 

- unfamiliar place (ex: hotel)

- unfamiliar circumstance (ex: first day of school)

 

Thus I am sure sleeping in a facility will not trigger the heavy sleep that is the problem.

 

What else can I do? Has anyone heard of anyone with similar problems? I'm guessing this is far less common than the problem of being unable to sleep.

[leo_s84]

You should definitely go get checked out. If you feel sleepy all the time even after 12 hours of sleep it might be because you're not getting enough "regenerating" sleep. I remember reading about it, there is REM sleep (when you dream) and deep sleep (when you regain strength). You might be lacking the deep sleep part.

[TheLonelyPoet]

You should definitely go get checked out. If you feel sleepy all the time even after 12 hours of sleep it might be because you're not getting enough "regenerating" sleep. I remember reading about it, there is REM sleep (when you dream) and deep sleep (when you regain strength). You might be lacking the deep sleep part.

 

That could be true, because I always have very strong dreams. Sometimes to the point that I can't tell the difference between reality and dream in the process of waking and hear the buzzing and music of my alarms as somehow incorporated into my dreams (like in comedies... haha)

[Beyondthesea]

Yes you should be seen by a doctor for this, it's not necessarily a normal thing.

[JeckyllNHyde]

That could be true, because I always have very strong dreams. Sometimes to the point that I can't tell the difference between reality and dream in the process of waking and hear the buzzing and music of my alarms as somehow incorporated into my dreams (like in comedies... haha)

 

i'm the same.

i can sleep 12 hrs. but most days it's 10.

and i have such... weird.. dreams, and they feel real and there are lots times i wake up and am not sure if it was real or a dream. i dont worry about it though. i do have trouble getting up though . i will get wake up calls, etc and just sleep another 1-2 hrs.

[TheLonelyPoet]

i'm the same.

i can sleep 12 hrs. but most days it's 10.

and i have such... weird.. dreams, and they feel real and there are lots times i wake up and am not sure if it was real or a dream. i dont worry about it though. i do have trouble getting up though . i will get wake up calls, etc and just sleep another 1-2 hrs.

 

Right! Do you ever have those dreams that in your dreams you think you are already aweken, and you turn off the alarms and get ready for work and so on (and its all so realistic) ... and then you ACTUALLY wake up and find out that you were only thinking you were getting ready? ahh, happens to me so often.

[JeckyllNHyde]

Right! Do you ever have those dreams that in your dreams you think you are already aweken, and you turn off the alarms and get ready for work and so on (and its all so realistic) ... and then you ACTUALLY wake up and find out that you were only thinking you were getting ready? ahh, happens to me so often.

 

it doesnt happen oftento me though, but it hashappened.

 

i have alot of dreams though for instance like:

i was dumped in reality.

in my dream we made up and he asked me to get back together.

 

i wake up, and grab the phone ready to dial his number. and then as i'm dialing realise this MAY... have been a dream. it still took me a while to figure out whether it was or wasnt.

i have had it happen various times.

[Axiom]

you have described it perfect. you could be describing me. it's amazing really.

i used to think that i was always tired because i got too much sleep, but now, well i dont know. i swear on my life that i could get robbed blind when I'm sleeping, even if they had a party first before robbing me. (the alarmclocks never work!) And I do get those crazy "o so real " dreams. the unfimiliar places scenario is exactly the same. just last weekend i visited my mother, woke up wide awake. (no dreams) whereas if i were just sleeping at home, i woulda been zonked out for hours, and even when im awake im not really awake. its not just the unfimiliar places either tho. i can wake up without an alarmclock by myself AND be wide awake when theres some1 depending on me or some important thing i need to do. anyways im just babbling. i really dont have anything to add other than i feel for you. i haven't told many people about this cause its not really life or death, and when i do i get the same responses. MUST BE NICE. UR JUST LAZY. TALK TO A DOCTOR. SLEEP STUDY....blah blah blah. i know they're tryin to help but ](i just dont bother anymore.

](*,)

[TheLonelyPoet]

i can wake up without an alarmclock by myself AND be wide awake when theres some1 depending on me or some important thing i need to do.

 

Yes! Exactly like me, how do you deal with it? Have you tried anything to do about it?

 

I know that notion of just "giving up on it" it certainly isn't something that can kill me or harm me. However, it does affect my life in a negative way as I wish I could have more hours to live and less to sleep ;(

[Axiom]

i deal with the not feeling awake part the usual way.... coffee. and my gf handles the waking me up part... its bad tho i feel like i have to b baby sat to wake up. it also hasnt had a very positive affect on the relationship. im sure she thinks im just a lazy sleeper, but what could i tell her? there was an a time when she left the burner on, on our stove, we went to sleep and apparently the smoke alarm went off and i wasnt even aware.... cause i was sleeping.

[TheLonelyPoet]

Certainly feels good to know I'm not the only one with this problem JnH. People always tell me that there's not such thing and that it's all in my head... that I just don't feel like waking up early.

 

Anyway, I'll try to see a doctor soon. What kind of a doctor am I searching for?

[girl friend]

Try buying a walking alarm clock, they start running round your room when you've set them to go off so you have 2 get up and catch the darn things. After that you certainly are wide awake!

 

If you are having a serious problem, try seeing your GP though, it could be a virus.

[girl friend]

Anyway, I'll try to see a doctor soon. What kind of a doctor am I searching for?

 

Maybe a psychologist.. Have you heard of the Epstein-Bar Virus?

 

Have you been depressed?

How long has this sleep need been going on for? did something traumatic happen before this all began? a change of job, a berevement or loss of some kind, a relationship break down..?

 

Do you feel like you permanently have a cold? Irritability? Sore throat? Swollen lymph glands? depression?