How can I get back on a normal sleeping schedule?

yea, it would happen to me if I didn't have summer school. You have to break the cycle somehow by either:

--staying up all night and go to bed at 1 am

or

--- fall asleep whenever and set an alarm thats suitable

It's 2:23 A.M. right now. Not one bit tired. Been awake for ~13 hours. I probably won't fall asleep until somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00 A.M. I'd like to get back to falling asleep at about 1:00 or 1:30. Any ideas. I'm thinking of staying up all night and seeing how I can work with that. If I set my alarm early, tomorrow, I'll just walk right back to bed, because in times like those I am weak-minded.DejaVu72

Dude, this is EXTREMELY simple.

Lifestyle changes are difficult. And changing your sleeping schedule to a particular time is a lifestyle change. These kinds of changes require that EFFORT be put into making such a change.

Not a month ago, I got pissed off at somebody here who was making a similar thread. That dude had to be awake at 6 AM and he was still on Gamespot reading suggestions on how to get to sleep at 2:30 AM. And I just had to yell at him, because that's messed up.

Yes. If You're not accustomed to falling asleep by 1 AM, you probably WON'T fall asleep by 1 AM the first time you try.

Too bad. If you want to start going to sleep by 1 AM, you're just gonna have to deal with it. If you want to fall asleep by 1 AM, you need to be in bed by 12:30. I don't care if you actually fall asleep or not. You just need to TRY. After about a month of getting in bed at 12:30 and lying awake wishing that you could get to sleep, eventually you'll actually end up falling asleep sooner and sooner.

There are no miracle pills that make you get in shape. There are no miracle pills that make you immediately stop smoking. There are no miracle pills that make you immediately fall asleep whenever you want to with the snap of a finger. If you want to get to sleep by 1 AM, you need to TRY. You need to set some damn rules. Rules such as "if it's after 12:30, I will not go onto the internet and ask how to fall asleep".

That annoys me when I see these kinds of "problems" because they aren't even problems at all. If you consistently got into bed at bedtime instead of hanging around on te internet, it won't take long before you're consistently falling asleep 10 minutes after getting into bed.

I've considered doing that because my schedule is kinda the same as yours. Though I always regret going to bed so late when I wake up because it's like 2:00pm XD.guitargoddess17

Thats whats happening to me now since I don't have school anymore I fall a sleep at around 4 am and wake up 1 or 2 pm.... It sux.

Use a sleepray, oh wait, they don't make those yet.

Trying staying up late as possible and then fall asleep in the afternoons, and then sleep later and later until you get where you want it.

Perfect thing for that is... Staying up!

If you pull an all nighter you will obviously be tired later on. Then the following night fall asleep at your desired sleeping schedule and bam! You're back on track.

Worked for me.

[QUOTE="DejaVu72"]It's 2:23 A.M. right now. Not one bit tired. Been awake for ~13 hours. I probably won't fall asleep until somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00 A.M. I'd like to get back to falling asleep at about 1:00 or 1:30. Any ideas. I'm thinking of staying up all night and seeing how I can work with that. If I set my alarm early, tomorrow, I'll just walk right back to bed, because in times like those I am weak-minded.MrGeezer

Dude, this is EXTREMELY simple.

Lifestyle changes are difficult. And changing your sleeping schedule to a particular time is a lifestyle change. These kinds of changes require that EFFORT be put into making such a change.

Not a month ago, I got pissed off at somebody here who was making a similar thread. That dude had to be awake at 6 AM and he was still on Gamespot reading suggestions on how to get to sleep at 2:30 AM. And I just had to yell at him, because that's messed up.

Yes. If You're not accustomed to falling asleep by 1 AM, you probably WON'T fall asleep by 1 AM the first time you try.

Too bad. If you want to start going to sleep by 1 AM, you're just gonna have to deal with it. If you want to fall asleep by 1 AM, you need to be in bed by 12:30. I don't care if you actually fall asleep or not. You just need to TRY. After about a month of getting in bed at 12:30 and lying awake wishing that you could get to sleep, eventually you'll actually end up falling asleep sooner and sooner.

There are no miracle pills that make you get in shape. There are no miracle pills that make you immediately stop smoking. There are no miracle pills that make you immediately fall asleep whenever you want to with the snap of a finger. If you want to get to sleep by 1 AM, you need to TRY. You need to set some damn rules. Rules such as "if it's after 12:30, I will not go onto the internet and ask how to fall asleep".

That annoys me when I see these kinds of "problems" because they aren't even problems at all. If you consistently got into bed at bedtime instead of hanging around on te internet, it won't take long before you're consistently falling asleep 10 minutes after getting into bed.

You sound grumpy. Maybe you need more sleep as well :P

It's 2:23 A.M. right now. Not one bit tired. Been awake for ~13 hours. I probably won't fall asleep until somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00 A.M. I'd like to get back to falling asleep at about 1:00 or 1:30. Any ideas. I'm thinking of staying up all night and seeing how I can work with that. If I set my alarm early, tomorrow, I'll just walk right back to bed, because in times like those I am weak-minded.DejaVu72

Perfect thing for that is... Staying up!

If you pull an all nighter you will obviously be tired later on. Then the following night fall asleep at your desired sleeping schedule and bam! You're back on track.

Worked for me.

SSJ4Justin

Exactly. I tried it once. Ka-blam.

I recommend just setting your alarm early and then just going for a day on what little sleep you get. By the 2nd night you'll be ready to go to sleep at a reasonable time.

At least that is what I do. Then again, I have always been able to switch my sleep schedule up in a heartbeat seeing as I can go on little sleep and keep up when I am dead tired.