Comments on: Based On a True Story: I Suck At Sleeping

By: mylife

mylife — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:53:18 +0000

Hey peter what ever happened? I can't find you posting about you experience with it? Did you ever fix your sleep? I'm about to give it a try and wanted to know if it worked for you.

By: strawmn

strawmn — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:51:06 +0000

I never thought that sleep deprivation was a serious problem. At least until I got jet lagged in England and didn't sleep, for the most part, for three days.

After that I had a rotating sleep anxiety problem - head would hit the pillow and my heart rate would hit 120. It was seriously bizzare, because I'm a pretty not anxious person.

Anyway. This is apropos of nothing at all, because like all sleep experts, I have no helpful advice. (Really? Set fixed sleeping hours and use my bed only for sleeping? This ruins my midnight game of mattress badmitton!) Best of luck.

By: explosionhead

explosionhead — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:32:38 +0000

wow, i was in such a rush that i did some serious misspelling there ^

By: explosionhead

explosionhead — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:31:23 +0000

Well, I can tell you that I have the same problem. But when I do fall asleep I am out until someone comes along and punches me in the stomach to wake me up. I actually slept for 22 hour once. When I woke up I was tired from sleeping all day. Tat was a real problem, because I don't know how to get rest ffrom being too tired of resting.

Sorry for the diresion there, but good luck on your endeavors.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:11:02 +0000

yes i have the same problem!
i think it's something to do with how active your brain is
i often go to bed earlier in an effort to sleep more to be prepared for the next day, even though the previous night i had maybe 5 hours i still dont sleep until maybe 2 am...
what am i up doing?
reading engadget..
either way
i realized i must tire myself out till absolute then i want to do the whole head + pillow = sleep thing

this only happens on 1 occassion

continuous no sleep like plane rides to asia ( can't sleep on airplanes either)

or out with friends drinking

so yeah you need to drink more ^_^

By: elcarnal

elcarnal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:16 +0000

Ha! Interesting. I have the exact opposite situation, I sleep quickly and voluntarily anywhere I want to...I could even fall asleep in the middle of the Highway at rush hour. Planes? Buses? Parks? Anywhere I want to. I guess I never thought of it as a blessing, but now I think it might be based on your issues

By: clarely

clarely — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:21:53 +0000

eh, I'm the same -- takes me AGES to fall asleep, but once I'm out, I am OUT, sometimes for 11, 12 hours. I think for some people this is just normal. Or, you know, maybe it's too much caffeine

I'll be interested to hear how the product testing goes, as it is pretty damn frustrating not being able to get to sleep most of the time...

By: queensmajor

queensmajor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:13:17 +0000

I've had sleeping problems for years, and I've been though a few sleep clinics and more than one set of unhelpful advice. However, not being able to fall asleep at night can sometimes be a product of sleeping for too long each night, some people only need 6 hours where others need 10 in order to be at full capacity.

Also, the fact that you're concerned over having so much trouble falling asleep is probably contributing to your inability to fall asleep. Hurray for circular situations!

I wish you success?

By: Peter Ha

Peter Ha — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:23:32 +0000

Heh. I figured that was it.

By: Church

Church — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:26:46 +0000

That's just your body's way of telling you that you don't drink enough.