Tips for sleeping in?

[YearsAlongTheSea]

So, I've fallen into this pattern of waking up really early for work, and by really early I mean 6 a.m. I'm finding that on weekends, and even if I get a day off, I'm still waking up within an hour of my 'routine' departure from the bed(womb).

I know this topic has been taken for a spin and I've always said eat some pharmies, puff some herb and hit the hay, but I'm looking for something else, either to supplement or flat out replace my angle here. If you have any secret tricks up your sleeve, I'd love a few takes on another solution...

Thanks in advance and sweet dreams...

[Jaimoe]

I don't think there's much you can do to sleep in other than stay up really, really late the night before. Drinking will not help. Trying to re-adjust your body-clock is a difficult task and it is a gradual thing for most people.

I work shifts: 2 weeks 7am to 7pm and then a weekend turnaround followed by 2 weeks 7pm to 7am. I'm basically jet-lagged every two weeks. I can't sleep longer than 7 hours.

One sure-fire method of sleeping in is hanging out at Booche's place on a Friday or Saturday. The tunes, TV and beer only gets better after 2am.

[Pablo Sanchez]

tips for sleeping in?

don't have kids

[Prost]

Cover your windows with dark blinds or heavy blankets so that no outside light shines into your room. Works for me.

[Tooly]

i get up every day for work at 4-30, so i hear you about the body clock thing on the weekends. in fact, i got up at 5 30 today to take a wizz just because my bodies used to being up around then doing that.

i have a real hard time getting back to sleep, once my mind really starts turning, im up no matter what time it is, sometimes if i just smoke one right away when im up too early, itll put me back out, only if its the heavy smoke though, like the K9 or something.

have you tried valerian root pills? they leave me pretty dopey in the mornings, im sure you could sleep longer with them

[bradm]

YATS, maybe you could try sleeping at other times (i.e., napping)? Both out of habit and to keep a reasonably stable meal schedule, I tend to get up at about the same time every weekday, with maybe a half an hour or so of extra sleep-in time on the weekends. Like Tooly, once my minds kicks into gear, I'm awake, and really can't get back to sleep, but I am able to nap for a couple of hours on most weekend afternoons, which helps a lot.

Aloha,

Brad

[Tooly]

agreed bradm, naps are awesome

my wife has gotten me addicted to naps on the weekend, especially if we are going out for a long evening, a couple hours in bed in the afternoon-early supper hours are great.

[YearsAlongTheSea]

I'm very non-commital, so naps have always been a tough one for me to squeeze in. But, I get the impression that with my newfound sleepiness, I'll be on that wagon this afternoon.

Thanks for the feedback ya'll....

[bouche]

http://www.hibermate.com/

[mulvee]

You could come to work with me (laying sod) 60 + hrs per week..... guaranteed sleepin' in come Saturday morn.

I can sleep anywhere, anytime...... in a work truck (sometimes driving), watchin tv, drinking a beer, on the stairs, reading kids bedtime stories, mid sentence( this one really bugs my wife).

[dancingbear]

i find as i age...it gets harder to sleep in...gone are the days i would sleep to 3 in the afternoon,...

however, i find if i get up early, and want to go back to bed i will shower, and then lie back down. kinda like psyching myself out i guess. my body feels the shower which it equls to going to work, then i just go back to sleep. make any sense?

[meggo]

if you go to pzizz.com, you can download these nice relaxation 'recordings.' you could try listening to one in the morning.

also i find that when i wake up early on the weekends, i just get up and putter around for a few minutes, and then i can go and fall back asleep.

[hamilton]

i find as i age...it gets harder to sleep in...gone are the days i would sleep to 3 in the afternoon,...

Ditto.

My advice was going to be to admit to yourself that you're not seventeen anymore and move on.

[headymamamyrna]

So true!

I don't sleep very well at night but I can sleep in the early hours no problem.

I am now convinced i don't like nightime.

[popo weenie]

you must be older than 35 as thats about the time you start, your whole body changes, so you are in the change of life it stops when you die

no fun but it is life ,sleep when you can get up keep going, the worst thing you can do is think about it, you will have many years of sleeping in the future, dont worry be happy

[bradm]

you must be older than 35 as thats about the time you start, your whole body changes, so you are in the change of life

I've also heard that, as people age, their need for sleep decreases; a lot of senior citizens complain to their doctors about "insomnia," when it's just the natural/expected reduction in the amount of sleep they need. Some seniors' residences have taken this into account and dramatically cut back on the amount of sleep medication they presctibe and give out, and have seen a dramatic decrease in the number and severity of accidents due to things like falls and loss of balance.

Your body will tell you what it needs: if you're tired, it'll demand that you sleep; if you're functioningly awake, you probably don't need (much) more sleep than you're getting.

Aloha,

Brad

Edited September 16, 2007 by Guest
I really didn't need that to be in italics.

[Jaimoe]

You could always play the last few Ben Harper and Dave Matthews Band albums in a continuous loop.

[YearsAlongTheSea]

Some seniors' residences have taken this into account and dramatically cut back on the amount of sleep medication they presctibe and give out, and have seen a dramatic decrease in the number and severity of accidents due to things like falls and loss of balance.

Are you telling me I can walk into most any old age home, find a surplus of 'sleepy-time' pharmies, and waltz out with a nice little personal stockpile?

Time to visit grandma...

[Sheebs]

I would get up and turn the tv on. THere is a lot of boring shit on sat and sun morns at 5 am and then drfit off

[popo weenie]

yes you can and dont forget to have a look in the garbage can by the bed

[popo weenie]

oops sorry forgot dont forget to have a look under their pillow too a little pint maybe

[bokonon]

Get a really comfy bed and tons of pillows, works for me. I can sleep twelve hours no problem!

[Davey Boy 2.0]

exercise certainly helps

[paisley]

self hypnosis can help you program yourself to sleep deeper or longer (on any given night) if you figure out how to work it... worth reading up on a little for interest's sake one way or the other

(had a stint with self hypnosis after reading an early nineties OMNI magazine about it... works, though can be a little weird to figure out at first)

[jonyak]

I have personaly just given in to it and get up early on the weekends as well. I get alot more stuff done doing things this way and my days seem longer.

I have become a morning person.