Why aren't I in bed?

[SteveC]

Why is it that I get up in the morning and I'm tired. I have trouble getting up no matter if it's 6AM or 11AM. I'm often tired in the daytime. I don't feel the need to go to bed till way into the not-so-early hours of the morning, and so I usually drag myself off to bed at a more normal hour.

I think I'm in the wrong time zone - if I lived in New York I'd probably be OK

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[KvHagedorn]

Stop eating those twinkies after supper and you will get tired and go to bed at a more normal hour..

[Liquid Snake]

Hey, I actually have a similar problem. Even if I get 4 hours of sleep or 10, I still feel the same (tired).

[Dilitante1]

Sounds like a blood sugar issue, get it checked! Diabetes can sneak up on ya quickly and f%$@ you up or kill ya.


-pickle

[SteveC]

Well usually I have to force myself into bed and to go to sleep. It's just my sleeping pattern's all wrong. I haven't even tried going to bed before midnight in a few weeks! Been decorating till early hour of the morning this week

Might try to get a couple of hours now just so I don't collapse or something later

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Helevitia]

Lots of things can cause tiredness, here are the most common:

caffeine
sugar
lack of exercise
not eating right
stress(job, home, etc..)


Try eaiting better, exercise more and stay away from the caffeine. Don't eat past 7:00pm and exercise later but not too late.

Dave

[Liquid Snake]

Yep my sleeping pattern's messed up too. Haven't had any coffee in a while. Not eating right? Maybe. Stress? Hell yes. Lack of exercise? Definitely. And I eat dinner at 8PM..

[Jake]

LS, You are 15 years old!! (hope I'm right)

YOU DON'T KNOW STRESS!!!!

[Topha]

just force yourself to get up early, eat you meals on a fairly regular basis, go (if you dont do any other sports) running for at least 30 minutes every other day and dont hang around in front of the computer all the time

PS: dont sleep too long, you body gets used to it and you will feel tired all the time, the best is to get regular sleep for 6-8 hours every day.

[Nuno]

I would advice you to go to your doctor to do a check-up.

[Topha]

if he/she is a good doctor she will tell you something that will sound very much like what i told you`

at least thats what my dad told me when i told him about the same you wrote

[Alec]

I have that problem, too. I exercise regularly and eat well, don´t have stress either... but I can´t go to sleep early and I´m up usually at 9.30/10 AM.

[DentyCracker]

Yeah go get a check up. You never know, and it may be an easily corrected problem. DM is the pits, I am (thank God mildly so), but all I have to do is ensure I do the things said above and I'm all right. The most important of all the factors mentioned above is exercise.

LS you are WAY too young not to be getting adequate exercise. Why when I was you age I was superfit (ah those were the days). No excuse not to be exercising son, now get down and give me thirty. (pushups)

[VJ]

aah, good thing you mention the word pushups

Otherwise he could go down on the floor, reach for his wallet and give you 30$....

Jörg

[Topha]

just force yourself to get up early once, you will be tired for a day or two, but after that you should be fine, its all a matter of self control and getting used to it

(you could try placing several alarm clocks all over the room, so you have to get up to turn them off and ask someone (parents/siblings/whoever) to wake you up, with cold water if necessary)