I'm literally nocturnal rant

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If I try to be awake during the day like a normal person I stay up later and wake up later and later (about 2 hour change every day) until I’m falling asleep at dawn and waking up at dusk. Then it kind of stabilizes at that. When the days are shorter I miss all the daylight all together. Then when I finally do get to see the light I get manic.

If I’m awake during the day I always get a burst of energy once it’s dark outside.

I wonder if it’s because I’ve been around cats so much in my life.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/prevention/cats.html

People always have so many suggestions for me when I tell them about my messed up sleep. Yes I’ve tried melitonin.

maybe I’m like this because when I was a kid I begged God that I would be a Gaygoyle. I didn’t know any better I was only a kid. :sob:

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Maybe you should stop embracing it first.
Some people do need a little sleep, like four hours or so but if it messes up your daily activities you should do something.

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I DON’T EMBRACE IT

I’ve been fighting my sleeping issues since I was 12!

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I’m assuming you tried sleeping aid? Maybe talk to your pdoc about some seroquel? Zyprexa used to put me to sleep but I gained weight on it.

Also, I’ve had cats my whole life and always slept well (except when manic or psychotic…)

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no Minnii NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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Lol… Alrighty than

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To sleep properly requires discipline to get into a routine.

You stick to the same hour going to bed, no naps or sleeping early if you’re tired.

You get up at the same time, with an alarm if necessary.

My sleep pattern is all over the place, but I don’t mind it like that, I’m currently not working so no big deal.

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Yes Pro I believe in that. Today I woke up at about 4am somehow so that’s good.

I have trouble falling asleep and waking up. I lay in bed and can’t fall asleep. To fall asleep I have to be profoundly exhausted. And when I wake up often times I can’t bring myself to move. When I set an alarm I wake up long after it went off with it mysteriously shut off somehow with no memory of turning it off. I think a split personality wakes up and turns it off and goes back to bed.

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I keep odd hours myself. I think it might be some kind of avoidant behavior.

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I inquired about my difficulty keeping normal hours to many folks. One doctor told me long ago that one of the reasons so many schizophrenics work as prostitutes and cab drivers is because of the night hours.

Realizing my pattern, my Mother once hoped that I become a card dealer in Vegas . . .

Jayster

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e, some people are night people.

You seem to like the way you sleep, so why ‘rant?’

I told you what you need to do to sleep properly.