I have been having problems with this for a few years. Until recently, it hasnt been a major problem - but over the past year it has been. I have no problem falling asleep at night (usually I pass out as soon as my head hits the pillow) but I CANNOT wake up in the morning. I set 3 different alarms and somehow I turn them off and fall back asleep. I think im doing this in my sleep because I do not feel awake at all when this happens and I often dont even remember doing it. (wake up wondering why my alarm didnt go off?) This has caused me problems in every area of my life as I am constantly late for work and other things and no matter how early I go to bed, nothing helps. The alarms just do not wake me up. PLEASE HELP! I dont understand whats going on. Im sleeping through the night without waking up so I dont see why im so tired. Im often sore (back and neck) and unable to focus and stay awake during the day. I dont nap because my naps are usually 5 + hours long. HELP!
Also - I live in Calgary, AB, Canada and do not know of any sleep clinics in this area.

Thanks!

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I’m 17 & i can never sleep at night!
I’m just not tired! I stay on the computer, or watch tv, or draw, or whatever..
i’m home schooled so i don’t have to be up at a specific time but i think this is becoming a destructive habit, i usually stay up all night with mini naps throughout the day…
i know as a teen that i need a lot more sleep than i’m getting…
how can i get on a good track?

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He is very used to me rocking him to take naps and go to bed. I have a 3 mth old who also needs my attention for naps and bedtime.

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After school i go home and watch tv and i end up dozing off. How do i keep myself awake and not fall asleep. My mom hates it when i take naps because i wont be able to sleep at night. Do you what sould i do?

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She sleeps well at night; a good 12 solid hours usually. But, lately she will not take naps! It is like pulling teeth. If I do get her asleep, she will only sleep for about 30-40 minutes. I know she is tired, and just fighting it. I do nothing different than in the past. She is warm and comfortable. Please help me, for my sanity!

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And, how long and how many naps should he be having during the day? The reason Im asking is because we’re having a hard time getting him on a nighttime sleeping routine. Hes a little night owl, but he will sleep as long as I will let him during the day. So, I need to start waking him up in the morning, and watching how long he naps. I want him to get enough sleep.. I would just prefer it to be at night.

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My son is 4 months old.. and I am thinking that he is probably growing out of his bassinet.. or will soon. What age did your child begin sleeping in a crib and what method did you use to make it go smoothly. Currently, he naps fine in his crib. I place him in it with lullabies and he can usually put himself to sleep. Suggestions please.. thanks.

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I have messed up sleeping patterns and I always go to sleep really late. Somedays I feel exhausted for going to bed late and I take naps. Other days I don’t take naps even though I only had 2-3 hours of sleep at night. There is a lot going in my mind these days but it is getting better. So maybe I am having trouble resting my mind. But what should I do to get myself back to normal sleeping patterns?

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My mother sleeps with the TV blaring every single night since I was a kid. She always complains that she is tired and that she never feels rested. She essentially naps her entire weekend away because she feels so tired.

I thought perhaps the TV was affecting her restoritive REM sleep. Any truth behind this theory of mine? I’m kind of worried about her.

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I have learnt that REM sleep is the time when most people have dreams. However, I get dreams while taking short naps of 15 min to 30 min. I often get dreams even with 15 min sleep! Does that make me abnormal or am I just really good at sleeping?

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She sleeps at night for about 40 to 90 minutes at a time on average and wakes up. Sometimes she’ll cry or moan herself back to sleep. Sometimes we’ll feed her or rock her back to sleep. During the day, she’ll have three naps of about 45 minutes each. Needless to say, we are at our wits end, having gone four months without a decent night’s sleep. She is in our bedroom (1 bedroom apt.), no choice there. We did put up a screen around her crib so she couldn’t see Mom and Dad in bed, but it didn’t help. We tried Zantac for acid reflux per doctor’s orders and it didn’t help. Sometimes, if we put her in our bed she’ll sleep better, put this won’t work for us. We are now trying the Ferber method, letting her cry it out some and she seems to sleep even less. Any ideas?

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For probably the last several months I have had trouble falling asleep at night. I usually wake up around 10am and avoid taking naps or drinking coffee during the day. I’m usually awake at night until at least 3 or 4am. I get tired but just can’t fall asleep. I function alright during the day, I mean I am getting about 6 hours of sleep. But the continuing sleeplessness is a little nerve racking.

I have tried taking baths before bed. I drink quite a bit of soda but have been drinking caffeine free for the past 2 months. I try laying down at a resonable time and just relaxing with the lights out. Listening to soothing music. I’ve also tried a few over the counter sleep aids which only make me extremely groggy the next morning.

I don’t know if necessarily I have insomnia or if another reason better fits. If I’m still having a problem at the end of this month I’m going to the doctor. Does anyone have any suggestions on either information or ideas as to what my problem is?

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I have a 11 yr old who has narcolepsy and epilepsy. durring the summer we go and have 3 or 4 attacks a week. well when school starts the attacks go to 3 or 4 a day. She takes 2 naps at school, but the wake her up from them. any advice??

I have also notice that is she dont eay meals and snacks she has spells. does this affect it?

She can go from being a bouncing off the wall 11 yr old, to a 11 yr having to be pushed in a wheel chair. because she is so weak.

I have researched, asked, and the drs are trying to adjust meds. now. does anyone know anything that can help us, be half way normal???

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i know that that’s the downside to pregnancy, but i was wondering if there was anything that could help me. i got a body pillow, and its not helping. i wake up every couple hours and cant fall back asleep for about an hour. i try to take naps, but i just end up wakening up after about an hour. im starting to miss all the sleep i got in the first trimester. anyone?

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For the past couple weeks i have had trouble with sleeping..sometimes i cant fall asleep at all. I think it has to do with my different times of sleeping…since im a full time college student i stay up late at night studying and take naps during the day. On weekends i’m out till the wee hours of the morning partying…so i def dont get enough sleep and take naps during the day as well. So when i really need to sleep in order to be ready for a really big exam i cannot fall asleep. Right now its getting to the point where im thinking about going to a doctor. My parents who are both doctors told me to get professional help, i want to know if there is a way of curing it before i do go to get professional help with this.
Thanks for all your help! I actually decided to listen to my parents and get professional help because i cannot do this anymore. I have finals coming up and i need tons of rest in order to do well.

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