Clara001
Active member
I've been having problems sleeping since I started university and I have no idea how to fix that. I'm not sure this is a matter of depression, so I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
During holidays, my sleeping schedule looked like this: I went to bed at 4 am and slept till 4 pm, sometimes even a few hours longer. So I slept around 12 hours everyday. Now I normally have to wake up around 6 am for classes and that complicates things. On Sunday nights I usually don't sleep at all and I go through Monday feeling exhausted. I come home, make myself stay awake till 7 pm when all of the sudden I'm not tired anymore. So on Tuesdays I normally skip all the classes and sleep the entire day (around 15 hours). I wake up around 6 pm on Tuesday and then of course I don't sleep the entire night and Wednesday=Monday. It's a vicious cycle ... One night I don't sleep at all because I'm too anxious and the other "night" I sleep the entire day. During weekends I set up my alarm at 10 am so that I'd sleep only 8 hours and I could go to sleep at a proper time on Sunday night. But I just can't get out of bed. I set up 3 alarm clocks and it doesn't help. And even if I do wake up at 10 am (which sometimes happens), I still stay up at night till 5 am and sleep through entire Sunday.
So, my questions are:
1. During holidays I slept 12-16 hours everyday - is that normal? I'm 19 years old and it is said that a person my age should sleep aroung 8 hours per day ... 12 hours is "only" 4 hours more, but is it too much? Does my body really need all that sleep or is it a symptom of depression?
2. Not really a question, but do you have any useful tips for fixing my sleep schedule?
I apologize for the messy post and any gramatical errors, but I can hardly explain that in Slovene, which is my native language, let alone in English ...
During holidays, my sleeping schedule looked like this: I went to bed at 4 am and slept till 4 pm, sometimes even a few hours longer. So I slept around 12 hours everyday. Now I normally have to wake up around 6 am for classes and that complicates things. On Sunday nights I usually don't sleep at all and I go through Monday feeling exhausted. I come home, make myself stay awake till 7 pm when all of the sudden I'm not tired anymore. So on Tuesdays I normally skip all the classes and sleep the entire day (around 15 hours). I wake up around 6 pm on Tuesday and then of course I don't sleep the entire night and Wednesday=Monday. It's a vicious cycle ... One night I don't sleep at all because I'm too anxious and the other "night" I sleep the entire day. During weekends I set up my alarm at 10 am so that I'd sleep only 8 hours and I could go to sleep at a proper time on Sunday night. But I just can't get out of bed. I set up 3 alarm clocks and it doesn't help. And even if I do wake up at 10 am (which sometimes happens), I still stay up at night till 5 am and sleep through entire Sunday.
So, my questions are:
1. During holidays I slept 12-16 hours everyday - is that normal? I'm 19 years old and it is said that a person my age should sleep aroung 8 hours per day ... 12 hours is "only" 4 hours more, but is it too much? Does my body really need all that sleep or is it a symptom of depression?
2. Not really a question, but do you have any useful tips for fixing my sleep schedule?
I apologize for the messy post and any gramatical errors, but I can hardly explain that in Slovene, which is my native language, let alone in English ...