Insomnia...?

Question: It's kind of hard to explain my situation. I've always had a horrible sleeping pattern ever since I was really little. In fact, I've never really had a bed time. I always go to bed really early in the mornings, like 7, 8, 9 am. If I want to put myself on a normal sleeping sceduale, I stay up all day and I manage to conk out around 10 pm...sometimes even later. But then, the next couple of days, I'm doing the same exact thing again. ((This does not count school nights)) I was wondering, is this a type of insomnia? And if it is, should I see a doctor about it?

Answers:
Well, not sure if it's Insomnia, I rather think it's some sort of biorhythm malfunction, you should try to go to sleep and to wake up at regular houres, if you go to sleep very late in the weekend, your body will adapt to that, so that you will be tired at that time, also in school weeks, so if you suddenly go to sleep early, your body tells you you shouldn't go to bed yet, it's too early, so if you go to sleep at regular houres, your body will adapt to those houres...
I guess it could also be that you don't need a lot of sleep, and that depends on your age, growth....if you're still growing, you'd need much more sleep than when you've finished growing... so the difference is the greatest between an adolescent and a young grown up, so difference between a 16 y.o. and an 18 y.o.
if that doesn't work, maybe you should try some things such as tranquility herbs, hot milk, that kind of stuff....and if the problem is that you're thinking about lots of things while you can't sleep, you should try to empty your head before you go to sleep, maybe write down several things so that you don't need to think about thing anymore (such as problems, tests at school, things you're looking forward to, etc.)
Than maybe you should see a doctor, but remember, real insomnia is not very common, it's often just a problem of biorhythm
good luck further on!

Other Answers:
How about if you force yourself to be awake every day after 9.00, and not get yourself the chanse to sleep?

Yeah i think it's some kind of inssomnia, but before trying eny kind of pills, see if there are other ways.

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well i think you should attempt to regulate your sleep schedule. try to start going to bed at a consistent time. you need some kind of a schedule.

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I've been on Ambien for 2 years and that is pretty good for helping. You could ask for a low dose of something like that or take Tylenol or Advil pm.

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Try getting your Dr to refer you to a sleep clinic. They will be able to help you the best. They can study your sleep patterns. Lack of sleep for long periods of time will affect the rest of your daily living. It affects all sorts of activities and motor functions. It sounds like you have adapted well to how you sleep, but you shouldn't have to. You shouldn't have to take sleeping aids to get some rest all the time. try the sleep clinic, you'll be glad you did once you get a regular routine set. Good luck with it.

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