If u don't do anything during the day, why is it harder to fall asleep at night?
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You haven't used up your energy for the day, therefore you aren't tired.  If you go and work hard, you have no energy left, so it's really easy to fall asleep.\n\nHow did this get a thumbs down?
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if you're falling asleep at 5am and waking up at 6 or 7 then yes, it's insomnia.  I know because I have it. BUT if you're falling asleep at 5am and getting a normal amount of sleep then your sleep pattern is messed up.  You'll have to force yourself to get up around 8am and you'll fall asleep earlier that night.
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Reversing your day might seem fine at the begining but later on you'll start feeling tired and exhausted. Sleeping during the night is essential because it recovers your body completly and sleeping during the day doesnt have the same effect as it has during the night. I aslo know that growth hormones are secreted during your sleep at night, so if you dont get a good nights sleep your horomone secretions will be mixed so it will have a negative affect on you metabolism.
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Yes, if you're lying there & can't sleep, that's insomnia. If you're exhausted & yet can't fall asleep, that's insomnia. Just try something different. Lying there worrying about not falling asleep makes it harder to fall asleep! Try to relax before bed by reading or watching tv (preferably something not too stimulating, maybe something really boring!) or exercise strenuously earlier in the day. Physical exhaustion makes it easier to sleep & is a great stress reliever. Or you could try yoga, meditation, breathing techniques. What is keeping you up at night? Is there something you're worried about? Getting your feelings out by talking to someone may help. Also, watch what you eat & drink. Some people say warm milk before bed helps. Watch your caffeine intake. I wouldn't recommend cola or coffee before bed.\n\nGood luck.\n\nI'm an insomniac myself. I work shiftwork & it's hard for me to get out of nightshift mode on my days off (& on dayshifts which I hate). Plus I'm naturally a nightowl. When I can't sleep I get up & do something (like playing guitar, writing songs). I figure I might as well do something constructive with my time since I'm not sleeping anyway. It's rough. I feel your pain!
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I guess it's because of your bioclock. You're just used to sleeping in. You will feel drowsy only for a few days once you start getting up early. After that, it'll become routine.
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Your body's natural rythm causes it to expect ro be already in bed and asleep long before 2:30 AM, and out of bed and active long before noon the next day.\n\nSleeping 12 and 13 hours a day isnt any better than sleeping 3 or 4 hours a day.  If undersleeping, you remain legitimately tired.  With oversleep, you get groggy, dopey and thick headed, and have a propensity to go right back to sleep (if alllowed) and make matters even more screwed up.\n\nI used to have your problem, and solved it, at least partially, by going to bed by 10:00 PM and getting myself up at 5:30 AM.\n\nSometimes less IS more.\n\nAlso sleeping too much can be a symptom of depression, so you might ask you doctor about it...
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The more you think during the day, the more you dream about things at night. Try not too think too much and give your mind some slack sometimes.
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Biologists believe that during waking hours there are chemical changes (like harmful substances) and physical changes (wear and tear on cells) that are corrected when we sleep. Different stages of sleep are believed to have different functions. For example, REM sleep (when we dream) is believed to be when we consolidate learning and make memories. Slow wave sleep (the times when we are really quiet and not dreaming) is when restoraton is believed to take place. \n\nAs somebody said earlier, if we dont sleep we eventually die. Sleep deprived Rats became uncoordinated, lost weight due to climbing metabollc rates and appeared to starve to death though they were fed. Their immune functon was also compromised but cause of death was not really clear. \n\nMoreover, If you dont sleep you get haggard and ugly, its hard to concentrate, your family will eventually hate you for being a grouch and you will lose your job for making mistakes and telling off your boss. (if you dont kill yourself while driving to work first.) Everything is better with sleep :)
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This is a serious answer.   Stop trying to get sleep.  If you can't sleep for whatever reason, then don't try.  I used to have insomnia, and when I realized I really could not get any sleep, I stopped trying to get sleep.  I got up, watched tv, read a book, did light house work.  And then after a few days, BAM! I was like a zombie.  I couldn't wait to hit the bed!  Sleep is a natural process that the body needs to regenerate and rest.  It is usually something on the mind, or a chemical imbalance of some sort that keeps us awake. \n\n If restlessness lasts for more than a few days, then see a doctor. But first, try depriving yourself of sleep.  If your body doesn't "kick back" from loss of sleep, then something is seriously wrong.
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Well, you will start to dream as you fall asleep. Your brain will simply start to "shift gears" as it were. But if these things happened in the middle of the day, when you were NOT in bed... then it would be cause for concern.\n\nTo help sleep better.. you should do the following:\n\n1. Drink more water.\n2. Exercise 30 minutes a day.\n3. Get "enough" sleep when you do sleep.\n4. Don't drink caffiene after 6:00pm.
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When we are deprived of sleep, it can cause many different problems. It's good you are seeing about your sleep disorder, I think once they can solve that, you will most likely see your symptoms deminish.
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Our body uses sleep for extreme brain activity.  It goes through all of the happenings of the day and records and categorizes them.  It decides the lessons learned (as in, if you got bit by a large green bug..you will now avoid large green bugs) and helps maintain the learning process.\n\nWithout adequet sleep, you will often not remember the events of the last few days as well, and being that you did not have time to process the last events, you will have difficulty concentrating on new ones.\n\n\nThat and its fun.
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In my experience, the nightime creates a sort of 'bubble' around your consciousness - in the same way that sitting in a room while it storms outside does.  It isolates and envelopes you, and removes stimulation.  So, logically, you're left to ruminate on what's occupying your conscious mind at the time. Also, life, ostensibly anyway, appears to 'slow down' at night.  It is the designated time for relaxation, sleep and general recuperation (traditionally, anyway!). So with less external influences to 'dilute' or 'put in perspective' your thought stream, so any issues will seem like the only things happening to you and your entire reality.
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try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time each day. your body gets use to this and its easier to sleep. also, exercise helps. Preferably cardio exercise. Helps you to relax at night. If you usually go to the gym in the early afternoon or morning. Try going later...closer to bedtime.
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An occasional night without sleep never killed anyone. But this can turn into an addiction that can rob you of sleep on a regular basis. Then it can adversely affect your immune system making you more likely to get sick. Some hormones that boost the immune system get released only during deep sleep.\n\nGroucho: (to Harpo): "Young man, as you grow older, you'll find you can't burn the candle at both ends."\n\nHarpo: (pulls out a candle lit a both ends)\n\nGroucho: "Well, I was wrong. I knew there was something you couldn't burn at both ends. I thought it was a candle."
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The time of day is not as important as the exercise itself.  \n\nI have read studies and the most recent being that there are benefits for each time of the day.\n\nMorning, for obvious reasons will get you energized for the day.   Evening has been said to cause insomnia, but NOT for all because studies have actually shown that it helps you sleep better.\n\nI am an avid cross-trainer and have done all different times of the day.  I do prefer routine, just to get it in, but I see an overall benefit and am not affected negatively at any time.
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Hi, M.\nLots of reasons; stress, an insufficient amount of exercise during the day, napping during the day, travel, and all of the things that wake us up in the night anyhow so that we can't get back to sleep.\nAnd, as I recall you're not in a relationship right now...\n\nSorry I couldn't get this answer to you before the stupid ones got there first.