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i have a question about sleep

NAS77140

Hi

Ever since last year i have never been able to successfully wake up on time and on my own except for a handful of moments. over the year I have tried taking small doses of melatonin (because i was new to taking supplements like melatonin) and it helped put me to sleep, but it made it even harder for me to wake up. and eventually my parents began to look down on me for taking supplements in fear that I would become addicted i also tried going to bed earlier, but this is a rare occasion because as a student athlete I had a very busy lifestyle and schedule. and even during this quarantine when sleep should not be something that is limited, I sometimes find myself sleeping through online classes because I couldn’t hear my alarm. which in return enraged my parents. please help I don’t know what to do anymore,

any suggestions and tips would be much appreciated

  • Have you ever tried CBTI? It's a wide topic, with plenty of advice, some of which could work for you. If you can't hear your alarm, chances are you're sleep deprived and you're falling asleep too late/don't get enough quality sleep. 

    Another thing you could try, if you have a fitbit or smart watch and you can wear it while you sleep, is set an alarm on the watch. It'll vibrate instead of ringing. That definitely wakes me up. But still, try CBTI :-) 

  • Have you heard of delayed sleep phase syndrome ? Or revenge procrastion ? 

    You seem like you have a full schedule and your not leaving yourself time to relax and recharge causing your brain and body keeping you awake to fulfill tasks that you genuinely enjoy with no pressure to do them. its all about the hormones released when you do task that bring you joy. 

    I would not stop taking melatonin cold turkey, you need to reduce it down slowly similar to how you'd ween yourself off antidepressants.

  • in reply to Deepthought

    We put tape over the face of our alarm clock so it dims the light and we can't see the time during the night.  It is very easy to obsess about the time and not fall asleep again.

  • I use two alarms myself ~ one that starts softly and gets to a particular loudness involving a base tone beat first, in conjunction with a second high pith tone shrill beat alarm that is a total nerve grater ~ which work together quite well for the vast majority of the time.

    My soft starter alarm is a Polaroid Clock Radio:

    And my shrill one is a Westclox alarm clock:

    Waking up to desirable music also works with the nerve wrecking alarm, but of course if you can sample some super stimulating and major irritating beats and sounds to wake up to on whatever tech devices ~ that could be a goer maybe?