Sleeping habits.

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I heard somewhere that Aspie's have weird sleeping habits. This is certainly the case for me. On school nights, I often have trouble getting to sleep before 11:30pm, even though I go to bed at around 10:30pm. On weekends, I'm often still on my computer at 1am and not feeling tired at all. I get up at around 6am each day for school and don't feel affected.

Anybody else like this?

I think you could just be over-stimulated, might be best to avoid over-stimulation including anything with caffeine. I would avoid, TV, anything computer related. Maybe some calming music will help your mind to unwind?

I know I need to lay off the caffeine - it's probably my main cause of sleep deprivation at the moment

I heard that too and I'm in the same boat but my schedule is a bit wackier. I do 28 hour days (19 or 20 awake then between 8 and 10 hours asleep). Strangely, I don't drink any caffeine (maybe that's my problem?).

When I have to go to sleep, though, I just listen to some music or turn a fan on for some background noise .

When i dont have to go to school or work, i slip into a cycle of going to bed at 03:00-04:00 and getting up at the wring side of noon

My sleep patterns have allways been messed up and I have allways found it difficult to get to sleep I can't stop my mind from turning.
It was at it's worst when I was a teenager but I don't think it will ever change.

May sleep schedule was odd last year but this summer when I started working again and had to get up around 6am every morning, my normal sleep schedule kicked in. I'm up at 6am even on weekends when I would prefer to sleep in (my brain take over for my alarm and wakes me anyway and the sunlight through the window keeps me awake or more often I will have a head ache or my legs will hurt preventing me from going back to sleep). I can't stay up past 9 or 10 o'clock even if I want to because my brain shuts down and starts to fall asleep sometimes as early as 8:30 (and that's when a lot of good TV comes on, thank goodness for DVR). I've noticed that since I have returned to this sleep schedule I sleep a lot better at night.

I tend to have severe problems with chronic insomnia and will sometimes stay awake for days. My best friend made me a "Falling Asleep CD" that's pretty and calming and all the same color, so it helps relax me and put me in a different headspace.

I was put on sleeping pills because of this. I've been on them for so long that I don't sleep unless I take them.

Kinda reminds me of House with his pain pills. ^^U

like Ronald Regan?

Usally i sleep from like 10;30 pm to 6;40am in week day. but in the weekends i will change to something like going to bed at 3am and getting up somewhere around 11-13. I have realised that im only fresh and ready in the morning after 10 hours of sleep.

My morning start when others have dinner

Ronald Regan is scarier

getting to bed 11 but cant often get sleep before2-3 am so i just usually chat after starting to feel tired i just turn it off and curl up to get sleep

I totally load up on the caffiene mate! I never thought it affected my sleeping though. I'm just wierd i guess but maybe not. the kids at school cant understand how I can stay up half the night and not be tired the next day.

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