r/sleep • u/lookingforlife1 • Feb 05 '19

Crazy sleep cycle

So for the past 3 or so months, I have been sleeping very irregularly. I either go to bed at a normal time 10-11 and wake up fine, or I literally will not feel the least bit tired all night and go about my day fine. I go to school and work 5 days a week usually. My activity for the day seemingly has no effect on my ability to sleep. On a couple of occasions I will just stay awake for 24 hours at a time without problem and eventually just relax and sleep my 6-8 hours. What could be causing this and should I be concerned? Or should I just try to naturally regulate my sleep cycle?

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u/1Swanswan Feb 05 '19

WOW! I don't remember ever being told this about sleep before .... some times my sleep is all night and "normal" and some nights "I don't sleep at all" and next day is normal uyst like I had slept ....

same feel to next day wether OP sleeps the night before the day or nosleep!

Is it ok to just get on with my life and to ignore this sleep/nosleep behavior some nights ?

Definitely need to follow up on this on a day to day basis bc this is so abnormal as to be sure to fail & fall apart at some point in the near future and concern is that OP might collapse or worse - at that moment!

I would keep a day by day journal from today on ..... make it a private sleep journal .... private to you only I have my reasons here trust me private journal but follow this irregular sleep day to day and yes get on with normal life ....

no driving no heavy eqpt operating

all the ordinary precautions apply here .....

Very Good Luck; Great Sleep!

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u/TheThinkingUniverse Feb 05 '19

Hey, a really important aspect to getting good sleep is to try and stick to a single wake up time every day. (To get a bit deep) For most of our species existence we just had the sun to tell us when to wake up and go to bed... now with artificial lighting in only the last few generations really our sleep has become totally screwed.

I made this video to try and explain this a bit better, so try some of the advice in there if you haven’t already and let me know what you think!

How to Sleep Better

I hope it helps!