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well i have been in this situation sometimes because of deadline at my job. so these are the things that i find it best. 1) practically speaking 15 -30 min nap are really good in this situation when your mind is half awake and half asleep. i must say sleeping beyond that will not be of much help in your situation. set a alarm in the situation if you ...

Common things to consider: nutrition (supplements, perhaps) and diet (do you eat well? Do you eat a lot of carbohydrate heavy food? Are you eating something with protein in the morning), sleep routines, if you snore you could have sleep apnea (consult with a doctor: when I got a machine to feed me oxygen at night it turned my world around when I suffered ...

What would you say if I said, "I just can't go without oxygen! I've met people who are still holding their breath at 12:00, but when I start holding my breath at 11:00, I just can't make it to 11:02, let alone 12:00. What can I do?" I suggest you'd tell me not to be so silly (or something more colourful that means the same thing). The truth is, you need ...

I guess to start you're always dreaming in some form when you're in r.e.m. sleep, and you want r.e.m. sleep every night, so I would not recommend looking for anything to limit your dreams, you just need to improve the general quality of your sleep. I have several tips that I try to follow that should help out, as I have had similar trouble to yourself ...

Quite often this is caused by your circadian rhythm out of sync with when you want to sleep. Your body is fatigued, but it doesn't think it's time to sleep yet. You can be completely exhausted, but if it doesn't align with your circadian rhythm, all you'll get is a short nap that makes you feel better, but doesn't give you a good night's rest. It doesn't ...

Sleep is very important for learning. The more you learn, the more drowsy you'll feel. Late night studying is a poor habit, and if your body doesn't feel like it, chances are that it doesn't work for you. Try studying at other points in the day. Everyone is short on time, but they manage it. Maybe you're better off in the early morning or between classes? ...

First of all, you were procrastinating if you only have two weeks left. You want to study the whole semester not just right before exams. Only you know when the best time to study is for you. It doesn't sound like it is late at night if you have to ask. As far as being tired, are you eating/sleeping enough? Are you overcommitted? Look at where your ...

Try this alertness test: http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/whats-in-it-for-you/how-awake-are-you. This reaction time test may also interest you: http://www.topendsports.com/testing/reactiontest.htm

I have always had one natural technique for resetting my clock, and lately I've taken to an artificial one, which is easier and surer. The natural is pulling an all-nighter. When I used to have my sleeping patterns all messed up what I'd do is forego sleep that night, hold on up till around 7-8pm and then sleep super early out of exhaustion, getting about ...

I think "sleeping better" and "getting more out of life" are two interwoven things, so the short answer is: Both. For example, I managed to sleep better because I decreased my stress levels and get more physical activity. Waking up earlier gave me more time with people and more opportunities getting out, having more fun and doing more work. The same ...

This question is pretty broad!! However, I do have some general actions/tips for you. I've used most of them and I sleep very well... not that I am super productive, haha... Practice conscious living instead of just productive living: In any case, you'll need to develop a conscious sense during the day. You may have achieved more than you think, and ...

1) Try to eat your dinner at least 2 - 3 hours before sleeping. Avoid heavy food at dinner. 2) Highly recommended to switch off the laptop/PC and TV one hour before sleeping and try to read some relaxing book. I had tried this and found it to be very helpful. 3) As @Marcin pointed out I think it is very important to have a sleep routine. Sleep at almost ...

I'd recommend vigorous physical exercise during the day. Try enrolling in a gym or start running during the day. Physical exercise tends to promote quality of our sleep and the ability to fall asleep. Someone here mentioned that you shouldn't do exercise right before sleeping - this is a myth. You can do it right before sleep and you won't have any side ...

For academic studying, I have always been a fan of the following method, which is generally accepted as an efficient way to learn and memorise information for exams (this may not be best for all subjects, especially those requiring activities etc) During classes, take notes highlighting key points and listing all unfamiliar terminology Ideally after each ...

Here are some things you can do to change your routine immediately: Fix your sleep schedule. Tonight. Go to bed around midnight and sleep for 7 to 8 hours (in 1.5 hour increments / sleep cycles). Do not sleep past 8 hours. Use sleep aids if you are unable to fall asleep (your body will not want to due to your internal clock). Plan our your work load for ...

The half life of caffeine is around 6 hours for an adult. So if you drink a cup of coffee at 3 PM, half of it will still be in your system if you try to fall asleep at 9 PM. Hence the recommendation to you is to stop drinking coffee well before afternoon.

This happens because you have been slowly and steadily sleeping late into the night. Day by day, over a few week's time or a month, the body accepts this rhythm though it may not like the routine. Reversing this trend needs time. Will probably take from 1 week to 1 month to get back to 22.00 to 06.00 from 02.00 to ... Issue is no matter what you do, you ...

There is one author I think you would really like to read, he has a lot of information about "efficient" studying. He also has a blog, so you could look there, or read his books. I have the two about university, and I haven't read them all the way through yet, but they've been helpful, and address exactly what you're getting at. The author's name is Cal ...

In assumption you don't have any health issues first and foremost ask youself the following question. Do you go to bed on regular hours? It's not all about how long you sleep but also if your sleeping schedule is more or less the same. If hours you go to bed are shifted daily for hour or two you may experience tiredness, being sort of out of phase. If you ...

Probably better not to try this without some practice first. But I have found fasting is the best way to remain alert and functional with no sleep. In fact, I have found I become more alert from the 24 hours fasted to 36 hours fasted. You avoid sugar crashes and highs, you become more alert, don't feel sluggish, don't get distracted with buying food or ...

You are not sleeping 'late' - many consider 8 hours to be appropriate for the majority of the human race. It would be late if you we sleeping from midnight to midday...You are only time-shifted. So as regards your question on detoxing - it is irrelevant. If you want to sleep from midnight to 8am, this becomes a relatively simple problem of managing your ...

There is no use attaching any tags and names to this behaviour. If you are asking this to decide, should you blame yourself or not - don't blame yourself no matter how you call it. More constructive questions is: "Does this behaviour indicate anything? If yes, should you do something about it?" First, why you suddenly decide to go to sleep? Maybe it's time ...

Don't get an alarm clock with a snooze function. Get a loud alarm clock that requires you to get out of bed to turn it off, and never get back into your bed once up. Even at weekends - start to train yourself that up is up. Go to bed earlier. If you need 8 hours and need to be up at 7, get to bed by 10 aiming to be asleep by 11. Avoid working on a computer ...

The question is too general; the answer may be way different for different people. Some people may have problems in their life, which make them sleep bad. Some people may have sleep problems, which make their waking life unproductive. And for some people it may be a circle, where bad sleep causes bad day, and a bad day causes bad sleep. Is there something ...

Have you talked to a doctor about this? There are various health issues which might be contributing to your bad sleep habits. And some would only require changes in diet and activity, since you seem reluctant to try sleeping pills. Also when napping during the day do it in at most 30m bursts. This will prevent you from going into deep sleep, making it more ...

If you have an iPhone, the Sleep Cycle app (99 cents) can be a nice tool to help get your sleep patterns better calibrated. There might be something similar for Android. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-cycle-alarm-clock/id320606217?mt=8

I had the same problem. I'd toss and turn in bed for hours, often until the sun came up, because my mind just wouldn't go to sleep!. I recently found that I was able to reduce the amount of time I spent trying to go to sleep from hours to minutes, by doing the following: I now wear a light-blocking sleep mask, like 40 Blinks, with convex contours over ...

I have noticed this "problem" for me too, and I think one of the reasons is the interrupted sleep cycle (around 90 minutes, during the sleep we go through multiple such cycles). I've recently started using http://sleepyti.me/ and it suggests the optimum hours of sleep (time of going to sleep and waking up time), that is based on the sleep cycles. I am ...

I had similar issues. I got a Lumie alarm clock and they pretty much all went away. Let me explain: It does a couple of things that are useful for you: It talks you to sleep It wakes you up gradually with simulated daylight The 2nd is awesome, meaning you don't wake up in deep sleep and wake up instead bright and fresh. The 1st is more important ...