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Originally Posted by gabby98
I was fine until a few years ago....never mind as I type this i realize it's been more than ten years now since my sleep issues started so I cannot blame it on the change it work schedule. Anybody ever been told what causes the insomnia or are well stuck with the same lame "I dont know" dr excuses.
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In my case, I know exactly what causes my problems. I require a day to be around 30 hours. I've had a chance to test this twice, during two long vacations. I got up when I woke, and went to bed when I felt like it. After about a week, I had settled into a 20 hours awake / 10 hours asleep rhythm, and all was fine. I was never tired during the waking hours and never had problems going to sleep when I wanted to.
However, your "day" will shift around. For example, the first day, you'd get up at 6:00, and then go to bed 20 hours later, which would be 2:00 AM. Then sleep 10 hours; you'd get up at 12 PM again, and your day will last till 8 AM. After sleeping 10 hours, you'd get up again at 6 PM in the afternoon.
Obviously, this is not a maintainable schedule if you wish to lead a "normal" life.
Trying to do that (leading a normal life) causes me to either not being able to sleep (not tired enough), effectively sometimes skipping nights or actually staying up, or not being able to sleep because I have to be awake (eh... work hours, and such), or falling asleep and not being able to sleep long enough (falling asleep at 3AM, but needing to get up at 6 AM).
It has led me to just sleep or doze whenever there is an opportunity and I'm able to; about an hour in public transport to work, an hour back home. I've been known to suddenly "disappear" for an hour at parties, and that sort of stuff.
A normal life is not really "normal" for me.
Some light reading before bed. It might kill you, however.