Sleeping Patterns

[Summers]

There don't seem to be many posts in this part of the forum so please move it to the correct one if I got it wrong.

POST: This is basically a question to do with sleep patterns. I'm usually a person who will go to bed at whatever time and wake up 5 minutes before my bus to school in a mad rush each morning. I've realised through trial that I can not study after school or on the weekend, and the only time I really can study is in the morning at around 3am because it is so quiet and just me. I want to change my sleeping patterns from about 9PM and wake up at 4AM each morning so I can fit in breakfast, workout, shower and study/homework for 3 hours and just go to bed earlier.

That all seems great in theory but for my last 4-5 SACS for which I have crammed early in the mornings for at around 2AM, I feel completely detached from reality or something weird. My teacher will be asking me a question and I won't realise or I'll speak really softly and I just don't feel very alert when the sun rises on these early starts. For example, today I woke up at 2AM and although I really failed to study this morning because I wasn't under enough pressure (SAC is tomorrow, not today) to do so, I was still awake for those 6 or so hours before school and it just feels so strange. I could probably put it all down to being not so alert and tired but I'm confused because I slept for 8 hours before that and had only been up for like a third of the day. Any ideas?

[noneofyourbusiness]

Hi Summers,

I literally (as in 15 minutes ago) listened to a podcast on sleeping patterns. It's from the BBC Discovery section. It should be in iTunes on on the BBC website. Just search BBC Discovery and look at past episodes.

I hope you find it interesting

#Edit# it has a title called Chronotypes: are you a lark or an owl

[MJRomeo81]

http://sleepyti.me/

[Summers]

I've been up for an hour and a half. Starting my study now (1:31AM LOL). So I have around 6 hours of cramming to do which will be pretty difficult, and unfortunately my SAC is fourth period or an 11:50 start so I'm going to be so tired.

[Sense]

My current sleeping pattern =
-Go to sleep at 4am
-wake up at 7am
-sleep from 4 30 - 7 30 pm
- repeat

So messed up haha

[Summers]

Less atypical than mine I've already slept and you haven't TEEHEE

[hannahroseillia]

Go to sleep at 10. Wake up every hour on the hour until my alarm goes off at 6am. Get up at be at school by 8. -.-

[Summers]

Go to sleep at 10. Wake up every hour on the hour until my alarm goes off at 6am. Get up at be at school by 8. -.-

So you wake up at 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?

[shadows]

I strongly advise rather than changing your sleep pattern, you do something about your studying patterns.
How come you cannot study after school or on the weekend?
Are you just not motivated, and can only force yourself to do the work under pressure?

From past experience, it's highly stressful and sometimes you don't have enough time to cover everything adequately if you leave it the night before.

You really need to be studying consistently and be well rested for school each day.


You say you like studying in the morning because it's so quiet... maybe you should stay after school to get some work done if
it's really noisy at home.

Set realistic goals. Or just start doing something. Don't even think about it. Starting is usually the hardest.

Although some people can pull off cramming. The majority don't. And you're only cramming things into your short term memory and will probably need to relearn come exam time.

Do a bit everyday. Give it a shot.
But at the end of the day, if it doesn't work, just do what works for you.

[hannahroseillia]

So you wake up at 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?

Pretty much. -.-

[zyzz101]

The same thing happens to me when I sleep for 5 hours for the whole week and finally get 8-9h on the weekend, I feel dead tired.