Posted by MKO on June 01, 2009 at 07:48:55:

In Reply to: Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms posted by sleeplessinPA on June 01, 2009 at 01:29:29:

Hi there,
Hmmmmm....that sounds pretty rough to stay up the whole night once you wake up. I don't know how that would get you into a regular sleep/wake schedule, but I'm not the specialist so you should follow his/her recommendations first. One of my "mentors" during the beginning of SR had problems with sleep maintenance and I know that she used the same schedule/routine that I did and had success. Maybe you should try your sleep specialist's recommendations but also discuss with him/her the 12-6 schedule that other people have had success with and see what they think. The most important rule though is to be diligent with whatever schedule you are doing - I think veering off (your 2:30-4:30 night) is a bad idea because when you are doing a "militant" (as it's been called on this website) version of SR, success is based on really being 1000% committed to the schedule.
GOOD LUCK - you are on the right track with this. If you can get some answers from your specialist - maybe her theory on how the staying up all night aspect will work compared to the 12-6, it'll help.

Follow Ups:

• Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms sleeplessinPA 05:23 6/03/09 (3)
  • Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms MKO 11:06 6/03/09 (2)
    • Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms sleeplessinPA 06:32 6/06/09 (0)
    • Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms lulubelle 13:59 6/03/09 (0)
• Re: No sleep and SR - symptoms sleeplessinPA 01:35 6/03/09 (0)

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