Rest of the Sleep Disorders Forum Posting

Posted by Henricho R. on January 14, 2005 at 22:03:19:

In Reply to: struggling to wake up posted by sonicfusion on January 12, 2005 at 15:12:03:

In my previous thread I was asking about the same problem. To the problem of waking up "OddSleephabits" suggested drinking lots of water before going to bed. I have tried this (intentionally or not) and the end result is that I kept on sleeping in pain in the morning until I couldn't stand it any more then I would get up and pee. So I end up with something like 2 hours of low quality painful sleep and bloodshot eyes.

From my experience I have noticed that the problem of waking up has diminished somewhat with age. Although it still is pretty bad now it used to be way worse when I was taking university classes. Putting pressure on yourself helps too. I think we have to learn how to "cope" with waking up and this is our biggest challenge.

Trying to establish a regular bed time is good too from what I have read but this is easier said than done for some of us. But from the times I managed to have a regular bed time I can attest to the fact that this works, more or less. It's just not sustainable with the way my patterns work unfortunately.

I don't think I have helped you much except throw in my two cents, but if you get any interesting insights please share them with me.

I close with this quotation from Marcus Aurelius:
"In he morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? Or have I been made for this, to lie in the bed-clothes and keep myself warm?- But this is more pleasant.- Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion? Dost thou not see the little plants, the little birds, the ants, the spiders, the bees working together to put in order their several parts of the universe? And art thou unwilling to do the work of a human being, and dost thou not make haste to do that which is according to thy nature?- But it is necessary to take rest also.- It is necessary: however nature has fixed bounds to this too: she has fixed bounds both to eating and drinking, and yet thou goest beyond these bounds, beyond what is sufficient; yet in thy acts it is not so, but thou stoppest short of what thou canst do. So thou lovest not thyself, for if thou didst, thou wouldst love thy nature and her will. But those who love their several arts exhaust themselves in working at them unwashed and without food; but thou valuest thy own own nature less than the turner values the turning art, or the dancer the dancing art, or the lover of money values his money, or the vainglorious man his little glory. And such men, when they have a violent affection to a thing, choose neither to eat nor to sleep rather than to perfect the things which they care for. But are the acts which concern society more vile in thy eyes and less worthy of thy labour?"
- Marcus Aurelius, Book V, Meditations from: http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.5.five.html

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