How do you break bad sleeping schedules?

Don't you go to work/school?
How can you keep that shedule up without missing certain appointments etc.

Anyway, you current plan seems fine. Just skip the night, and go to bed early after that night.

No work and no school. Pretty much just trying to get back into shape so I have a better chance of getting hired lol.

It's hell easy to break the bad sleeping schedule.
Just don't sleep for 1 day/night. then you go to bed at 19:00-20:00 or somewere around there.
Works for me after having a break from school to get back to the routins.

EDIT: Oh seems you only going to try it. Since the weekend ending now I'm in school and haven't slept anything tonight -.-

I've been trying to get mine back on track as well. I stayed up all day a few days ago, and then only ended up sleeping for about 3 hours.

It angers me to be honest, as I try hard to stay up, and then I do stay up, go to sleep at a normal time (Like 9 or 10 PM), and then I don't even sleep the normal time (8 hours).

I though that TDWP_FTW would be the OP lol.

My schedule is fucked too, the last few days, woke up at like 3pm yesterday..

I've been like this for a looong time.

I've also been thinking that if I wake up late, I should go exercising to burn out all that excess energy in me.

I have similar random sleeping schedules. I enjoy being nocturnal at times, but yeah sometimes you need to sort out your sleep and be awake at normal hours. When I need to reset my clock like that I just go for a big push, and instead of sleeping at a silly hour like 6-10 am or whatever, I just make myself stay awake until 8-10pm. It usually fixes my sleeping patterns when I need them fixed and I can easily wake up at 6am regularly for a while, before I ruin my sleeping patterns again by doing another all nighter that is.

Its pretty simple really.

[quote name='CrimzonEyed' post='3647243' date='May 16 2011, 07:25 AM']It's hell easy to break the bad sleeping schedule.
Just don't sleep for 1 day/night. then you go to bed at 19:00-20:00 or somewere around there.[/quote]
I'm a bit of an insomniac and this is exactly how I reset my circadian rhythms (internal clock).

I used to work nights where I didn't go to bed until after 6:00AM and when I left the job I found it almost impossible to get to a more normal sleep pattern.

However I found that forcing yourself to get up earlier and earlier (instead of getting up at 3PM get up at 12PM and slowly working backwards) and making sure you don't have any cat naps gets your body back into a more normal rhythm of sleeping. You should also try to make your bedroom more "sleep friendly" by taking out any distractions such as TV, consoles etc. As an alternative to sleeping pills etc try a Hops pillow I found they do help to get you off to sleep quicker and also you get a deeper, much more restful sleep.

Like all habits you need force, not much else.

Do NOT go to sleep till you have burned off the sleep you gained from the day. Which likely means enduring a full 36 hour cycle till you get to the proper time to sleep.

It means a looooong day, but there it is.

I worked 4 years on a 12 midnight to 8 in the morning shift. The longer you spend doing it, the harder it will be to break the habit too.

I don't break bad sleeping schedules......in fact i have bad insomnia problems........i often get really sleepy during the course of the day.

Avoid excessive caffeine and simple sugars, coffee is OKish but the energy drinks are not at all good for you. Some that don't even have caffeine in are addictive, and people (admittedly bad cases) have ended up with something similar to mild amphetamine psychosis while thinking they are being really healthy, it's isotonic and everything...

Use an energy drink to stay up about 36 hours (9pm the day after?) the crash from it will make you fall asleep nicely.

i have been like that for a half year, haha. it's bothering me too but i never did anything about it, so i might try something soon too.

Jack Daniels is your friend

Insomnia issues here too...

A few milligrams (try 5 or 6 at first) of melatonin should do the trick. You can buy it Walmart. It doesn't actually keep you asleep, since it only lasts like 1 hour, but it gets you really tired so you can fall asleep. Once you are asleep, you should stay that way on your own until morning. You might want to set an alarm clock if you don't have one though, since your sleep patterns are off.

I have insomnia, and my doctor recommended it to me. I haven't had problems sleeping since then.

Edit: I should also mention that the worst possible side-effect is a headache, but that means took too much. I have to take 9mg to get to sleep (but I have insomnia), so 5 or 6 shouldn't be a problem.

smoke 3 hours before your ready to sleep
perferably "AK-47"

Sorry just reread what was said, my post is irrelevant.

Second on the melatonin. CVS was having a sale so I bought a bunch.

The first night I tried it, I took a 5mg pill, and that was TOO MUCH. It worked a little too well. I went to sleep at a decent hour but didn't wake up until 3 hours after I wanted to.
The second night I tried it, I cut it in half, and again that was too much. It took a little longer to fall asleep but I still woke up 2 hours later than I wanted to.
I have been trying a quarter of a 5mg pill (1.25mg) for a while now. When I get to sleep seems highly dependent on when I take it, usually about 30-40 minutes after I take it. If I want to wake up by 8am I must take it no later than 9pm the previous day.

Every one's metabolism is different of course, but its a solution that is inexpensive and widely available, and doesn't have the dangers of sleeping pills or the like.

Having a calendar that you write every night what time you take it, and what time you go to sleep and wake up, really helps to zero in on what the right amount to take is, and when to take it.

Good luck getting it on track man, I know trying to fix it can really be frustrating.