Thread: Waking Up/Feeling tired

I have noticed this too, and I think it does have something to do with sleep cycles. I typically fall asleep around 1AM and wake up around 6:30(real healthy, I know) and I find that going to bed 10 to 30 minutes early only makes me feel worse in the morning. I don't know exactly what stage in the sleep cycle would be the best or worst as I don't have access to an EEG or other way to track cycles.

Just go back to sleep problem solved

The short answer is: yes
The long answer is: yes, the sleep stage you're in when you wake has a lot to do with how groggy you feel. Essentially, your body has to 'reboot'.
What woke you?
If you keep waking up naturally at that time, then you may have a minor sleep disorder...

I think you wake up tired because you're thinking of such issues

Here is an experiment I read about: People are woken up during REM period and prevented from having REM sleep. They become moodier and they have short periods of REM sleep even when their eyes are open. But it's not certain what cause the mood change: not being able to dream or not having REM sleep. After several times prevented REM when these individuals start to sleep they spend more time in REM sleep than they normally do (On a side note: Ration of REM in total sleep time gets less and less as you grow up. Your total sleep time gets less as well. This observation leads to the fact that REM is needed for maturation of the human brain) %75-80 of dreams of normal adults with monophasic night-sleep are Non-REM and rest is REM. REM period gets longer closer to the end of sleep.So you might have missed the last REM period of your circle.

Originally Posted by 12g951ad

Just go back to sleep problem solved

Best answer, ever. I always do that, so I agree. ^_~

try stabilizing your sleep schedule with melatonin.

Not really possible for me
Im 16 so the whole school issue gets in the way of sleep
Will anybody try this for me??-
go to sleep at whatever time you usually do and do this for a week
write about how you feel
then go to sleep 10-30 minutes earlier than that for a week
see if the grogginess/fatigue gets progressively less over the week of going to bed earlier
cuz normally when i go to bed earlier than normal I only do it for a night

I have the same problem as you. Here's some stuff I noticed (FYI, I have a depression disorder, so insomnia comes along with that and I'm almost 16, so I get the school thing too)

Oh yeah, to answer your question, I tend to wake up in my REM cycle and I feel bad, but when I wake up after I finish a dream and I'm not jarred awake by my alarm clock, I feel pretty good.

-If something is preventing you from having different brainwaves, stop it
(I use idoser, and sometimes I fall asleep with it on, and since it helps alter brainwaves you don't get in the appropriate sleep cycles)

-Get on a good sleep schedule, and try not to oversleep
(If you hold a certain brainwave too long, it can make you feel groggy and like crap. On the other hand, too short is just plain bad.)

-If lights bother you, cover them and/or wear a sleep mask (stupid looking, but helpful). I've noticed I wake up more and can't fall asleep as easily with lights on

-If you have a sleep disorder, see a doctor. No, really. Might seem like a minor problem, but trust me, it adds up >.<0

I hope that answers your question and helps other people get to sleep better.