Sleeping Fragmentation

I believe i may have a sleep disorder so I will explain the problems i have with sleeping.

I can almost explain the Fragmentation as if someone is flipping on and off a light switch about every 3 seconds in my dreams.. they seem fragmented and very split up. Not only this I always have trouble falling asleep for various reasons one of the main one being I have paranoia and I always have the thought of my door opening up in the middle of the night and things. Either way from when i was little i have always tossed and turned trying to fall asleep for usually an average of 30 mins before falling asleep. When I hit 14 (no not puberty i hit puberty at 12.. thats when my voice dropped) I started having more problems sleeping every night to the point where i was staying up till 4-8 am in the morning.

It even continued when i started going to public school again. (yes im homeschooled) It would get so bad that I would get tired 1-3 hours before school would start and just take a short nap before it, and then after school for about 4-5 hours. Now a days I get an average of 6 hours of sleep but its never when -I- want it to be, its always when my body feels tired. but the worst is I go to sleep and when i wake up I feel more tired than when i went to sleep. i feel -HORRIBLE- in the morning and for about 4 hours after waking up at least usually till about 6 PM (swear I have nocturnalism or something) Eventually I feel okay again and continue on until i feel tired. Really i belive the problem has to do with my fragmented dreams. Not only do I have the lightswitch feeling but I seem to never be able to quite grasp my dreams often having the same thing happen 3 times... on a different time line. So, an example of this is I am talking to my friend about games and we are having a good conversation outside on a street, I look over to see a lady walking down the street... i continue for awhile and then I look over to see her start from the exact area I looked last time. Things like this happen -alot- in my dreams. To the point you would wonder why I am not realizing its a dream, well see thats where its a problem... I do realize its a dream sometimes but i am trapped watching it like a bad movie... only sometimes do I get some slight control over it. Now I don't know what else to tell you all if you need more info please ask me. I am open for contact over Skype so feel free to PM me. One last thing to note is I do have clinical depression I deal with now and then. Thank you for all of your time and listening to my rambling.. if you have any idea point me there please.. there is something not firing right in my mind and it needs to be fixed.

Have you explained this situation to your psychiatrist?

That seems the most prudent thing to do :)

I haven't been able to no. currently in a bad situation wher ei am moving states and we really have no money to be wasting on a "psyk". If I could have gotten one in the last year i probably would have.