Sleep for me is a absolutely huge problem for me. But my sleep problems are very different from those of a lot of other people. My problem is not falling asleep...that I can do easily anytime, anywhere, and even when I donīt want to fall asleep. My problem is my extreme in ability to wake up. It has really been affecting my life now that I have a better Social life and now that I am going to have a busy schedule with AP classes and dual enrollment. I am 18 and I am a senior in highschool, am doing dual enrollment at a local university, and I am in a committed relationship of 10+ months.

I have been trying to do everyman polyphasic because I can nap very very easily and I typically have no problem throwing a couple of naps into my schedule every 6 hours...I also really need the time because I want to have some time to actually study and do homework late at night.

But I have been trying to do polyphasic with terrible results for almost a year and I have failed time and time again. One of my attempts got me pretty far and right when I felt like I was finally pulling through I went to sleep once and poof there went all my effort.

I am currently doing a one month study abroad session in Spain (ĄĄĄĄGod I love the siesta!!!!) and I get back on August 1st and start school around the 15th so I have about 2 weeks after I get back.

I am a very disciplined, motivated, and persistent person but after a year of failing at both polyphasic and lucid dreaming I am on the verge of giving up.

I just donīt know what I have to do to wake myself up. I have tried every trick in the book and it never works. Another problem is that I still live with my parents and I canīt have a million alarms going at once (which is what I usually have to do) to wake myself up.

Is there any tips you can give me to actually wake up when I need to, and is there any products you guys could recommend. I will pay almost anything for an alarm clock that actually wakes me up without waking up the rest of the house. If there is anything you guys recommend just link it...and link any articles you think might help. I will even buy a book if there is a good one...

I feel so desperate because I have been toiling away for a year without any avail. I am so tired of feeling like shit the whole day because I can typically only manage to get 5 hours of sleep a night becvause of how busy I am.

I have so much stuff I want to do with my time and I always feel like Iīm in a race against time with everything....all I need is just a little more time to do the hobbies and things that I need and want to do.

Thanks Guys,
Ace