there is something wrong with me.
i need the expertise of my pre-med/med student/smart viewing audience.
as most of you know, up until this point in my life i have been a GIANT fan of sleep. as in without an absolute minimum of 8 hours a night i would be a zombie the entire following day. most of the time 8 hours wasn't even enough, i would need 10 or 12. and i frequently napped. i hearted sleep.
since getting back to school last week i have not been able to sleep more than 5 hours a night (except after alcohol consumption of course, then i can get like 8). i toss and turn and am completely awake sometimes until 3am, i wake up at 630 twice a week and no later than 1030 the rest of the time. and i am able to go through the entire day without being tired or feeling the need to nap. in the past, when i got less than 8 hours of sleep a nap was absolutely imperitive for me to be a functioning member of society. the only caffine i take is in my morning coffee (which occurs ONLY the mornings that i have to be up at 630, around 8am). over the summer i was sleeping like i used to, often going to bed around 11pm due to sheer boredom and lack of anything else to do without any problem. i have considered that perhaps i needed more activity in my life to tire me out, so i started working out (cardio a minimum of 45 minutes a day as well as an attempt to calm myself through yoga and force myself into sleep mode). i've been eating LESS carbs and sugar than i used to, as i have made the change from white bread to whole weat and have cut bagels out of my life completely since returning to school.
it boggles my mind that i woke up at 630 this morning and it is now 1045, i have not napped, i am not tired, and i am still able to be productive. which is a good thing, except that i LOVED sleep. when i got here this semester my goal was to cut napping out of my life, but now it seems that my body wants to cut out sleep all together and i hate it. but the strangest thing is that i am not feeling any of the effects of a lack of sleep. i feel fine.
if anyone has advice, suggestions, or general thoughts as to this matter, they would be much appreciated. if this isn't fixed soon, i am going to be forced to drink myself into oblivion on a nightly basis so as to facilitate normal resting patterns. thank you for your time.
as most of you know, up until this point in my life i have been a GIANT fan of sleep. as in without an absolute minimum of 8 hours a night i would be a zombie the entire following day. most of the time 8 hours wasn't even enough, i would need 10 or 12. and i frequently napped. i hearted sleep.
since getting back to school last week i have not been able to sleep more than 5 hours a night (except after alcohol consumption of course, then i can get like 8). i toss and turn and am completely awake sometimes until 3am, i wake up at 630 twice a week and no later than 1030 the rest of the time. and i am able to go through the entire day without being tired or feeling the need to nap. in the past, when i got less than 8 hours of sleep a nap was absolutely imperitive for me to be a functioning member of society. the only caffine i take is in my morning coffee (which occurs ONLY the mornings that i have to be up at 630, around 8am). over the summer i was sleeping like i used to, often going to bed around 11pm due to sheer boredom and lack of anything else to do without any problem. i have considered that perhaps i needed more activity in my life to tire me out, so i started working out (cardio a minimum of 45 minutes a day as well as an attempt to calm myself through yoga and force myself into sleep mode). i've been eating LESS carbs and sugar than i used to, as i have made the change from white bread to whole weat and have cut bagels out of my life completely since returning to school.
it boggles my mind that i woke up at 630 this morning and it is now 1045, i have not napped, i am not tired, and i am still able to be productive. which is a good thing, except that i LOVED sleep. when i got here this semester my goal was to cut napping out of my life, but now it seems that my body wants to cut out sleep all together and i hate it. but the strangest thing is that i am not feeling any of the effects of a lack of sleep. i feel fine.
if anyone has advice, suggestions, or general thoughts as to this matter, they would be much appreciated. if this isn't fixed soon, i am going to be forced to drink myself into oblivion on a nightly basis so as to facilitate normal resting patterns. thank you for your time.