[poptart316]

My sleep schedules been all over the place.. I'll fix it then I'll just mess it up again and it's making me difficult to get into a routine.

I'm having a really hard time being at all productive.. most days I can't even get myself to shower (I know it's gross). All I've been doing is spending time on the internet or playing The Sims or sleeping. I've been doing this for a while now and can't seem to snap out of it.

Getting myself into a daily routine has always been a very difficult thing for me to do.. I can do it for so long but eventually fall back into the haphazard- maladaptive bs.

Does anyone else experience this? How do you deal with it?

[nicole84]

Originally Posted by poptart316

My sleep schedules been all over the place.. I'll fix it then I'll just mess it up again and it's making me difficult to get into a routine.

I'm having a really hard time being at all productive.. most days I can't even get myself to shower (I know it's gross). All I've been doing is spending time on the internet or playing The Sims or sleeping. I've been doing this for a while now and can't seem to snap out of it.

Getting myself into a daily routine has always been a very difficult thing for me to do.. I can do it for so long but eventually fall back into the haphazard- maladaptive bs.

Does anyone else experience this? How do you deal with it?

You just summed my most of my life the past month. I'll be up all night not sleeping, then finally sleep and screw it all up. Then be too depressed to do anything, I actually haven't showered today, I was getting back into the daily routine of it but today have been in too much pain to bother.

The only way I tend to deal with it is ride the cycle out. Eventually things change one way or the other. I've had a couple of good days in between, hope is about all that keeps us going I think!

[AngelWolf3]

I don't know if this is helpful, but I have been trying to set a routine to a clock (not sleep of course, as it either eludes me or consumes me...)

For instance, I eat small meals 8 10 12, etc. regardless of if I am hungry or not, I try to make myself shower by noon...(pushing it today) just stupid things like that. I don't know, kinda like holding myself accountable.

But sometimes that even proves too much work. Just a silly suggestion, I hope you don't think it's too dumb...but I guess if you do I can't do much about it right?

[greentires4me]

You really summed up what I have been doing...I cannot sleep most nights so I get up early in the morning and drudge around. I barely get the motivation to shower I know its gross but I shower when I can't stand myself no more. But I blame my depression it just gives me barely any reason to do anything enjoyable anymore. I don't really have a routine in the morning at bed time I do thats what counts right...I am as productive as I can be if that counts I go to collect my meds everyday, then I come home to here.

[poptart316]

Yeah, forcing yourself to do things/get into a routine of some sort sounds like a good idea. I wound up getting up, making breakfast, and taking a shower.. which made me feel a bit better but now I'm bored and aimless and fighting the urge to sleep (I've been up since 2am) I wish I had somewhere to be. I'm too apathetic to watch TV or read. *sigh*

when this happens and i stay up all night i stay up all the next day too and maybe nap when the kids nap and then i can go to sleep at the right time that night.

i know it doesn't work for everybody but i can function normally on very little sleep, thankfully. also, i have kids who have a decently normal sleep schedule and my husband works during the day while i'm home with the kids so i have to be up.

and coffee helps me sooooo much. one cup puts me to sleep, two wake me up, and three give me energy xD but i've heard that coffee affects others VERY differently xD