Bad sleeping pattern? My doctors suggestion..

[MellowYellow]

So this is my first post on here, first of all, hello!

Well, my doctor and I discussed my totally messed up sleeping pattern and she gave me some homework.
Set your alarm, everyday, even on your day off, at the same time.
Yes this might be really inconvenient because you can't sleep in on your days off, but she told me to suck it up and just try it.
So if I have to go to school on Friday, I set my alarm at 08:00.
But if I have a day off on Saturday, I still set it for 08:00, no matter what time I went to bed.

Do not ask me the logic behind it because I do not know, but my friend said it might have something to do with hormones and your bio clock. 

[Kiyah]

I wish I could sleep in on my off days. I swear I feel like I have a alarm clock set everyday. No matter what I always wake up at 6am and with a 5 and 2 year old they definitely don't make it any easier.

[SunsetRunner]

yeah i think that it ahs something to do with your bio clock, i wake up at 8:00 every day except thursdays when i wake up at 7:30, i guess that is going against your doctors suggestion but it works for me,

[betpchem]

Hi, @MellowYellow, welcome to the forums! Yes, it is definitely better to get up at the same time every day, even on weekends. Your body likes the same routine every day. That's why people who work different shifts have a really hard time with sleeping. I try to sleep in on weekends, but my body will wake me up at 5 am anyway, so I might as well get up. The trick is to go to bed early enough that you won't want to sleep in on weekends.

[SunsetRunner]

When your precious body knows being up at the same time and when needing more sleep it let you know by being more tired earlier than normally.

Going to sleep earlier is better than sleeping out, getting up later and later than otherwise and be tough to get back in the sleep routine.

Regardless when going to sleep, always wake up just the moment before the light of the alarm goes on and before the tracker buzzes.