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Subject: Can't wake up I have enormous problems waking up in the morning. As you can imagine, this causes me persistent difficulties in coping with everyday life. The obvious solution of just going to bed earlier doesn't seem to help. I feel as if I am getting into a deeper and deeper sleep as the night goes on. As I understand it, this is the opposite of what really happens. In the morning I am forced to try to drag myself to consciousness as if from a very deep sleep - I feel almost drugged, it is so difficult. I often fail to wake when I should. The last time I remember being able to wake easily was when I was a child of about 8, pre-adolescent years. Correspondingly, I find I wake up and become more alert at about the time when I should be going to bed. Somehow establishing a sensible pattern seems to be beyond my grasp. Could there by any neurological/physical reason for this? Have you ever come across this problem before? | |
