This would mean no matter how much sleep, it's never enough.
By the way, there is considerable evidence that a significant number of ADHD cases in children and adults is really due to poor sleep with apnea being a major factor (http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/news/200608...).
Do you have headaches in the morning? Wake up more tired than when you went to sleep? Sleep apnea can also cause depression, weight gain, and memory loss.
And weight gain can cause sleep apnea.
When you get into a very rigid sleeping schedule, the REM cycles are more rigid as well and you'll tend to wake up less groggy since you're able to position your REM sleep cycles away from the wake up time. Waking up properly also doesn't require a clock that runs away from you.
So there's 2 ways to solve it: get a smart alarm clock that can predict/measure your sleep level, or fit yourself into a rigid sleep schedule for a long time so that your body adjusts to it.
Maybe make use of OpenEEG and build one.
Alternatively, go to bed earlier so you wke up at a decent time on your own. I wake up between 5:30 and 6 am every morning without an alarm. That's because I go to bed when I'm tired.
As it is, I try to go to bed ~ midnight. It typically takes me a while to fall asleep, but it's the only way I can be up by 8-9 AM without being tired during the day.
I pretty convinced that a very progressive and friendly sound as an alarm sound would work great.
Does anyone have any experience with such an alarm clock ?
This hack only works with a spouse of opposite polarity. If you select for compatibility, then you will amplify the existing patterns of staying up late and turning off the alarm.
Now a baby, on the other hand...
I think a lot of people who have good early-morning discipline don't appreciate how truly difficult it is for someone who just cannot. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that your brain might just not be wired for learning discipline in that condition.
The new versions seem better, but I'm not going to sink $180 to find out.
I tried that, but it didn't help. If we wake up early/on time, we end up just having sex and falling back asleep. If we wake up late, she decides that since I'm going to be late for work anyway, we may as well have sex, then I fall back asleep again!
If this keeps up, the only solution is divorce :-)
I have installed the linux-dist openwrt on my Asus WL-500g Deluxe router. This router has two USB-ports to which I have connected an USB-soundcard and a 80gig 2.5 hard-drive. On the device I have installed Music Player Daemon which makes it possible to play music by controlling it either by php, or a MPD-client.
The client I'm using is a modified version of Pmix for my android phone. It's open-source, so downloaded it and added an alarm feature. Before turning of the light I set the time and select which albums it should play.
Works like a charm!
I don't share this fellow hackers pain(more so waking up got easier after getting into a 9 to 5 routine), but I do wonder how huge of a pain point this is? How many face this same problem and if you do, how old are you? thnx if you share!
I have the same problems with getting up in the morning. It's mostly lack of sleep, I think. I just can't get myself to go to sleep early enough... perhaps a sleep schedule with 2+ sleep phases would suit me better?
