On Sleep April 14, 2008

I get enough sleep.  I typically get at least 8 hours per night, and I have a routine of going to bed and waking up at about the same time everyday.  You’d think that I would be ok in the sleep department.  But I’m not.  I can take naps during the day and still sleep for the regular amount of time at night.  The other problem is that I often fall asleep while I am reading, which is problematic for someone who reads for most of her homework.  For instance, yesterday, I was reading, and I feel asleep while I was reading and slept for maybe three hours.  You’d think that I would make it late into the night, which I had to do.  I drank some coffee to help with the problem, but by 1 am, I was totally out of it.  So I gave up and went to bed.  The problem was that the caffeine made it hard to fall asleep immediately.  The other problem I have is that when I wake up in the morning, my head feels like it was bashed up against a wall for most of the night.  It feels like I have an intense hangover.  Sometimes I can’t even make it across the room without nearly falling over.  I don’t know what the deal is.  Maybe I’m not getting restful sleep or something.  It’s really driving me nuts.  Not to mention that the next two weeks are gonna be hell because of all the work I have to do.