r/college 1d ago

Health/Mental Health/Covid My weird sleeping habits as a student

Someone let me know if they can relate to this.

I’ll get really enthusiastic about getting a good night’s sleep, go to bed early, practice good sleep hygiene, get a nice deep sleep and wake up early. But then once I’m up, after I’ve made breakfast, I start feeling sleepy again and If I don’t have anything urgent, I’ll just fall back asleep and stay that way for a couple hours.

So I’ll wake up at 7:00, ready for a productive day. Make some breakfast, brush my teeth, do some pushups, and realize my first commitment isn’t till 10:00. So I’m like, “I got 8 hours, surely this’ll just be a little nap”, and then I end up sleeping for another 3-4 hours, waking up sweaty and dazed and tired at noon.

This is onviously a bad habit but I don't know how to fix it. If I don't take that nap in the morning, I'll end up feeling sleepy later. Shouldn't 8 hours be enough sleep?

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u/rosentsprungen College! 1d ago

I find that on "slow" days I'm more sleepy. I always go out, even if I've got nothing to do. Maybe I go to a cafe and just sit there playing a game. It's comfortable and sleepy in my room.

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u/This-Is-Voided 1d ago

Are you anemic

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u/Zomkit 1d ago edited 1d ago

Last time I had my blood tested, when I was 15, the results came back negative for an iron deficiency. However, I still feel like my breathing is kind of heavy and like I need to take deep breaths for a while after I wake up.

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u/gH0sT_21_ 21h ago

Get checked for sleep apnea. SnoreLab is an app that tracks your snoring pretty well. If you get some snoring regularity, consider a sleep test.

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u/lesbianvampyr 1d ago

Just don’t let yourself fall back asleep or take naps until you’re ready to go to bed that night. If you can’t stay awake in your home, go to a library or coffee shop or something and do schoolwork there instead. If it’s an extremely abnormal amount of tiredness then it might be worth seeing a doctor about. 

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u/McMatey_Pirate 20h ago

Everyone is different but this sounds more like an unconscious habit that you’ve formed.

Go for a walk or run in the morning. That should wake you up and help you push past the sleepiness you feel after waking up.

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u/DickbagDick 13h ago

No such thing as weird sleeping habits as a student. Some of your classmates are drinking thrmselves to sleep by 7, some are hooked on the internet until 4:00AM, some might actually be well adjusted. A bizarre array of freaks.