<p>I’m actually a high school student and stumbled into this thread wondering how to redemy these sleep patterns (Gasp!). My sleep patterns are all messed up (vacation and weekends I stay up til 3:00 or 4:00am and wake up around 1:00pm and during school I go to bed at about 12:30-1:00am and get up 5:30-6:00am and then take naps in the afternoon!) and I actually want to know how to fix them. Any suggestions on how I can stay awake in the afternoon or force myself up on the weekends?</p>
<p>For staying awake in the afternoon, I suggest doing some exercise (walk, run, gym) about an hour or so before the time you usually feel tired enough to take a nap. That will usually energize you enough to pass through the nap temptation. Could help break your cycle.</p>
<p>start drinking you must have a bar in the house. it works for me. start with rum and coke.</p>
<p>If you’re using caffiene…stop! Last year I’d go through 3 or 4 cans of coke per day AND a cup of coffee in the mornings when waking up so I’d be totally wired through around 2 am. Then I’d go to bed and wake up at 6…and thus be dead tired around 4 or 5 in the evening, and then have more cokes…</p>
<p>I haven’t had caffiene for staying up in about 6 months now and everything seems to be going quite well (I’ve had a total of one coffee…my uncle’s coffee is too good to pass up). </p>
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