I have some sleeping pills that kind of knock me out. Problem is almost too good. Harder than hell to wake up in the morning but I do get a good nights rest.

Sleep or lack there of can be a b@#$%, especially working odd hours. I too have an alarm on the other side of the room. Tried the multiple alarms before and sometimes still use two. I think my real issue has been lack motivation related to my depression. I have found various motivation exercises to be helpful, ie...5,4,3,2,1

Patchy sleeping patterns are no stranger to me, I feel your pain. When I was working full time I would sometimes get the worst insomnia especially if I knew I had a stressfull day to negotiate the next day, which then made things even worse obviously because now I was tired too boot. Anyway.... It maybe you are sub-consciously worring about stuff (maybe your condition?) which is affecting your ability to sleep? On the other hand you may just have a really sensitive body clock that is now programmed to not sleep before 3am ?

Either way hope you find a solution to the problem I hate being over tired makes me all 'spikey' :/

Hmmm you could try some insane 'graceful gorrila' moves to wear yourself out, hot shower, hot milk with a shot of somthing and see what happens ??

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Yes it's just awful having an appointment during the "regular day" when you don't sleep regular hours.

This happens to me all the time. If I have a Drs appt - I'm going to be awake most of the night. Did it last night. Got to sleep around 7 am had to be awake at 11 am.. No where near enough sleep.

I have slept through multiple alarms including an alarm that has a bed shaker and that was attached to my bedside lamp which flashes on and off. Once I'm out I'm really out.

I don't have a solution I swear I've tried everything. But if someone has a good suggestion I'll try it!