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Am I having a really bad sleeping pattern?

Yesterday, I slept at a regular time in weekdays in order to go to school tomorrow. On average, I sleep from six to seven hours, and I'm aged fifteen. And yeah, in the weekend I tend to sleep at three or four in the morning. I believe I need to fix that if that's the issue. However, in weekdays when I must go to school, I tend to not being able to sleep at all, making me go to sleep at midnight, sometimes even one in the morning. Recently today, I wasn't being able to hear my alarm clock, so due to that I got an extra hour of sleep by waking up at seven in the morning, when I usually wake up at six in the morning to go to school. Not only that, I've realized I start to doze off in my bus and sleep without even thinking I'm going to sleep. A few hours ago, I missed my bus stop without even noticing that I did, due to this sudden dozing off in the bus. This was the first time that happened, both of these events. Is it simply that I need more sleep, or is there something else that I have?

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    7 years ago
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    Teenagers need from 8-10 hours of sleep per day so you need more sleep.

    Sleeping pills can give you bad side effects such as headaches and drowsiness during the day so you are better off without them.

    To sleep better just relax and switch off, if you can.

    If you are having trouble switching off at bedtime some light exercise (for example, push ups or sit ups) at bedtime often helps you to relax, unwind and switch off and that often improves your sleep. Strenuous exercise at bedtime is likely to ruin your sleep.

    Common OTC sleep aids include Chamomile tea, 5-HTP, Melatonin and Valerian Root.

    Sleep enhancing foods include warm milk, turkey, cherries, oatmeal, bananas, wine and others as in http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22sleep+enhan...

    You can see further tips in http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22how+to+fall... which tells you "how to fall asleep and stay asleep".

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