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Dana - no buses run b/t here and there, and the closest train starts about 5min from where I work.

Glatt - part of my problem seems to be medical. I just can't seem to get ahead of it. I think I'll get better once I move and am close enough to a gym (and much closer to work). Until then, meds don't seem to helpin enough.

Red light texter.
Hands free talker.
NEVER EVER when tired.
That is all.

You should try some of the suggestions before dismissing them. They actually work, and cost nothing to try. Just try going to bed 15 minutes earlier tonight. I bet you still fall asleep in the same amount of time. Think of how much you would love to have that 15 minutes of sleep in the morning when your alarm is going off. It's free for the taking the night before.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 591772)

If I was hitting the road at 5AM, I'd probably be waking up at around 4AM, so I'd have to be going to sleep at around 8:30 PM.

I'm very sympathetic to your situation. I couldn't imagine going to bed that early. It is hard to change a sleeping schedule. If you are serious about changing the schedule, one of the best things is to cut out caffeine after say 10:00 AM. Don't take any naps during the day. Get some exercise each day. Eat an early dinner. Like around 5:30 PM. Avoid screen time after dinner. That includes computers. The light of the screen shining in your face resets your body's natural clock and makes it think it's day time and time to be awake.

Start small. Try going to bed 15 minutes earlier tonight. And do that each night, until you are going to bed around 7-8 hours earlier than you need to be waking up. It should take you around 2 weeks to get on a decent schedule.

The really hard part will be the weekends. You'll be tempted to stay up later on the weekends because you can sleep late, but that will destroy any progress you make at getting on an earlier schedule.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 591776)

Nope, I was turning. He was busy going about 40 through a red light.

mtp, you're too young to be that tired. Have you had blood work done lately? I mean, no offense, but when I was your age I fairly popped out of bed to get to my early farm job.

glatt gave some great guidelines, if those don't work, see a doctor.

You know we care about you. Please listen to us old fogeys. :)

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty (Post 591786)

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 591790)

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MTP, you said you take a sleep aid and that you are groggy in the morning because of it. I take trazadonne to help fall asleep each night and it doesn't cause any grogginess at all. Also, I get up at 4am to get to my 6am job. I spend the first hour so in front of my computer drinking coffee, then I take a shower and get ready to go. That does a lot to wake me up.

No Pico, I don't take sleep aids because they make my grogginess worse. The only ones that don't seem to be Tylanol or Advil PM, but only if I'm really careful about takin 'em early in the evenin. Trazadone is phsycoactive drug that alters your brain function. I'm sorry but even if I could afford a prescription, I will not put a drug like that in my body ever again.

Glatt- I have not dismissed your ideas. I have tried most of 'em, or already follow those guidelines. I just don't feel like explaining all of what has not made a difference. Everybody's body is different. I am tryin to be awake in the AM and I am doin whats necessary to not fall asleep at the wheel. My head doesn't droop and eyes don't even stay closed for more than what I need to blink.

Text, sleep, drive around dead ...go for it. Obviously, it's important to you to do so. *shrugs*

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 591824)

Text, sleep, drive around dead ...go for it.

Just do it in a wooded and unpopulated area.

Go visit the Unabomber's cabin.

I'm sure y'all drive perfectly, 100% focused on driving a 100% of the time.

I can't wait til they outlaw texting and driving here in the US. Every single state should do it.

In the last 2 months EVERYTHING in my life has changed and I can tell you that my cell now goes on mute once I'm in the car. I rarely even have the radio on anymore. Yeh, I'm pretty much as focused as I can possibly be on driving - period.

Phones, shomes, this is what everyone needs. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 591876)

I can't wait til they outlaw texting and driving here in the US. Every single state should do it.

A recommendation that the federal government gets involved in the lives of citizens from a conservative??:eyebrow:

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 591887)

Because you're the one who totalled Shawnee's car? You bastard!:rolleyes: