{"id":36444,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/cant-wake-up-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","slug":"cant-wake-up-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/cant-wake-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"can&#8217;t wake up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hi Jesse\u2014 <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It sounds like you are suffering from what is called \u201cdelayed sleep phase\u201d syndrome. Your body wants to go to bed later than your bed-time, and because it takes hours for you to fall asleep, you are tired when you have to get up for school in the morning. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If your problem just started recently, then I don\u2019t think you want to do too much about it. Just keep on getting up at the same time every day\u2014and that includes weekends\u2014and eventually your body will be tired enough to fall asleep when you want it to. The trick to having the sleep schedule you want is to stick to it\u2014try to go to bed and get up each morning at the same time. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If your problem persists, you may want to try a small dose of Melatonin, sold at your local health food store. Melatonin is a hormone that is naturally secreted in our bodies at night which tells our body that it is time to go to bed. A small dose\u2014try to get the kind that you place under your tongue and let dissolve (called sub-lingual)\u2014may help you to fall asleep easier. Melatonin is used <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">effectively by people who have to cope with frequent time shifts and who also suffer from circadian rhythm <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">disorders. Ask your Mom and Dad to check with your family doctor or pharmacist about whether Melatonin might be appropriate for you. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Write us back and let us know your results!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/cant-wake-up\/\" id=\"1466\" option=\"com_content\">original question<\/a><br \/>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/other-disorders\/\" id=\"88\" option=\"com_content\">Other Disorders page<\/a><\/span><br \/><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3226,3240],"class_list":["post-36444","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-answer","category-other-disorders-better-sleep-answer"],"acf":{"article_id":"1469"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}