Need advice: Sleeping 10-12 hours daily after changing sleep schedule
Hi everyone, I'm Harold and I could really use some advice about my sleep issues. For the past couple months, I've been sleeping 10-12 hours every night, sometimes even up to 13 hours. This started when I tried to shift my sleep schedule earlier, from 3am-11am to 11pm-7am. I didn't even consistently keep the earlier schedule, it was only for a few days.
On days I sleep more than 10 hours, I wake up feeling terrible. I've tried using alarms to wake up earlier but it hasn't worked. I'm worried this is cutting into my productive time during the day.
I'm wondering if I need to just keep trying to go to sleep earlier and hope this resolves? Any tips for adjusting my schedule when I'm oversleeping so much? It's hard to fall asleep early when I have less awake time and daylight.
Some other factors that may be relevant:
- I recently found out I'm iron deficient and started supplements, but it's too early to know if that's related
- I'm on a medication that can cause oversleeping as an initial side effect, but those side effects had gone away for me previously
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Has anyone else dealt with sudden changes in sleep needs like this?
