Sugargremlin,
Your situation sounds pretty complicated.Have you considered consulting a professional?
I also have trouble regulating myself in terms of going to bed. I know I should yet don’t.I’ve been a bit better lately and have made myself go to bed before 1AM at the latest. I’ve even made it before midnight for a while. I’m able to get up reasonably well if I have to.
SInce I’ve had house guests for a week I’ve been really busy and was so tired I went to bed without going on the internet. However, last night we had some down time after getting home about 9 at night and I ended up online till 2 AM. This caused me to get up late and here I am at 10 am, tired and totally behind on my day and haven’t even looked at my agenda. I would have had time this morning to do some work related stuff I’m behind on but my impulse control is diminished despite the ADD meds.
However, it just occurred to me that part of the problem is impulse control in general when one is tired. Our meds are no longer effective at at time of day when we actually could use them most! For myself, I think I will have to make an effort to schedule my day once again down to actual bed time. I did this a while ago and it worked. Won’t say it was fun, I just hate to go to bed, but it definitely worked!
And Sugar, hope this doesn’t sound flippant, but it seems to me all of your tracking sheets are quite complicated and you’ve established quite a few rules. It’s almost like a complete overhaul all at once. Maybe a one at a time implementation would be easier to manage? In comparison, the times I’ve tried to completely change my diet and start working out all at once it ended up being way too much mental effort and I gave up quickly. However lately I’ve made small changes and it’s been easier to incorporate. For example, walk dogs and eat less junk food one week, Then incorporate more vegetables etc the next week. I’m not saying I’m fit and eating the perfectly balanced diet but it has certainly improved beyond what it was and I’ve been cooking most meals at home.
At any rate, I’ll join you in your sleep improvement journey as of Friday night. My house guests leave late tonight so I couldn’t get to bed before midnight or 1 anyway. But as a security deposit to confirm my good intentions, I’ll declare that I won’t surf past 12:30 tonight if given the opportunity 