well that sucks i hope everything turns out alright for you

-Gives the dragon calming tea to drink before bed-

Good luck! Try to avoid sleeping pills and drugs.

I just got around 4 hours of sleep in average each day i work on 1st shift... dunno why but on the evenings i cant sleep until its past midnight here... even if i had to get back up in 3-5 hours later... its really strange.. and on weekends i end up with 10to 12hours of sleep a day sometimes... So youre not the only one with strange sleep cycles and mine are also not work related. .-.X

Endium, it's best for your health in general to keep up a healthy sleeping pattern. I'm sure the goes without saying, however, I think it'd do good to hear ir from a friend or fan: Please, try to establish a good sleeping pattern that won't leave you feeling tired. It's not that I'm saying the because I want a commission, or what have you. I'm saying that because I care as a fan of your work.

If not for work, I find that my body seems to naturally adopt a 27-hour day. Obviously I am from the Earth's far future, or an alien. : ) Really though, NFSRacer is right. An irregular sleep schedule is linked with a number of physical and mental health issues, including depression. A hard reset might be needed.

I'm stuck in pretty much the exact same cycle, give or take an hour or two, so I can sympathyze. The staying up idea might work but I tried it yesterday (not really by choice) and it didn't work for me at all. Still went to bed at dawn and woke up at 3-4 in the afternoon. The problem is by the time I should be going to bed my brain starts coming up with things for me to watch, play, read or write and I end up losing track of the time. Best advice I can give is maybe taking something to help you relax, Ibuprofen usually works for me (when I remember to take some) though a friend suggested I try Naturemade Sleep, which he swears works like a charm. Meletonin might also help but I've heard it knocks you out pretty hard. Though if none of those are feasible, I'd go for old fashioned warm milk. Whatever you do, I hope you get into a good sleep routine again.

Well important is that you can feel better and you will be prepared for new duties soon. Until that do what you like

I tried over the counter sleeping pills. Just took 1/4 of one every night for a few months and it was just enough to get me to fall asleep. I had the problem of laying in bed from about 10pm till nearly 3am some nights before actually falling asleep and getting up at 6am and they really helped.

I am using some natural sleeping pills and it works for me! Much better then the psychological mumbojumbo you can get XD

Do you exercise regularly?
Been tested for sleep apnea?

Hopefully you don't sleep on your belly or eat right before going to bed. :E

I'd say this isn't insomnia, by definition, it's an issue of circadian rhythm. I'd recommend trying to spend a lot of time outside, the vitamin D from the sunlight will help regulate and reset it. You could always try staying up far longer than usual and pushing your schedule (Waking up/going to bed several hours earlier and later until they wrap around to normality again). I'd recommend also trying some Melatonin, it's a natural over-the-counter sleep aid, it's essentially one of the chemicals that pushes sleep. It'll probably help you get a more restful night's sleep as well as try and regulate your circadian rhythm.

That's all I can think of, try and avoid prescription sleep pills, they can be addictive. I know a little as I'm an insomniac myself, hope this helps.

I once heard a proposed sleep-pattern of 20h awake, 8h sleep (or something like that) - after a week it synchs up with the normal world again (7*24 = 6*28)
I've never tried it, though, as even as a student I didn't find the freedom to totally disconnect to the daily rhythm of the world around me.

Typical day for me. Still not as exotic as the summer I spent in a cycle of 36h awake 18h sleep.

I wouldn't call it Insomnia. It is simply that your body has become nocturnal. I find that I prefer to stay up late, and wake up late. I hate waking up early (6:10 AM) for work....but naturally one can always "train" ones body to get used to any time period of the day.