Hey guys,

Been having a lot of trouble waking up in the morning (ive always had this problem but now more than ever since I do not have a typical 9-5)

Can someone recommend an alarm clock please?

On my iPhone they have several basic alarm sounds. Personally I always seem to pop up on the Harps sound... Wakes me up subtly without jumping up from a loud rigid noise. Also I don't hear harps unless this alarm goes off so my mind won't sleep through it.

Lol if your a hard sleeper they have alarms clocks that force you to get out of bed in order to turn them off. Like one is like operations when the pieces pop out and to turn it off you have to gather them and reassemble. I saw one a while ago that's a helicopter and to turn it off you have to get up and grab it.

A bucket of water above the bed, on a timer!

Actually, maybe try a clock radio with 2 alarm times and set them 3 to 5 minutes apart, with the volume up high.

I've been using one of those alarm apps on my smartphone. Basically when the alarm goes off you have to do some mini puzzles before you can turn it off. Stuff like memory patterns, maths sums, etc. The idea is that by then you've already engaged your brain and you'll be feeling more awake and alert. Ever since I started using it I've stopped the habit of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep Extremely useful, highly recommend it. My app (on Android) is called something like "I can't wake up".

Oh, it even has a "wake up test" feature. 15 minutes (say) after you turn off your alarm, it will prompt you to confirm that you've really woken up. If you don't press the button in time, the alarm will go off again. Also a lifesaver.

Another thing that's helped a lot is setting a "get pumped" playlist for your alarm sound instead of the generic sounds. I've got my gym playlist on shuffle for my alarm. Sometimes I wake up by rocking out to the beat. True story.

thanks ill try that app

i had before where i did math problems...

then i discovered that i could pres sthe power button on my phone and turn it off lol

ill try the app

also found this article:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04...-goes-off/

There is an app called Walk me up. You have to walk a certain amount of steps before the alarm turns off.

Do you have a piece of string, because i remember 40 years ago early morning wake up, night before i would connect a long string from the winder arm on my wind up alarm clock and the other end to a switch on a record player and if i was not up and running in 5 seconds flat the whole house would have been woken up by proud Mary at full volume, and i would have been homeless once again.... yep this poor boy never missed his starts in the grey iron foundry where we would mold and pour the 351 ci Ford Clevland V8 engine blocks and other goodies

I know of something, it is a bit expensive... but if you'd like a peaceful and natural wake-up... then it may work for you. I was going to invest in one myself.

It's called the Philips Hf3470 Wake-up Light (in white). It recreates dawn for you and you naturally wake up to the light. It even has optional birds chirping (not annoyingly) and has great reviews. Check it out on amazon, you can read all the reviews.

thank you, i cannot thank you enough

Perhaps this could also be of help, if you use the computer a lot at night:
http://stereopsis.com/flux/