FFXI and sleep

[Cyx]

I'm not sure if this happened to anyone else but I thought I would see if I was the only one. As I'm sure you all know FFXI is down and has been for quite a bit. Without noticing I have been staying awake longer and longer surfing the internet out of boredom. Before FFXI went down I would fall asleep around 11~12 at night. Now I find myself staying awake until 10am the next day . I'm currently forcing myself to stay awake as long as possible so that I can cycle through and have a regular sleeping pattern again.

If you are having the same problem let me know what you are doing to stay awake haha.

[Vivik]

Before the game went down I would go to bed between 11pm and 1 am. I have been in bed by 10pm pretty much every night since it went down.

[Cyx]

I wish I could do that >.<. It seems that without FFXI I stay awake longer for some reason.

[Chronofantasy]

It's the opposite for me. When FFXI was up I would stay up until 5-8 or 9am most of the time. With FFXI down I'm usually going to bed around 2-3am or so. I tend to get sleepier faster out of boredom I guess.

[NightDagger]

I am with the OP. I would always be offline by 9-10pm. & spend time with my wife & go to bed around midnight with her. Now I am surfing the net, reading pointless articles & staying up until 2-4 a.m. I am going to avoid the internet today once my wife wakes up & get my sleep back on track. Be in bed by 8 p.m. tonight & get a good nights sleep & my pattern back on track.

[Jalonis]

I've been sleeping 2-3 hours more with FFXI down. I get bored and TV isn't worth the money I pay for it so I just go to sleep.

[Haldarn]

Yeah, opposite for me - gaming time used to be 9pm to 2am, now I go to bed at the same time as the kids at 9pm (and wake up at 5am for cartoons... /sigh)

Can't wait to get back into the swing of things, rolling out of bed shattered at 8.30am XD

[Gadanae]

I have experienced quite the opposite. My linkshell generally does events at 2AM EST. That usually kept me up until 6-?AM EST then I would go to bed after. Maximum 6 hours of sleep MAYBE before getting up and dealing with work, family, etc.

Now that has changed. I have been sleeping all night, at least 8 hours a day. Getting up around 8-10AM EST, with bedtime around 12-1AM EST.

So in short, the loss of FFXI has actually realigned a BETTER sleep schedule for me, more stable. I guess it proves the addiction to an online game can be very damaging to your sleep, lol.

[Andylynn]

I'm not sure if this happened to anyone else but I thought I would see if I was the only one. As I'm sure you all know FFXI is down and has been for quite a bit. Without noticing I have been staying awake longer and longer surfing the internet out of boredom. Before FFXI went down I would fall asleep around 11~12 at night. Now I find myself staying awake until 10am the next day . I'm currently forcing myself to stay awake as long as possible so that I can cycle through and have a regular sleeping pattern again.

If you are having the same problem let me know what you are doing to stay awake haha.

get yourself diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar 2's insane cousin. you'll have huge fits of insomnia.

[Chiibi]

lol my ls usually make fun of my self imposed set bedtime xD "oh look at the time chii... here let me read you a bedtime story" ^.^;