<p>A couple of suggestions here - have a kiddo who was a heavy sleeper too LOL</p>
<p>Loud alarm clock (clock radio works well also) - that has a good 7-9 minute snooze alarm</p>
<p>Alarm clock and cell phone alarm - set to different times - with an obnoxious ring tone - what kiddo wants to miss a phone call LOL.</p>
<p>2 alarm clocks - set away from the bed</p>
<p>Bright flashing light over the bed - (hearing impaired type)</p>
<p>Ask the roomy to help out - if he doesn't mind.</p>
<p>Here's a radical suggestion: Get at least 7 hours of sleep each night. Yes, this requires cutting corners studying, but PROPER corner-cutting will STILL allow a student to pass with flying colors. There simply isn't enough time to complete ALL of the studying perfectly in college or graduate school. Just because it could be done in grade school doesn't mean it can be done in postsecondary education.</p>
<p>Getting at least 7 hours of sleep per night will prevent getting up from being a Herculean struggle and will ensure that the student can turn off the alarm within about 3 seconds. It forces better efficiency (by capping the study time) and also reduces stress, improves alertness, etc.</p>
<p>I managed to get at least 7 hours of sleep most nights and graduated with my BSEE from UIUC with a GPA of 4.13 (3.13 on the 4-point scale). I even earned my MSEE from GMU with a GPA of 3.03 DESPITE being weighed down by several factors, like specializing in control systems with a weak prior background and doing time-consuming projects that took attention away from my classes.</p>
<p>I am really bad at getting up in time to get ready for school. I remember that I woke up late two times in a row at 11:30 am- school started at 7:20 am. Still, I went to school even though I had missed the majority of my classes. I tried to salvage the day as best I could... Anyway, alarm clocks don't work too well on me...I simply don't hear them most of the time. I now have two alarm clocks but they are only a moderate success. I mean they will just sit there blaring for about an hour before I actually hear them!!! The only thing that ever really worked with me was actually getting 7-8 hours of sleep like jhsu suggested. When I am well rested I actually have the motivation to get out of bed and face the day. Still, even this is hard to accomplish because of IB.</p>
<p>JHSU - I totally agree - tho some folks still don't awaken well or easily - no matter how many hours of sleep they get. But good sleep is very very important for the mind - the soul - and the body in general - especailly for the young generation - it enhances life - learning - and the ability to think and reason. It certainly makes it better for those who may have learning disabilities or difficulties - helps to keep schedules on trac. For some tho - especially those on medication - it can still be difficult and measures may need to be taken - that will work for that indivudual.</p>
<p>I find that when I mess with my blood sugar I have a much harder time waking up in the morning
try not eating before bed- and make your last snack protein rather than a bowl of ice cream ;)
if you aren't sleeping well- not uncommon with ADD or anxiety, try increasing calcium and magnesium and having a little camomile tea
quality of sleep impacts abilty to focus the next day- we found that with my daughters, improving their sleep, made more of a difference than anything else we could do
<a href="http://www.behavior-consultant.com/discuss-sleephygiene.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.behavior-consultant.com/discuss-sleephygiene.htm</a></p>
<p>I don't think this will work for most people, but when I wouldn't get up in the morning, my mom sent our dog in. There's nothing quite like having a 100 pound dog slam into your bed to wake you up!</p>
<p>DianeR was right about not getting up that early in college. I had to get up around 4:45-5:00 (depends on when the bus came :)) in high school. Compared to that, I feel like I overslept if I wake up at 7:00. Then again, it's hard for some people. One of my friends has a REALLY hard time waking up. One time she sat up in bed to try to wake up. She fell back asleep sitting up! If your son is the same way, scheduling classes later in the day would be very wise. It's essential to plan your classes around your "awake" hours. I love morning classes; some people avoid them like the plague. Being fully alert in class is definitely important, so he needs to remember that when choosing classes for college.</p>
<p>Warblesrule - I agree that the scheduling of classes to later in the day when possible can be helpful for the sleep/wake up challanged. Our kiddo did that for freshman year - then discovered that having the afternoons free to do whatever was kinda worth a couple of earlier scheduled ones - and actually - the real world doesn't run on the same clock as most college kids - but they can adjust when then have to....... there are days when my kiddo has be be up and out by 5am to catch a bus for college related things - and it now amazes me that she is able to do so HAHAHA - without MOM/DAD hollering up the stairs 5 times.</p>
<p>Last year there was a thread dealing with this very issue and someone had a link to an alarm clock that rang and then rolled away still ringing so you had to physically get out of bed to find it and shut it up. I also think I remember one that shook the bed, but perhaps that's the vibrating one that's been mentioned here.</p>
<p>My son had a job last summer that required him to get up at around 5:00 and there was no way that I was going to be his alarm clock. After getting to work late one day, he found his own method - he set two alarm clocks to go off at the same time and put them at opposite ends of his room so he would have to get out of bed to turn them both off.</p>
<p>Here's one that's billed as being a sadistic alarm clock:
<a href="http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/sfera-alarm-152997.php%5B/url%5D">http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/sfera-alarm-152997.php</a></p>
<p>You can find this one on Amazon: Big Ben 43000 Moonbeam Alarm Clock
It starts off with flashing lights for four minutes and then goes to a really loud bell.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00013K6WS/002-7194334-1587268?me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance&n=284507%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00013K6WS/002-7194334-1587268?me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance&n=284507</a></p>
<p>Actually, if you just do a google search using the keywords: teenager alarm clock, you will find lots of choices!</p>
<p>I can totally relate to some of the above-mentioned problems. My older son is such a deep, deep sleeper that he just doesn't hear the two alarms that are in his room. He never hits the snooze button because he doesn't hear the alarms in the first place. His alarms just beep and beep until another family member hears them from another part of the house and has to jiggle him to wake up. My son is very academically oriented so he doesn't want this to keep going on.</p>
<p>I bought alarms with so-called "louder" alarms but they haven't worked. I have tried putting his alarms on "radio" and turned the volume up all the way, but he still doesn't hear them. I have one very responsible brother who was the same way -- he'd miss classes, airline flights, you name it, just because he could never hear his alarms. He'd still do it today but he's now married and his wife gets him to wake up. I think it's hereditary.</p>
<p>What I need is an alarm clock with an extra, extra, extra loud alarm that ALSO has a "reset" button so that when you turn the alarm off (using the reset button) it is automatically ready for the next day. Can't have one of those "switch" on/off types because son won't remember to turn in back on when he goes to bed. Has to have the "reset" button AND the extra, extra loud alarm.</p>
<p>Kathie.... thanks for the suggestions. I'll go to those websites and find something that will wake him up. I sometimes wonder if it isn't diet related. I remember when my boys were little reading that dairy products can cause such deep sleep (especially in boys). Supposedly, this is why many little boys wet the bed for so long because they just don't wake up when they have the "urge" to "go".</p>
<p>My mom is sick of having to wake me up and thinks my deep sleep problems are the result of some disease...-__-</p>
<p>I can sleep 10 to 12 hours or more.</p>
<p>boys are often still growing in college (my husband grew 5 inches in college) so they need their sleep. perhaps that also plays into the waking up problem.</p>
<p>I am female. LOL</p>
<p>^^me too. lol</p>
<p>Excess male hormone? I've always wondered why that weird hair(a lone one) that is like the hair on my head, keeps growing back.:( It's creepy.</p>
<p>I like the Big Ben clock in particular but will run it by my son to see if he thinks this can be effective for him, what I like most about it is the "flashing" light, the alarm does not do much for him, one night I heard the alarm on his window in his bedroom go off, it was around 2 am in the morning, I immediately jumped out of bed and ran frantically into his bedroom only to hear the alarm blaring and see him with both hands over his ears! LOL, he would not even get up to turn it off, this is how he sleeps, boy was I steamed thinking it may have been a Burglar that set off the window alarm, turned out to be the neighbor's cat!</p>
<p>I can't tell if the Big Ben clock has a "reset" button. I am also leery of analog clocks because they can be harder to set an exact wake up time.</p>
<p>My son sets his Digital Alarm for ten minutes before actual wakeup time so I don't see this as being a problem since he can do the same with an Analog clock, can you explain the importance of the "reset" button please? Oh, wait a minute, yes, this could backfire becuase he could accidentally and easily set that clock to one hour before or fater the desired time, hmnnn.</p>
<p>With many/most digital alarms, when the alarm goes off, you turn it off by pressing the reset button (that is a different button from snooze). When you hit "reset" button, the alarm goes off and the alarm clock is reset for the next day. therefore, when you go to bed that night, you don't have to do anything, you don't have to remember to turn alarm on .</p>
<p>Usually with an analog clock alarm, you set the time and then turn the alarm switch on. Then the alarm goes off and you turn the alarm off. Then when you go to bed, you have to remember to turn the alarm back on. (If you try to turn it off and turn it right back on, usually the alarm goes off again immediately.) Also, if I remember correctly, when you set an analog alarm, you turn the stick thing to point to the time that you want it to "go off". Accuracy is a bit hard -- especially if you want it to go off an a half hour. </p>
<p>I could be wrong about analog clocks (the newer ones).....</p>