<p>Hi! First of all thanks for reading this and I hope it won't be very long. I just want to figure out what if anything is wrong with me at this point and what I should do next.</p>
<p>A brief background:
-A rising sophomore with considerable aid at a reputed college. Was a good enough student during high school and teachers didn't usually have any complaints except almost always to say that "I could do better," "need to work harder," or "that I needed to pay more attention." I have almost always had restless leg syndrome(if that matters) and late sleeping habits. During high school I would usually be getting like 5-6 hours of sleep during weekdays and during the gap year that I took I would still be getting similar amount of sleep except that I would be sleeping around 4am every single day.</p>
<p>Moving on to what brought me here:
The first year of college was fine to the most part: received good enough grades(except it got worse in the 2nd sem.), made new friends, etc. But I found myself taking longer than usual to finish up assignments and it wasn't because the assignments was difficult but rather because I would just need to take breaks every half an hour or so. However, more worryingly it got even harder and harder to have proper sleep. They were times when I couldn't fall asleep for 2 days, where I would just be turning around in my bed, completely exhausted, but my mind staying awake with random thoughts just racing away. I would get up in the middle of the night and just decide to walk to a store a mile away just to "get some noodles." I sought help second semester, and eventually, after various failed attempts at improving my sleeping habits, they considered prescribing sleeping pills until they could "evaluate further what was really happening." Considering how it was almost the end of the year I decided not to take the meds and thinking that it was perhaps it was stress causing the problem, I decided to wait it out until the break.</p>
<p>However, even 2 months into the break I can say that the sleeping habits haven't improved; so it definitely isn't "stress." Random thoughts still keep racing through my head when i try to fall asleep, and it usually takes anywhere from 1.5-3 hours(or even longer) to fall asleep. I have tried staying awake whole nights hoping that I will then sleep when I want to the next day and solve everything, but that has failed too. What do, however, seem to help are aspirins, paracetamol tablets and coffee/caffeine drinks (yes, caffeinated drinks usually tend to make me feel sleepy instead of keeping me awake). However, while those things help me sleep, the next day I wake up even more tired and that really isn't helpful. </p>
<p>At this point, I really do not know what to do next, I have tried seeking help, but don't want to rely on sleeping pills, but I seem to have tried almost everything else, none of which has worked effectively. I don't want my grades to get affected by this anymore, and at the very least I want to know what's wrong, or rather what to do next. :</p>
<p>Thank you so much for reading this! And, any opinion/insight would be appreciated. :)</p>
