Can never seem to get up on time

[officerwalrus]

14 year old male here. I’ve been having trouble getting up on time recently. Last night, I went to bed at my normal time of 2:00 AM - 10:00 AM, which is 8 hours. The sleep foundation says that the recommended amount of sleep for someone my age is 8-10 hours. But when my alarm woke me up at 10:00, I ended up going back to bed and sleeping til 3:30 PM. Is this just me being lazy? Is it something to do with using screens before bed? I won’t eat much during the day sometimes, does that have anything to do with it? I haven’t been diagnosed, could it be a sleep disorder? Please help.

[morpheus1514]

Can't speak to your specifics but can say there's a reasonably good chance you've got a somewhat disrupted body clock.  You might try setting/keeping a very consistent wake time every day without sleeping in or napping at all.  Over the course of a few weeks, that should reset your body clock.  You'll then start feeling drowsy enough for proper sleep at a reasonable bedtime for your needs, which could be more than 8 hours of sleep as you've seen.  But you've got to heed those signs of drowsiness and get yourself into bed at a reasonable time for proper sleep.