Just wanted to put up a question here to those who probably know a lot about sleep--I have been lucid dreaming for a few years now so I have learned a fair deal about the sleep process, but still have not been able to find an adequate answer to this question:

At the moment I currently have to deal with school from about 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon, following which I work from about 3 to 5 I train for Track and MMA, and from 5 to 2AM on work related to my business--usually I don't get to sleep until about 4AM and then I have to wake up at 5:30 to make/receive various business calls from people on the west coast.


I know this is obviously not healthy, but it's what I have to do so there's no changing my schedule. During the day I have caffeine obviously to help, but i'm looking for:

a) a way to minimize the strain if possible

and most importantly...

b) a way to wake up more easily in the morning--i'm willing to resort to whatever it takes, but I find it incredibly difficult to wake up after 2-3 hours of sleep and since my conscious self is not always reasonable under the influence of the morning fog, I can't "will power" myself out of bed.

Any recommendations or strategies are much appreciated.