Hi, 

I am a college student (F) who currently shares a room with one other roommate (F) with bipolar. I live in an apartment with a lease. The situation presented here is that about since 2 months ago, my roommate starts setting 10 or more alarms (depend on when she wakes up) every morning, weekends included. The alarms goes of around every few minutes over the span of 1-2 hours. She said that because she is on sleep meds and it’s very overpowering, so she has to set this many alarms in order to wake up. And the reason why she has to set alarm to wake up is because her therapist said she has to wake up around the same time everyday, which is around 10. She also does not wake up until much later than her initial alarm (usually around 2 hours later). 

I understand her need and I do not have any intention of fucking her over. But her alarms significantly affect my sleep and free time over the weekends. Her alarms does not affect me on weekdays since i tend to get up earlier than that. I practically cannot ever do work inside the room until the afternoons because the alarms are very loud. And I could not sleep in. I have been trying to talk to my roommate for the last month or so and finding a solution. I have offered to wake her up and suggested that maybe she could turn down the volume of the alarms or set less alarms. She said she could not do any of the things I have suggested and need to keep the alarms.

I was wondering if there is anything I can do? Am I in the right to suggest that she could talk to her therapist about this situation? I understand that she is trying her best, but I feel like I should also have a say in my living space. My apartments leasing office said that I could not move out unless I pay a really big fee. I also can’t really wear earplugs due to a healing piercing. And I don’t think there is a chance for my roommate to move because she is a much closer friend with my other two roommates than I am, and I doubt they will be willing to switch rooms. So they would want to live together. If anyone has experience with sleep meds please share. Thanks for all advice.