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Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome Holy crap, what I do has a name. That's comforting. This "syndrome" comes and goes in cycles, for me. Currently, I'm enjoying reg

by RevRal 17y ago

Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome Holy crap, what I do has a name. That's comforting. This "syndrome" comes and goes in cycles, for me. Currently, I'm enjoying regular "day" days. In about a two weeks I'll naturally switch into nocturnal mode, for about three weeks. After these three weeks I'll spend 3-4 four days "fixing" my sleeping schedule.... Is this how it is for other DSPS persons here? I highly value my sleep and vivid dreams, which are very prominent during the DSPS episodes, and I honestly feel more productive and creative in that time. Someone once told me that the best thinking occurs at 3am, which is when the local world around you is most quiet and you can think more clearly. I think she said it was some Buddhist thing, though I can't remember exactly what she said. I always thought that was neat, and concurs with my experience of being able to focus better in the middle of the night.

Qz 17y ago
I just found out about this two days ago (another post on here). I don't have a cycle quite like you describe -- I'm generally always in nocturnal mode, except when I make the mistake to try staying up all night (despite telling myself never to do it again no matter what), after which I may end up in a "day" day mode where I get up at 7-8 am like normal people. Except when I do that my brain still doesn't turn on until the afternoon. This thing has been plaguing me all my life, made high school and college a total nightmare except where I could finagle afternoon classes. I mean, personally I love staying up late doing stuff, but it's a pain to try aligning that with other people's schedules.
- RevRal 17y ago
  In high school, there were a few months where I managed to arrange my sleeping schedule so I slept from when when I got home from school to about 11pm-1am. It worked really well, but my mom didn't like it.
  - Qz 17y ago
    My parents tried the iron fist approach: i had to wake up by a certain time on saturdays and sundays or they would ban me from using the computer. If I missed the bus for sleeping too late, no computer. Needless to say that this didn't work -- I just stayed up until they were asleep and used the computer then. The salient feature of my adolescence was a grueling and protracted war with my parents over school performance vs. computer usage/sleep habits. Makes me wonder how things would have turned out if I'd learned about DSPS when I was maybe 14 or something.
    - realitygrill 17y ago
      Not that much different. My parents didn't believe in DSPS or on a pragmatic level thought it could be cured through training; how could you possibly live a responsible life in the normal world without fixing it?

by RevRal 17y ago

Qz 17y ago

I just found out about this two days ago (another post on here). I don't have a cycle quite like you describe -- I'm generally always in nocturnal mode, except when I make the mistake to try staying up all night (despite telling myself never to do it again no matter what), after which I may end up in a "day" day mode where I get up at 7-8 am like normal people. Except when I do that my brain still doesn't turn on until the afternoon. This thing has been plaguing me all my life, made high school and college a total nightmare except where I could finagle afternoon classes. I mean, personally I love staying up late doing stuff, but it's a pain to try aligning that with other people's schedules.

RevRal 17y ago
In high school, there were a few months where I managed to arrange my sleeping schedule so I slept from when when I got home from school to about 11pm-1am. It worked really well, but my mom didn't like it.
- Qz 17y ago
  My parents tried the iron fist approach: i had to wake up by a certain time on saturdays and sundays or they would ban me from using the computer. If I missed the bus for sleeping too late, no computer. Needless to say that this didn't work -- I just stayed up until they were asleep and used the computer then. The salient feature of my adolescence was a grueling and protracted war with my parents over school performance vs. computer usage/sleep habits. Makes me wonder how things would have turned out if I'd learned about DSPS when I was maybe 14 or something.
  - realitygrill 17y ago
    Not that much different. My parents didn't believe in DSPS or on a pragmatic level thought it could be cured through training; how could you possibly live a responsible life in the normal world without fixing it?