I wish I could use DSPS as a valid excuse for every morning I sashay in late.
Symptoms
* DSP individuals report that they cannot sleep until early morning.
* Patients can sleep well, and have a normal need for sleep. Therefore, they find it very difficult to wake up in the morning if they have only slept for a few hours.
* Symptoms have been present for at least a month, and usually much longer.
* Have at least a normal - and often much greater than normal - ability to sleep during the morning, and sometimes in the afternoon as well.
* DSP individuals are night owls. They feel most alert and say they function best, are most creative, etc. in the evening and at night.
* They usually have tried many times to change their sleeping schedule. Failed tactics to sleep at earlier times may include relaxation techniques, early bedtimes, hypnosis, alcohol, sleeping pills, dull reading, and folk remedies.
* They often have asked family members to help wake them in the morning, or they have used several alarm clocks. Or family members - especially parents - have tried to get them up on time.
* Symptoms almost always begin in adolescence, childhood, or infancy.
* They are sleepy during the day, especially in the morning, if they have had to get up early.
* They sleep in on weekends (often past noon and for more than 10 hours) to make up for not getting enough sleep during the rest of the week.
* Some people with DSPS take naps during the day and feel refreshed afterwards.
* Some people with DSPS have occasional, sudden, and temporary reversions to sleeping at earlier times.
There is no cure for this disorder, and working a “proper” 9 to 5 job is like constantly living a 6 hours jag lag. And now you understand my adversion to proper job…
Another no cure disorder to add to my collection. But at least I know I’m not the only one…. anyone for prata at Rosyth Road? =P
