r/DSPD • u/ktfarrier • 6d ago

Preparing for the morning?

I've had dspd all of my life. My mom tells me when I was a baby, I'd never sleep at night - only in the day. Well, I'm almost 40 now and despite trying to be 'normal', if left unchecked, I revert back to my bed by 5-6am, wake up noon-2pm. That's my sweet spot. Obviously it doesn't work if I want to be a functioning member of society.

I have a dentist appointment in a few days at 10am. What are some of your methods to 'reset'? Pull an all lighter the night before? Prepare a few days prior? What I find I revert to is nap the day before from 8pm to 12-1am, and then stay up until my appointment, come home and sleep. It messes me up even more. I was just wondering if anyone had any insight?

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u/cle1etecl 6d ago

Setting my alarm way in advance so that there is a lot of time for snoozing and trying to scrape together a semblance of energy before I get up. All while being anxious that I don't properly fall asleep during that time and sleep through the appointment 🙃

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u/ktfarrier 5d ago

Ugh, this is incredibly relatable. Honestly, before I found out about dspd and this sub, I just thought I was cursed.