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/Ok-Smoke-5653 4d ago
Sometimes I set some appointments for early morning, since I'm getting to sleep around 9am these days. Then I go to bed after. It is hard for me to get to sleep after being out, in the light, and having to function past my bedtime, but sometimes that's better than losing several hours' sleep for an afternoon appointment. I had a 4:30 appointment about 40 minutes away Monday, and I had to get up by 2pm to be ready & get there on time. I had my husband drive me there & back, since I didn't think driving on 4 hours' sleep would be a good idea. I have had moderately-bad headaches yesterday & today. I get headaches often, so not a definitive causal relationship, but I often get more headaches after lost sleep.