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/Hatecookie 5d ago

I don’t schedule things in the morning if it can possibly be avoided. I have a class once a week at 9:30am and the night before I take every downer I can get my hands on, beta blocker, melatonin, Hydroxyzine, and Benadryl around 9pm so I can be really sleepy by midnight. I basically have to stop my entire life for that evening and make going to bed at midnight like a life-or-death priority. No getting out of bed for any reason except bathroom, even if I lay there awake with my eyes closed for 6 hours.

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u/ZoyaZhivago 4d ago

What’s the point, if it’s gonna be terrible quality sleep anyway? I’d rather just get 4 hours of solid REM than 8 hours of forced/interrupted sleep. I have to get up between 9:30-10am at least twice a week (my two earlier days at work), and that’s what I do. But I’m wired to run on less sleep than average, so I guess everyone’s mileage may vary.