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Sleep schedule
Nortd · 16/02/2022 15:18
I'm half asleep and knackered and pondering if others with neurodiversoty really struggle with normal sleep schedules? I've read before about people with asd sometimes having delayed sleep disorder and I feel I relate to that (but never had a sleep clinic). I am happiest going to sleep at 4 in the morning.
Going to bed at a "normal time" I will oversleep and constantly feel groggy during the day until later on at night and if I get on a normal schedule it will only be a couple of days or weeks before I slip off it and back to my night owl routine.
felulageller · 16/02/2022 15:35
I really struggle to function if I do t go to bed and go to sleep at the same time every night and wake up and get up at the same time.
Just staying up in the living room to watch a film rather than watching in bed will throw me off as I need to be in bed 2 hours before my sleep time. I also need 30-60 mins in bed in the morning before getting up.
This needs to be the same at the weekend.
I really struggle to cope when the clocks change. It takes me weeks to adjust.
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 17/02/2022 15:25
I'm a night owl by nature which worked well for me when I did the nightshift.
Last couple of years I've taken to forcing myself to get up early otherwise I'd be up all night. I have to let the cat outside anyway so it's an incentive to get up.
My usual sleep pattern used to be 3am until around 10am.
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