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Productive at 1AM - Delirious At 4 AM

john
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Ok, so I was talking with a co-worker the other day about the mental fuzziness that go thru once you start becoming sleep deprived. His issue for the day was somnipathy infantias AKA 1 week old infant. :-)

My problem is the thin line between 10pm-3am when I am actually most productive and the quick downward slide that starts around 3:30am. Then the decision must be made: push thru the night and make it till about 5pm the next day OR sleep and risk sleeping thru the alarm.

Anyone else ever notice this?

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CircadiAbsurdium

Yeah, that's me exactly! Generally, if I go with less sleep I can usually wake up by using several alarms (often the neighbors bang on the wall and that usually works on the days that the alarms don't). So I live on a few hours of sleep per night and either nap in the afternoon, and/or gradually build up such a sleep debt that after about 10-14 days I can fall asleep pretty fast at a normal time for that ONE night. And the nights when I just skip sleep because it is too late, it's not necessarily any easier to sleep at a "normal" time the next night, unless I already had a huge sleep debt before the missed night.

I posted links to some information sheets on circacian rhythm disorders (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) on the "Journal" section of this website that fellow night-owls might like to see (didn't want to double-post it here).

If anyone out there has tried the bright light or light box therapy, please post your experiences, whether it worked, did you find a reputable company, etc. Thanks!

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