Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

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Wikipedia said:
Often, people with the [DSPS] disorder report that they cannot sleep until early morning, but fall asleep at about the same time every "night". Therefore, they find it very difficult to wake up in time for a typical school or work day. If, however, they are allowed to follow their own schedules, e.g. sleeping from 4 a.m. to noon, they sleep soundly, awaken spontaneously, and do not experience excessive daytime sleepiness.

People with DSPS tend to be extreme night owls. They feel most alert and say they function best and are most creative in the evening and at night. DSPS patients cannot simply force themselves to sleep early. They may toss and turn for hours in bed, and sometimes not sleep at all, before reporting to work or school. Less extreme and more flexible night owls, and indeed morning larks, are within the normal chronotype spectrum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsps

After a skillful self-diagnosis :D I feel that I may have the very symptoms of the "I'm-late-for-work-again" disorder. I always thought that it was just laziness on my part :whistle:

Any other night-owls here?
 
:wtf: that's me.

I only end up waking for work at 8am, so it's pure luck that I have the option of working flexi hours. It would suck had it been a normal 8-5 job.
 
If I wake up too early, the rest of the day is ruined and I get headaches throughout the day.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one.
 
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