r/DSPD

Мне сложно излагать грамотно мысль , так как сплю плохо , но надеюсь донести ситуацию. Мне некуда. и не кому обращаться.

Я начал мучаться со сном в 2024 году , тогда еще было учебное время. Бывали ночи , когда я вовсе не спал из-за некой "крутости" и погружался в фильмы и драмы.Оказалось , что тогда еще были первые тревожные звоночки. Бессонница , после , начала прогрессировать в начале и летом 2025 года из-за того , что я резко перешел в стадию "мечтаний" , так я ее называю. С 2019 года я переехал из-за нового романа матери в Москву (с отчимом она встретилась примерно в 2012) , оторвавшись от родного города , тобишь Оренбурга. Друзей в Москве завести не смог до сей поры , дак это сложно , учитывая разное воспитание. Меня очень сильно бесит моя мать тем , что она говорит об "взаимопомощи" и просит "уважать" семью (я уже не знаю смысл этого слова , так как она произносит его тысячи раз. Смысл потерялся) , хотя я в доме ничего из этого не получаю.

Я буквально один. Я провожу дни на одиночестве , хотя нахожусь в обществе. Школа , дом , школа , дом. Разнообразий нуль. В 2025 был самый сильный период бессонницы (осень и лето) , летом , ездили инкогнито к психиатру. Ничем этот сранный засранец помочь не смог , лишь выявил "подозрения" на опухоль в шее (у меня слабый сосуд , от чего разное кровотечение от разной позы шеи). Перешел на мелатонин.

Сейчас активно на нем. И именно в сей момент я начал чувствовать голос в голове. Он критикует меня. Говорит , что говорить , как действовать да даже что делать. Как от этого избавиться? Я настораживаюсь лишь из-за нарколепсии. Я могу проснуться в месте , не зная , как в нем очутился. Если я окончательно сойду с ума , то голос + нарколепсия могут смешаться в что-то страшное. Мне добровольно лечь в психушку? Напиться на сеанс к психиатру? Психологу? Психотерапевту? Я мамаше и отчиму не желаю это говорить. Они полноценно обесценивают любую мою проблему. Нарциссы , вдобавок обиженные дети.

I 24F have had DSPD since elementary school, but was only diagnosed two months ago. I’ve had attendance issues all my life because I could not tolerate getting up in the mornings and having a normal schedule. When I was little I was yelled at for not being able to get up and put into therapy because my parents thought I wasn’t going to school because I was lazy. I have been told I’m lazy so many times throughout my life that I genuinely believed that was my issue, so even after growing up I still never looked into it because I didn’t believe I could have something wrong with me.

It was only until recently I saw someone mention DSPD and I instantly made an appointment with a sleep doctor and was diagnosed. He gave me some amazing tips which I have been following and for the first time in years I have been able to get up in the morning multiple days during the week. I got a job that requires me to been there at 9:30am two to three days a week and I have successfully shown up on time every shift I have. I feel like only other people with DSPD will recognize how much of an achievement this is.

It’s not easy though. I’m constantly exhausted as my body is not used to this new schedule. I have to fight sleeping in no matter how tired I am and have messed up a few times, but I’m trying my best and making a lot of effort and progress. Even though my parents don’t knowledge my diagnosis or struggles of DSPD, I’m still proud of myself for trying my best.

Hello. I have been doing light therapy for the last couple of says and it has been incredibly effective on the days I am able to use it. I have been using my luminette from 1:30pm to 2:30pm due to obligations and my natural cycle involves waking from about 11am-1pm. During the therapy I have woken up at 8:30-10 each day after succesful usage of the therapy with zero sleep inertia and great energy. Can I now use the luminette for less time at my target wake up time (9:00) or will this phase delay me?

currently sleeping from 11am to 7pm. HELP!!!!!! i am wasting my days away. my body hurts from constantly being in my bed even during the hours im awake at night since i dont work a night shift or something like that. i literally feel like a sad hopeless zombie. the heatwave in my country totally messed up my sleep schedule and i cant seem to fix it. any advices except for staying up for 24 hours and medication??? thank you!!!!

Not DSPD myself, but I've dealt with bad insomnia and I'm curious how people here cope when life forces you onto a schedule that fights your natural rhythm — an early appointment, a work obligation, whatever. Is there anything that actually helps you adjust faster, or is it just misery until your body catches up?

I'm about to fly to a two week trip to Jordan. I haven't been out of the country with a huge time difference like this since high school, when my DSPD was much less obvious. Jordan is a 10 hour time difference and I'm hoping jet lag might work in my favor for at least the first few days and I'll be awake at more appropriate hours?

How are you other DSPD folks at handling jet lag?

this is a lot of stupid non sense i wrote and it may not fully be related to sleep but Im 19 and I know that this is may be an overreaction but this shit is the CULPRIT OF ALL OF THE MOTHERFUCKING PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE, my low self stem is caused by my low intelligence caused by my sleep deprivation caused by the fact that I have to sleep at 10 or 11 to wake up at 7am at worst to get ready for work If I slept 8 hours when I was in hs my life wouldn't have so awful back then, I was never bad at subjects like math as I thought I just was chronically sleep deprived to the point I didn't have common sense and I still am

I swear on my parents' lives and on everything that is holy that I don't understand ANYTHING, When I read things on Reddit or the internet, I have to read them five times and process them for a long time to understand what they mean because my brain is drained. My memory is so bad that I forget my coworkers name's, I forget everything instantly like I go to the store to buy milk and I leave the fucking milk carton next to the cashier after I just paid that's how fucking bad my memory and NO ONE UNDERSTANDS EVERYBODY THINKS THAT I'M OVERREACTING, IVE BEEN LEARNING ENGLISH SINCE I WAS CHILD AND IM STARTING TO FORGET BASIC WORDS NOW BOTH IN SPANISH AND NOW IN ENGLISH, SPEAKING ENGLISH IS THE ONLY THING THAT IM GOOD AT, DO YOU REALIZE HOW I FEEL!!!!?!?!??!

Zolpidem doesn't even work for me, it doesn't make me sleepy it only causes me mild ataxia, I've been laying on my bed for half an hour

I am only the real me when I'm free on weekends, and I only enjoyed my teenage years on weekends, that's the real name, smart, social, energetic, not this version of me, this is not the real name and everybody think it is and that's why everybody thinks there is something wrong with my brain

I don't want to live like this i am so tired of everything, I waste time posting on Reddit and this account is new but I posted a similar post a few days ago but I deleted my account because reddit is addictive but then i create a new one to rant and ive been on this cycle since i was 15 years old it just never ends i try to kill time on reddit by ranting or posting stupid because there is nothing good in my life and my sleep deprivation makes me too useless so i dont bother doing anything, i make stupid comments and stupid posts and i don't realize i literally skip words when talking or writing im super stupid and im tired of being like this there is nothing that makes me happy, im addicted to reddit and i keep refreshing this post if there are more replies over and over again, i post engagement questions because i like attention but im not harming anyone i just have nothing to do nothing to do nothing to do my head hurts

there are more other things that i fucking hate about my life that are not related but im still going to mention them, i hate my gastrointestinal problems too and i have a weak pelvic and i wake up to pee every fucking night and I had to try to sleep even earlier to attempt to get something close to 8 hours of sleep

the only thing i have worthful is my face, im a very vain person and i love my looks because that is all i have because my brain is empty

im just writing a bunch of non sense in a subreddit that has nothing to do with it except the first part, i also forgot to say that i tried to kill myself when i was 16 and i only say this so whoever reads me takes me seriously if you dont believe i can show you my prescriptions and i can tell how i did it

ive abused tramadol, diazepam, alprazolam, zolpidem, gabapentin, dxm, ive done these things that backfired temporarily because i wanted to feel something

wherever i go people give me dirty looks or at least that is what i see, im always panicked, because i believe everyone is talking about me, i look behind me constantly like someone is following me

i bet no one is going to answer this because no one cares and this is too long and this only makes me wanna kms

i work and still live in my parents so i hace enough money to attempt to buy drugs or alcohol to mix them together and die i just need enough respiratory system depressors to pass away

maybe i ruined myself on purpose because when i was on hs i used to stay up to midnight and i had a rude of never staying past 1:40am which i followed and that's ehy my dspd got much worse, i did this because i was depressed and i only wanted to avoid sleeping to not go to school tomorrow

I've been off college since mid june, my sleep schedule has always been very poor but now it's gotten much worse, my sleep cycle is along the lines of going to bed at around 2-4pm and waking up 7-10pm a few hours later, then continuing to stay up until the afternoon the next day. I try to fight it but I think my body clock is just not allowing me to fall asleep even at 7 in the morning and such. any advice welcome.

I've been using the melatonin natrol gummies 5mg maybe 3-4 times a week and it helped me immensely. However, I think i developed cavities because of all the sugar. I tried taking capsules long ago, but they didn't seem to work. Can anyone recommend fast dissolve or liquid form melatonin brands that dont contain sugar? I usually try to fall asleep without melatonin then pop them in my mouth if I have a hard time doing so.

I was just prescribed 10mg of IR zolpidem (Ambien) for 30 days.

I went to the doctor 2 hours ago and explained my months-long problem with remaining asleep from 10pm to 6–7am (I can only sleep uninterruptedly from 12am to 8–9am), but she refused to prescribe me eszopiclone (Lunesta) because she said it is too harsh. But somehow she claimed alprazolam (Xanax) was better. I know that she's right because Xanax has a shorter half-life, but it's way more addictive and I'm not touching a benzodiazepine. So she gave me zolpidem instead.

If I hear someone say "just sleep earlier" once more, I'm gonna lose it. I posted this in r/insomnia and I know it may have been a bit tone deaf but I just wanted to rant and the comments weren't exactly nice and I get it but again I only wanted to rant.

I feel so stupid that someone could tell me 2 + 2 = 5 and I could believe it for a second. Yes, that's how cognitively impaired I feel.

Tell me: WHAT IS THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO SLEEP FROM 12AM TO 8AM UNINTERRUPTEDLY IF ALL JOBS ARE FROM 8 TO 4 OR 9 TO 5!!??

I'm wondering if anyone has developed unhealthy habits with alcohol that arose from DSPD. Mine is really destructive and I know that addressing this will improve quality of life even if I can't tackle DSPD. The habit involves using alcohol to sedate me, and obviously this really destroys the quality of sleep plus all the other issues with alcohol. Probably the worst thing is my timing. I'll drink 3 or 4 drinks (usually beer) but it's right before bed. The times I drink earlier in the day I end up usually feeling rested and if anything it accomplishes what I initially turned to alcohol for, which is a trick to get my ass asleep at an hour that's more conducive to my work schedule. Strange as this may sound, I cannot even convince myself to drink earlier. The habit is so locked in to the specific routine that drinking has no appeal until a certain time before I'm trying to sleep and then it kicks in like a necessity. I know the alcohol habit is a problem and I am working on altering the triggers, associations, internal narrative, reward cycles, etc. Tho I know cognitively that this is not serving me, I get terrified of being in bed with my brain fully on and probably more active than it was all day, so the trauma of those all-night-no-sleep experiences seems worse than shitty sleep... but that's the night before. In reality, the shitty alcohol sleep actually feels worse the next day than a really short night of sleep. Any experiences that may relate, or things to share about your journey conquering an alcohol-sleep association would be appreciated.

Salutations,

I am male, and of teenage years. I've had sleep problems essentially my whole life but as of late April (two months ago) they became way worse. Before then I usually went to bed at about 2:00 Am sometimes as late as 4:00 but only as early as 1:00. (I'm just going to use military time for the rest of this.) In April around the time that it got worse, I went to see a doctor who told me to use light to control my rhythm, which I already knew and understood. Talking about it with someone made it worse and not long after that I had a theater performance where I told someone about my sleep patterns. After that it jumped two hours later and slowly got worse and worse until my usual sleep time was 7:00 and wake time about 14:00. I say 'was' because lately there has been no consistency. I do want to be healed, I just can't sleep when I need to, and so I'm out of control. I've started keeping track of my bedtimes and here's a sample of the past little while: 7:30, 20:00, N/A, 8;00, 4:00, 3:00, 4:00, 2:00, 2:00, 3:00, 7:00, 5:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:00, N/A, 5:00, N/A, 7:00, 5:00, 7:30, 5:00, N/A, N/A I have been able to somewhat fix it, but only for a week, after that I can't sleep again. I've tried going later and later until I come full circle to a normal time and then sleeping in pitch-blackness and watching the sunrise first thing in the morning to maintain that rhythm, but it again fails; Sometimes I can't sleep because the darkness keeps me awake. It's not like I'm scared of the dark or anything, though I would be willing to admit myself to that humiliation if I were, just that light it comforting, and the darkness unsettling. I've tried various homeopathics and supplements, but I've never seen a difference. It is ruining my life and I don't know what to do anymore. I've been trying, but I can't succeed. I'm very worried about my health (especially mental health.) If anyone has gone through this before, how did you get through it?

I relate heavy.

I have struggled with maintaining a regular sleep schedule my entire life. Surprise! Diagnosed at 42 with ADHD - it makes sense. I haven't officially been diagnosed with DPSD (my sister who also has AudHD has and we all have the same weird schedule). I usually can get in a good pattern for a while but then it will get thrown off. It happened to me today and I was late for work (2nd time this month). So far it hasn't been an issue and I've used sick time but it is embarrassing to oversleep for work cause your body doesn't align with the normal world's work schedule. Has anyone figured out how to contend with this or had any accommodations at work due to ADHD/DPSD? I'm kind of at a loss and it just feels embarrassing. Any insight would be great.

i'm not invalidating anybody's struggle but i wish i could - my body naturally sleeps from 8/9am to 6/7pm. why did i have to get the worst time window i'm losing my mind 😭😭

hi. long story short it seems like doctors that know how quetiapine works are either non-existent in my country or i can't afford them because they are too expensive. no one ever told me that even such a small dose like 25 mg needs a very careful tapering (was prescribed seroquel bc of BPD). now i can't sleep until 4-5 am, which leads to me sleeping throughout the day and being extremely anxious abt it. before this medication i never had a sleeping schedule problem
are there any natural methods that worked for you? i started taking melatonin but i don't want to jump from one medication dependency to another. i don't want to spend my life addicted. did anyone else had a hellish experience with that shitty med? thanks in advance

I’m pretty happy to see Trump being criticized or made fun of for just about anything, but… I remember reading stuff about him from pre-2016 that made me think he probably had dspd. Now pundits are acting like his sleeping habits are about having dementia or that it somehow makes him a bad person (yes he is, but it has nothing to do with his circadian rhythm, ffs). It’s obviously possible that he doesn’t have it, but my gut says he does. And truthfully, I feel pretty frustrated that my life has been derailed by it and am horrified by how his has not. It woulda been nice if he’d been relegated to a 3rd shift job.

My building is doing insanely loud concrete work every weekday for the next 2 months. It starts at 8:30am. It’s only been going on for a week so far but im already getting the constant headache and brain fog of waking up 1.5 hours before I normally do, and being awakened by drill sounds especially lol. My normal schedule is 2am-10am, im a PhD student so I am blessed to be able to sleep until 10 whenever I need to, but (as you all understand ofc) I cannot get myself asleep any earlier.

My earplugs (loops) do absolutely nothing for it because it’s vibration and sound. Has anyone succeeded in sleeping in these conditions? I wake up immediately at 8:30 when they start and I lie in bed trying to sleep for at least another hour but I haven’t been able to at all. I am totally miserable and feel so angry and I don’t like how much rage I feel towards the whole situation