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yardsards · 2 years ago

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so i have a form of delayed sleep phase disorder wherein my circadian rhythm naturally chooses sunrise as my bedtime if i do not make a constant effort to uphold a "normal" sleep schedule (and even the smallest thing can fuck this up and make me nocturnal again. imagine if a normal person had to get themself into the routine of going to bed in the afternoon, basically)

and the usually recommended tactics of "limit blue light" just do not work for me AT ALL (and w how far back my circadian rhythm is shifted, i'd have to start completely cutting out light hours before the actual sun sets)

so anyway i'm currently experimenting with using one of those seasonal depression sunlight lamps to trick my brain into thinking it's sunrise and... i actually AM starting to feel drowsy??? if this ends up being a viable solution for my dspd i will be very happy but also laugh a whole lot because this is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what ppl usually recommend ppl w our issue to do

#eliot posts #tho tonight's a weird situation bc like #last night i fell asleep at like 4am ish and slept til 1pm ish #and tonight i got tired at like 8pm and fell asleep then (i was tired from all the excitement of having a friend over lol)#but only slept til 11 #bc my brain processed that as a nap not as a sleep #it is currently almost 5 am #sun rises at 7:30 #it IS after the time i fell asleep at last night #but last night was early for me actually #and i wasn't feeling drowsy at all before i turned on the light #update: hour and a half later i still cannot sleep #i was kinda drowsy for a bit there tho #hm #new update: was gonna try this again but i BROKE THE FUCKING SUNLAMP #i touched the bulb and it. fucking shattered??????

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