Posted by clipper40 on April 28, 2008, at 20:01:24
In reply to Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, posted by Quintal on April 28, 2008, at 14:38:36
I'm in the same boat as you. I'm a total night owl and have been going to sleep when the sun starts coming up. I want to change this so badly but haven't been able to. Whenever I've worked the normal work schedule, I've been completely exhausted by the end of the week and I'd sleep away most of the weekend just to recuperate. It's horrible.
Have you ever tried a tricyclic like doxepin for sleep? Not addictive so your doctors shouldn't be too concerned about it. I still had trouble getting to sleep on it sometimes but it always did a great job of keeping me asleep. I took a small amount of this for over 20 years but recently stopped it because I started sleeping through all of my alarms. So now I'm trying to find something else. I'm going to be experimenting with some natural things (melatonin, valerian, tryptophan, niacinamide). I may end up needing to take Ambien or Lunesta (eszopiclone - our version of zoplicone) but I just can't afford it.
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