Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome

mimo2005 · 02-24-2006, 09:51 AM

It's four in the morning, and schoolgirl Bethany McQuerry is starting her homework. Her dad, Clay, does the family's washing before going to the 24-hour supermarket. Meanwhile, Bethany's mum and brother, Janelle and Casey, sleep on.

But Bethany is no swot and Clay is no housework obsessive. They just wake up early every single day, whether they like it or not - it's as if they have permanent jet lag.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4741340.stm

**ReeKorl** · 02-24-2006, 09:57 AM

Sounds like me only inverted - I rarely get tired before 5am, even if I go to bed, and really have trouble getting out of bed before 8.

**40sondacurb** · 02-24-2006, 11:06 AM

What would happen if they switched tim zones? would they be cured.

**ReeKorl** · 02-24-2006, 11:14 AM

Doesn't work for me, so I assume it wouldn't work for them either.....

ebackhus · 02-24-2006, 12:35 PM

Quite cool. I even commented!

95five-0 · 02-24-2006, 03:10 PM

I have always had the problem of being tired all day. I wake up at 6am for work. But come 9pm I am wide awake till I force myself to sleep around 11-12.

**kodi** · 02-24-2006, 04:38 PM

I wake up at 3.00 to 3.30 AM every morning and have done so for as long as i can remember,but at 8.30pm my body tells me it is time to sleep and i find it hard to remain awake unless I am stimulated by something like excitement and of course Alcohol, but it does not matter what hour i go to sleep i still wake at 3.00am

02-24-2006, 09:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome It's four in the morning, and schoolgirl Bethany McQuerry is starting her homework. Her dad, Clay, does the family's washing before going to the 24-hour supermarket. Meanwhile, Bethany's mum and brother, Janelle and Casey, sleep on. But Bethany is no swot and Clay is no housework obsessive. They just wake up early every single day, whether they like it or not - it's as if they have permanent jet lag. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4741340.stm __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

02-24-2006, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
ReeKorl Superhuman Computer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 6th Circle, The City of Dis, Hell Posts: 1,610 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 My System	Sounds like me only inverted - I rarely get tired before 5am, even if I go to bed, and really have trouble getting out of bed before 8. __________________ "Sorry, the number you have dialled is imaginary. Please rotate dial by 90 degrees and try again."

02-24-2006, 11:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	What would happen if they switched tim zones? would they be cured. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

02-24-2006, 11:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
ReeKorl Superhuman Computer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 6th Circle, The City of Dis, Hell Posts: 1,610 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 My System	Doesn't work for me, so I assume it wouldn't work for them either..... __________________ "Sorry, the number you have dialled is imaginary. Please rotate dial by 90 degrees and try again."

02-24-2006, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,319 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Quite cool. I even commented! __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

02-24-2006, 03:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	I have always had the problem of being tired all day. I wake up at 6am for work. But come 9pm I am wide awake till I force myself to sleep around 11-12. __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

02-24-2006, 04:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,408 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	I wake up at 3.00 to 3.30 AM every morning and have done so for as long as i can remember,but at 8.30pm my body tells me it is time to sleep and i find it hard to remain awake unless I am stimulated by something like excitement and of course Alcohol, but it does not matter what hour i go to sleep i still wake at 3.00am __________________ Brian