Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome Treatment
Question:
What are the usual treatments for "Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome?" This is a condition whereby one falls asleep in the early evening regardless of the time he went to sleep. Part of the problem is excessive sleepiness during the day. I see this condition written up alot but no treatment suggestions. ——————-==== Posted via Deja News ====———————– http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
Response:
Hi, Melinda, Light therapy is used for Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome. However, you also mention excessive sleepiness during the day. This can be the sign of other sleep disorders, so if you haven’t talked with a board certified sleep specialist, I would suggest you do so. Best wishes, Sally in Seattle (JSo…@aol.com) Coauthor, with Dr. Ralph Pascualy, of Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Personal and Family Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, published in 1996 by Demos Vermande, NY. Available through bookstores, ISBN # 0-939957-82-5.
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In article <34B3C1A8.4…@pacbell.net>, <gee…@pacbell.net> wrote: >to help you; but the results are quite hopeful. If it’s any consolation, >it’s much easier to move the body’s clock FORWARD (staying up later at >night) than BACKWARD (getting up earlier in the morning). It takes four >MONTHS to fix the latter! I don’t know how long it will take to fix your >problem.
I must have gotten extremely lucky then…I posted here about having to stay up later and later, no matter how tired I was, and someone suggested I try exercising outdoors in the mornings. It literally fixed the problem overnight (though it’s more difficult to cope with now that winter is upon us.) Thanks to whoever it was that made that suggestion!’A whole world of daytime has opened up for me. — Wendy E. Betts, Editor, "Notes from the Windowsill." "One of the last books I read was _Slaughterhouse Five_…Before that, I read _How to Eat Fried Worms_ again, and before that, _Tales of the City_." — Anne Fine, _The Book of the Banshee_.
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melin…@erols.com wrote: > What are the usual treatments for "Advanced > Sleep Phase Syndrome?" This is a condition > whereby one falls asleep in the early evening > regardless of the time he went to sleep. Part of the problem > is excessive sleepiness during the day. I see > this condition written up alot but no treatment > suggestions. > ——————-==== Posted via Deja News ====———————– > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
Hi, Melinda, In my vast researches, only light therapy seems to hold any promise (that, and RELIGIOUSLY-strict sleep hygiene, of course!) The pivotal paper on this topic seems to be this one: http://www.apollolight.com/article.html (This article is on a website by a company who manufactures light boxes, but the text is unaltered from the original article in a respected journal). Read this over, and see if you can get the sense of it. It would be best if you could work with a physician who is capable of understanding the content, so you might want to try to find someone familiar with the topic. It may take some time for the light therapy and strict schedule to help you; but the results are quite hopeful. If it’s any consolation, it’s much easier to move the body’s clock FORWARD (staying up later at night) than BACKWARD (getting up earlier in the morning). It takes four MONTHS to fix the latter! I don’t know how long it will take to fix your problem. You can e-mail me if you have further questions. GB — __ / / ___ The "GeeBee" | ________________ award-winning racing plane () from the 1930’s & 1940’s. | () |==) | () ____/==========/___/ () // / // / // / / / _________/
