Insomnia - Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2021
- Insomnia - Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder
More than 1/3rd of American adults don't get enough sleep regularly, and chances are, you're one of them if you're watching this video. Many different sleep disorders affect people, but a very common one often gets overlooked, as many people don't realize it affects them.
Why?
Because the effects are subtle and linger under the radar. That's what makes it the stealthiest sleep vampire of them all…something called delayed sleep phase disorder, aka delayed sleep phase syndrome.
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To understand how this works, let's first understand how our Sleep is regulated. Two main processes regulate our ability to CONSOLIDATE our Sleep.
What does it mean to consolidate our Sleep?
Essentially, humans can dedicate 1 block of our 24-hour day just for Sleep instead of having to break it up into multiple sleep episodes. So think of one block of Sleep as a sleep episode, for example, going to sleep at 9 pm and waking up at 6 am. So our ability as humans to do this is regulated by both our Circadian Clock and our Sleep Homeostat.
So your Sleep is held by many things, but the 2 BIGGEST factors are
1) your sleep homeostat and
2) circadian rhythm.
When you're awake, the hypothalamus part of your brain secretes something called orexin, a chemical that makes you alert. It circulates in your brain during wakefulness and virtually disappears during non-REM Sleep. Also, the accumulation of adenosine in your brain is the primary biochemical process of lulling you to sleep. So the longer you're awake, the more adenosine accumulates in the brain, which makes you tired.
Once you fall asleep, the drive for Sleep dissipates as the night progresses. So the further you are along in your sleep episode, the drive for sleep decreases. And the further you are into your sleep episode, the percentage of time you spend awake slightly increases, for example, tossing and turning, or perhaps looking at the clock or something. So you spend slightly more time being in the awake phase the closer you are to the end of the sleep episode. Your circadian process, which is driven by your circadian pacemaker, aka circadian clock, is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, next to the optic chiasm. It's no coincidence that it's located there because the optic chiasm collects nerves that sense light from the environment. Think of these nerves as an extension of your eyeballs.
The percentage of time that young, healthy people are awake during a scheduled 8-hour sleep episode will vary by the time of day. In other words, sleeping 8 hours during the day is not the same as sleeping 8 hours at night.
When it comes to the circadian rhythm in humans, the peak drive for wakefulness actually occurs very late in the evening, around 8, 9, or 10 pm, just before most people's bedtime. Then, the time that the circadian pacemaker sends off the strongest drive for Sleep is near dawn, just before most people wake up in the morning.
Some might say….well, that doesn't make sense, now does it.
Shouldn't our circadian clock tell us to be sleepy in the evening and be wakeful in the morning?
So…why does it happen like this? The circadian clock is set up in our brains like this because its purpose is to facilitate our ability to remain awake for 16 hours. After all, the drive for wakefulness increases as the day progresses….even though we have this other drive that competes against it, meaning our sleep homeostat. So remember, with the sleep homeostat, we build up an increasing drive for Sleep as the day progresses. But when it comes to the circadian clock, as the day progresses, it increases the drive to stay awake and actually peaks at the end of the day.
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I'd like to figure out why I sleep 16 hours a day and awake for only 8
Hi doctor mike handsome 😍
Greetings Dr. 👋 blessings to you 🙏
Thank u so much doctor..
apparently i "naturally" (genetically) can go to bed between 4-6 AM and sleep a well-rested 6-8 hours of sleep.. i spent a decade of my life (2000-2011) prescribed on Ambien nightly (sigh) trying to "fit in" with "normal" daytime humans.. once i just stopped fighting it, i feel better and haven't needed a sleeping pill since.. i do suffer an anxiety disorder (can't take any of the "anti-" classes of meds), and i'm a creative person (artist, musician, etc).. i find more creativity at night.. if that sounds familiar to anyone: you're not alone..
Thanks for posting this. I feel like this video didn’t address those of us with a natural, and healthy, later sleep cycle. There is plenty of evidence and research on this, none was mentioned. I guess it wouldn’t sell his new program. Lol. The industrial revolution changed sleep requirements for humans, to serve productivity needs over human needs. For some of us, that has meant a lifetime of fighting against our own bodies.
Thanks! It is good to hear I’m not alone. I was born a “night owl” and have battled that my entire life.
@@deerobinson9665 well, i understand the approach of "battling it" however that led to a decade of my 20s & 30s w/Drs advocating that i "live" on prescribed sleep hypnotic prescriptions.. i understand its difficult if you have a job whose hours intersect/conflict w/your natural sleep rhythms, but i was lucky to have adjustable hours, and eventually freelance in order to dictate my own hours.. i think the movement we are seeing now since the CoVid19 pandemic are indeed exposing that humans wish to adjust work around their personal, everyday life styles/situations.. so hang in there: you are definitely not alone!
Check out info on ADHD/ADD this is typical pattern for most of us with it!
@@danamixer3946 thank you for this info!
I have been this way since I was young. I truly hated getting up in the mornings. Then, as I got older, it became even more difficult, as my body clock continued to shifted towards going to bed later and sleeping later. It eventually got to the point where sleeping from 4:30 AM to 12:30 PM became my body’s preferred sleeping hours. This was back in the 80s. I had no screen to look at to keep me awake. The one time I had a job that required me to get up very early in the morning made it so that I’d go home and take a nap after work, every day. That wasn’t normal for me otherwise. What I’m trying to say is that this went on for decades before I even found out what it is called. It was not caused by anything other than having a much different circadian rhythm than most people do. I don’t know if the premise is that only people who somehow disrupt that cycle will have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder, but I never disrupted anything. In fact, trying to sleep when everyone else did was very disruptive for me. I was born that way. It did not result from me doing anything that changed my circadian rhythm.
You sound like me! I've had this problem since I can remember, and finally (as an adult) figured out that my normal sleep hours were 4am - 12pm. And yeah, my problems began long before cell phones and tablets. haha this video makes me want to try melatonin. I am miserably exhausted at the moment 😞
My experience is just like yours. Everything you said mirrors how it is for me. I have ADHD and my psychiatrist who also has ADHD says that that’s just the way some are naturally wired, especially those with ADHD (not me suggesting you have it). I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has said “well if you just learn to go to bed early like everyone else, you wouldn’t have a problem.” As if we’ve never tried an early sleep routine. As a kid there were no mobiles or tablets etc and my parents were strict about early bed routine but I struggled every single morning to get up.
We had lights before smartphones. We had TVs before iPads. Do you know anyone that removed all the lightbulbs from their house? I've been a night owl for decades too but I've yet to see evidence that our bodies know when 4am is beyond its tracking of light patterns. Unless there is some other mechanism telling iyour brain what time is on your wristwatch, making changes to the light patterns you are exposed to will make changes to your sleep cycle.
@@canitbechristine Interesting, both me and my daughter have trouble with sleep and have ADD. Interesting.
@@wallofyarn I was diagnosed with delayed sleep phase disorder about 15 years ago and I've been taking melatonin since. For me it's a life saver, it lets me live on a normal schedule without suffering. It's very safe to my knowledge so I don't see any downside to trying
I seldom have trouble going to sleep at my regular time. But I almost always wake up at 2-3 am and have great difficulty getting back to sleep. Then around 6am, I fall asleep again.
I have the same issue. I am thinking i might have sleep apnea.
I'm sure I don't have sleep apnea, but falling asleep is my issue, unless I get my heart rate up 30 minutes. I've had sleep issue forever. In fact, this video is made for people like me!
For some, it can be related to adrenal or blood sugar issues.
@@marlenegold280 My sugars are perfect.
@@andreismirnov7200
Good to hear; not so with many people.
Oh no, who is watching this video on the phone laying in bed at bed time like me? I need to change this bad habit. Thank you, doctor.
Oh man, this is so helpful. My entire life I've struggled with going to sleep at a decent time and waking up in time for work or school. I was late to school from elementary school to high school to college to Real Life jobs. All of those "fitness watches" would tell me that I would get 1-4 hours of actual rest for every 8-10 hours I was "asleep". It became so bad that I went in to be tested for sleep apnea and all they found is that it takes me twice as long as the average person to fall asleep (If I can fall asleep within 40 minutes, that's a "good" night for me) and my REM cycles are shorter and fewer than average. The only way for me to not be exhausted and yawning all day is if I get 12 hours of sleep a night, which is very difficult in modern capitalist society. I will definitely try the tips you listed here, I would LOVE to have a "normal" sleep pattern.
Hello Rose......
thanks for sharing your experience
@Rose until your comment, I was unaware that it was unusual to take 40+ minutes to fall asleep. I’m glad you posted that!
I meant try listening to Michael Sealey sleep hypnosis on utube
Me too!!!
I’ve read that in pre artificial light times families would sleep by 8:00 pm then be awake between midnight and 2:00 am, have something to eat and conduct family business before going back to bed
Not a single person I've ever talked to understands this disorder. Very frustrating. Although after suffering it for decades, finally changed when I got a job that I can control my own hours. Ironically moved me into the most normal sleep schedule I've ever had. 😂
This collection of facts seems to prove to me that some people are totally born to work the night shift. It's no problem to work from 7 pm to 3 am if that fits in best with your genetic coding.
I guess makes sense in the idea of in a group it's better to have different people being up at certain times so maybe that got hard coded like the fear of the dark or the unknown cause in the past it was. "dark = bad/death" and "unkown = bad"
@@argisus1279 Even in the days when humans lived only in caves, there has always been the need for someone to stay awake at night to guard everyone else's stuff. Therefore, some people evolved genetically into those who had the ability to stay up late and be a night watchman.
I imagine we came in handy back with we kept watch while others were sleeping.
Since leaving my "day job" to work for myself I haven't really had a need for a set sleep schedule. I've found I naturally shifted into more of a 25 hour cycle. So 17 hours awake and 8 asleep. Causes a rolling bed time over the weeks and months, which is ... interesting. haha. Always been a night owl, even since I was a kid. I'm just a lot more creative, productive, and focused in the middle of the night. It's just a bummer that so much of the world is shut down when I'm at my peak, but I also wonder if that's WHY I'm at my peak. Very interesting stuff.
Greetings from another self employed night owl!
Exactly! You probably already have the answer to this
Same here!
I definitely get that. It has been that way for me for many, many years, though still on a 24 hour schedule.
I'm the same too. I've often thought that moving to Las Vegas would be ideal because many places are open all night. I really struggle with sleep. I can stay up all night easily, I'm also creative. In a perfect world I'd go to bed at 6am and get up at 2pm. My problem is my husband gets up at 8am and he'd like to see me before the day was half over. We're retired now so I've gone back to my night owl ways. He's tried to join me but he usually goes to sleep at 2am. He needs more sleep than 6 hours. Sometimes he takes a nap just before I get up. It's 4:23am right now and I'm not tired in the least. I just took an ambien, I hope I fall asleep soon, in an hour or so, because I have a doctor's appointment at 4pm. Anyway, I wish I could fix myself but I don't know how.
This was very enlightening. It explains a lot for me and my daughter; we have similar sleeping issues.
She is most often tired, but can’t fall asleep early.
Now I know why I might be experiencing this delayed sleep disorder. It's because my circadian rhythm and sleep homeostat are constantly in a battle!
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I had a sleep test. The doctor concluded by telling me that it looked like I didn't have a circadian rhythm. The doctor said I wasn't like anyone he had ever seen. OMG! Even when I was a baby I couldn't sleep. I drove my mother crazy. Now? I still can't sleep.
Hello Tan S.......
Look up non-24 sleep disorder and irregular sleep wake disorder.
@@attheranch873 Thank you. The doctor that did my sleep study never told me about this rare disorder. After telling me I appeared to not have a circadian rhythm, he just sent me away and never offered any further assistance.
Hoping you get to the bottom of the issue, in order to find a solution. And give your mum an extra squeeze! Good luck!
Could it possibly be related to anxiety, ADD or FX Syndrome?
Yes...when I was a baby I did not want to sleep also & my mom was at the end of her rope...
now in my 60s..Staying up tv watching is a problem...
I read a statistic showing that sleep phase shifts are common with ADHD, and I think that's true. One of my friends with ADHD sleeps from 3am to 11am, and another person I know with ADHD sleeps from around 9pm to 4am. For me, I've always had a hard time falling asleep. If I let my body go without taking anything, or doing much of a routine, I sleep from 2am to 10am. I usually have to take GABA and/or Weber Naturals Super Sleep to actually sleep. My dad and his mom all had similar struggles, so the sleep issues from one side, and the ADHD from the other side, means I have a hard time sleeping. I don't ever remember a time it took me less than half an hour to fall asleep, even when I was 5. I never took naps either. I was told my sleep issues caused my ADHD, but I think my ADHD caused my sleep challenges. But I can't sleep without doing something. It used to be reading, or using a non-backlit GameBoy or radio, then it changed to playing DS games, or using my phone. I get so bored that I start freaking out about everything if I don't have something to do. Only one doctor actually believed me that it's possible to be too bored to sleep. It's really weird. Thankfully GABA actually works well as an ADHD medication, so I have different dosages (and combos of other stuff) for day and night.
Yes! There is information about sleep issues and ADHD. I am 45 and I have had life long insomnia/sleep issues. My best friend's daughter was diagnosed with ADHD and after reading about it I was floored. It explains EVERYTHING, including my sleep problems. When I watched How to ADHD's UA-cam video on sleep I cried. I am convinced that I have Inattentive ADHD and Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, but I have horrible HMO insurance so I will never get diagnosed. Wearing blue light blocking glasses has helped me alot, but doesn't solve the ADHD aspect of trying to sleep. Depending on the day I take chewables that have GABA, l-theanine and taurine. Sometimes melatonin.
I also have ADHD and my psychiatrist has noted as well that the natural later hours for sleep my body wanted were very often part of ADHD.
That's fascinating. What other supplements or medications do you take to deal with ADHD symptoms besides GABA?
My daughter has ADHD. Her pediatrician has her on clonidine to help her fall asleep. She’s been on it for years or else she wouldn’t go to bed till 3 or 4 am and sleep till noon.
I used to plan house renovating to fall asleep! Mentally pacing out distances to see if I could rearrange furniture made me focus….visualize rooms different colors…. It just required enough focus to really try to “see” if something would work. And out I’d go! Weird but it worked!
I definitely have this.. I’ve been a night owl since my childhood. I’ve tried working an AM job but I was so exhausted that I can’t function correctly. Now that I have a PM job my sleep schedule is so much better. I sleep really well now.
A great share. Now I understand the consequences of artificial light in the evening. I do have a red colour night light that is supposed to not be disruptive to sleep and it doesn’t effect my night vision when I get up during the night. I live in Wales U.K. where in December there are only 6 hours of daylight. I sleep a lot more in the winter. In the power cuts the street lights go out and I sleep better. I did try black out blinds once and didn’t wake up until 2pm which was amazing.
I actually found listening to Radio Cymru very helpful, as I couldn't understand anything they were saying, but the Welsh language is so beautiful that it is almost like listening to music and I also found a Welsh lecturer at university very soporific, even though he gave his lectures in English, but with a soft Welsh lilt.
@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 - nice one David, yes the Welsh Celtic language is quite soothing. I live in Monmouthshire which is not really a welsh speaking county; although a few of my friends speak it and my one friend, she teaches it in Australia.
Bora da @@rogerhargreaves2272! That's nice! We used to have a landlord from Monmouthshire, but I don't think he spoke any Welsh, either.
@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 - Bora Da my friend. Where abouts in the world are you then?
@@rogerhargreaves2272, I'm in Germany now, in the Rhine Valley not far from Heidelberg, but I am originally from Sussex and spent 10 years at Keele Uni near Stoke-on-Trent.
I love all of the funnys and extras you put in your videos like "The mask" & "you without a shirt jumping on the bed" 😍😊
😂😂ja
He's looking to get married.
@@carmenpeters728 Hilarious 😹 but probably incorrect. This is Dr Hansen’s side hustle, not his social media pickup page.
I am guessing he has a video editor who suggests a sprinkling of antics to avoid being another talking head… which shows an audience awareness and understanding human attention. It shows how media can use visual distraction to retain an audience. I guess he has a library of these prerecorded antics.
This is a great UA-cam business model others can learn from. I wish Dr Hansen boatloads of success! Maybe it will someday allow him to exit the crushing monotony of hospital rounds.
@@WildMidwest1 Agreeing with you David... Amen to that!
Maybe this is my issue, or at least part of it. Left to myself, without external forces, I would sleep about 9 hours and run 18 awake for a 27 hour day. What tends to actually happen is alternating nights of not getting enough sleep, then a night of going to sleep easily because I'm now extra tired. Rinse, lather, repeat. Getting some activity after work (my preference is cycling) does help me to fall asleep more easily.
It sounds like you might have Non-24 sleep disorder.
Same for me.
I'm same. One night if great sleep followed by no or poor sleep.
Yes please check out N-24. Which means a non 24 hour cycle. It's definitely not only blind people. Also it's been known to be brought on by chronotherapy for DSPS.
The “disorder” isn’t having this chronotype - it’s a world where night owls aren’t accomodated or allowed to work in a time frame best suited to their body’s needs.
this “us vs the world” mentality is toxic af. the world doesn’t owe us special hours. WE are the unique ones. you don’t blame someone for being average and you don’t force them to accommodate you. start a night time beauty shop or keep your dentist office open from 12am-6pm. see how much business you get.
i can take what you said as a joke, but considering the actual perspectives of my generation, they would lobby the govt to force 24/7 biz hours cuz “muh rights”
Walmart has an overnight shift. Hospitals do too. You're just not applying to work at the right place. I hear that an overnight shift pays better than the day shifts.
@@threestans9096what is "the world" humans aren't the world, nature is, and nature made the night owls, so if human expectations go against nature then who is the one excercising the "us vs the world" mentality?
Sleep hygiene is so important regardless of what time your sleep begins. It's a great topic to read about and there are many UA-cam videos on sleep hygiene as well
The production quality and your explanatory ability are top notch. Great channel Dr.
This has been such a big struggle for me. Even as a kid playing outside all day and just reading a book in the evening I layed awake far past midnight picking the wallpaper off the wall out of boredom😅
All I know is that I can’t sleep if my body is warm, if the environment is over 60F, it just isn’t going to happen. This is a huge problem in Summer, I can’t cool my home enough.
Yeah I'm like a furnace. Have to keep the house freezing.
This is a great video. Thank you for talking about this sleep disorder! I would love it if you could do another one about Non-24 Sleep Wake Disorder. I have struggled with (sighted) non-24 for almost 10 years and I think there is not enough awareness about it. I was DSPS before I became non-24. I think it's important that people with DSPS know you need to be very careful when you start to tinker with your sleep schedule because that is what I believed brought on my non-24. I would love if you would do a video just as informative as this about No-24. Thank you!
For many years I used to go to bed between 11 pm and midnight and wake at between 5:30 and 6:00 am, but after the pandemic started I got an additional part-time job, as a second source of income, driving a delivery van for a bakery, which means starting work at 3:30. I actually found it surprisingly easy to readjust my sleep routine and now generally go to sleep at 8:30 pm and get up at 2:30 am and wake up around then even if I don't set my alarm, since I only drive 2 or 3 times most weeks. So, it can work, even in the summer!
Wow. That's ridiculously impressive. I am envious of your circadian rhythm. My body just dies whenever it wants to and revives the next day when it wants to. Lightly disruptive because I can never understand it.
This video does help to understand it though. But your situation is next level.
Hi David would you like to try out relax sleep music, nature sounds such as rain,ocean waves, crickets? You can easily listen to my music by clicking on the small left icon you are always welcomed there wish you a good night and sweet dream
I’m going through it as we speak. I have been up all night and I’m yawning now at 8:20am and my anxiety won’t let me sleep. But by 4pm i will be so tired i have to sleep. And i will sleep for about 2 hours and it starts all over again. 🥱
Hello Shannon.....
Me too, Shannon! You are FAR from alone!!!
@@lindam.vazquez6337 How are you doing today, and I hope family and friends are all safe and sound over there?
That's horrible but I will tell you what is worse is when you could sleep but the jackass neighbors don't let you because they are inconsiderate meth heads
This is literally me😭 you’re not alone
I did go to bed at 10:00 pm and up to 6:00 in the morning. Due to aging, I noticed I have awaken early than before...! Thanks Dr. Hansen for the information...! 🙏
I like the way you present this science. It's reassuring Thank you. A sleep study a couple of years ago demonstrated sleep disorders that I now fully believe, have added regular, periodic, misery to my life. No apnea. I come from a family of sleep-deprived individuals who always have to try harder. tusen takk
im fixing my sleep cycle and i fell asleep when i watched this today 😌😴🤭
This video really hit home for me. I developed a sleep disorder by staying up until 1-3:00 am drinking wine, experienced snoring, acid reflux, and the inability to get out of bed before 10:00/11:00 am. Of course I felt tired, depressed an anxious. I quit drinking 41 days ago, and for the first 30 days I still experienced delayed sleep and felt wide awake at 2:00 am. Incorporating HIT workouts into my mornings, not eating late at night, and turning off the TV/putting away my phone helped me to fall asleep by 11:30 pm and wake up at 6:45am - 7:00 am.
I notice that if I deviate from my sleep schedule, or if outside noise (like cars/motorcycles racing) prevent falling asleep, I tend to get up more pre-dawn, and feel the need to sleep until 9:00 am. This video just reconfirmed that healthy sleep is a habit, just like eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly!
QUESTION: Dr. Hansen: Could you elaborate on supplementing melatonin? I take 5-HTP (1 am, 1 pm), L-Theanine, and Magnesium (1 am, 1 pm) and Ashwagandha to help supply serotonin/dopamine as my brain heals from alcohol use disorder, but taking melatonin right before bed didn't seem to have any affect.
Thanks so much for the good work that you do in the world, and for taking time out of your busy life to share helpful videos on UA-cam!
I have these same habits as you. I have some work to do on this...
I take all those same supplements plus gaba and b6, niacinamide, magnesium, htp, and Rhodesia, inositol and calcium citrate, and 15 MG of melatonin. Plus prescription hydroxizie and gabapentin
so you reach a point were you can stop taking the supplements and sleep normally
I'm so grateful that I'm finally in a place in my life that I'm able to get proper adequate sleep. Wasn't able to have that opportunity few years back because of responsibilities. Good quality rest is a gift 🎁
Hi Sweet Bae would you like to try out relax sleep music, nature sounds such as rain,ocean waves, crickets? You can easily listen to my music by clicking on the small left icon you are always welcomed there wish you a good night and sweet dream
I've had sleep deprivation for a decade because of inconsiderate jackass neighbors
I was diagnosed, after 5 sleep studies, with delayed REM. It took a neurologist at the UofI to tell the sleep clinic to just let me sleep until I was ready to wake up. I tried to go to sleep at 10pm like they wanted. Dozed in and out for hours, getting up constantly to pee. I don’t remember what time I got to sleep. I woke up around 10am (still do, as I’m disabled now & fell back into my bodies sleep pattern). When I went to my appointment to discuss the results he said it was like my brain kept “rebooting”. I would go Stage1, Stage2, Stage3, then back to Stage1. He said my braid did this a few times before finally moving on to Stage4. He explained it as it took my brain longer to reach REM than other people. So that’s why when I had to be at work at 7am I was so tired because as I was reaching REM my alarm(s) would go off. I constantly missed the bus to work. It was a struggle to get up in time.
Now I try not to schedule dr appointments before noon, in case I had a bad pain night that kept me up later than usual. My choices were try to sleep 10-12 hours just to make sure I got REM (with 2 kids, a husband & college at the time) or just try for 4-6hrs at the time. Husbeast always said he never knew someone who could run so well on 4 hours of sleep.
He said it was unusual. But I would like to add I have several autoimmune diseases, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, & my biological mother did drugs & alcohol while pregnant with me.
It's 2am so probably should get to sleep 😴 💤 and I'll wake up around 9am. if I go to bed at 10 pm, it's waaaay too early. So I stay awake and listen to Dr. Hansen😉
My Aussie puppy gets “puppy zoomies” around 7pm. Now I understand why.
Have you tried taking him for a 20 mile run twice a day? (Seriously, those things are stuck on "zoom" ;)
Not quite ready for that but he has done 4 miles. 😀 thanks for the suggestion
What is a aussie puppy?
@@johnnycash4034 Australian Shepard.
This is interesting. I can easily wake up instantly at 5-6 AM, but by noon I am exhausted. I can’t fall asleep easily, I usually take hours to do it. I also move so much during my sleep that I have to sleep alone.
I used to stay with some folks who lived in the woods and had no electricity. They used oil lamps. When the sun set I was ready for bed within 20mins.
Thanks! I suffer from this disorder. I can only get adequate sleep during the day. I nap a bit overnight, but it's not good sleep.
me too I have tihis exact thing, and it been going on for 2 weeks cause of a drug gabapentin. Please update me if you find a fix, ill be very grateful
@@ashe4702 I use Gabapentin for my neuropathy in my feet. Haven't found a solution yet. I'll let you know. I hope you are doing well. Hugs💕
Thank you for your contribution to going over this, and nice picture up at the end. Love that pretty smile.
Hello Ellen......
Sorry you are catching trolls with sleep disorders here in content. But you have a good sense of humor. I have this problem now hurt further by scrolling my phone in the dark. Thanks for the reminder.
Hello Jean Fagan.......
Thank you for this video. I have had trouble falling asleep my entire life. It is a combination of Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome and I have recently discovered also likely ADHD. Despite having read a lot about sleep over the years this was excellent and succinct with a bit of new information. Really appreciated! New sub.
I had sleep issues until I gave up caffeine and I now have no trouble going to sleep at a reasonable hour, getting 7-8 hours of sleep each night and waking up refreshed and ready to go.
That's great, but also that means you don't have this condition.
The bedhead recording the video was a nice touch.
Thank you!!! This was a fantastic explanation and definitely helped me understand what I can do to get more sleep at night.
I've been having trouble staying asleep despite a semi-regular bedtime if 8-10pm. My wake up time is 5:10am, but oftentimes I wake up 1 or 2 hours before and can't go back to sleep.
There is also a thing called ADVANCED Sleep Phase Disorder, which may be what you are describing.
@@karencski711 it isn’t necessarily advanced sleep phase syndrome, early rising insomnia is a common form of insomnia.
Dr. Hansen, you are to be commended for taking the time to present these informative videos on important subjects that imapct our daily lives and health. And to remember that you do this on top of your busy practice of providing expert medical care to the sick and comfort to the dying. You make a great difference in the lives of people that you will never meet, not to mention the patients under your care. The definition of physician is to teach and that you do that with great illumination. Thank you.
I completely agree
Sadly he’s become an infomercial. He sells how a product about all this. I find this borderline ethical if not deceptive.
I blame my crazy dreams for stealing my sleep . The last time I had a crazy dream I dreamt that I was in the movie Cast Away and I was the bloody ball and my significant other was Tom Hank's character.
Thank you! I need to sleep. My sleep was affected after a high fever virus. I never slept all night again. I hope I can use this info to improve my sleep.
Melatonin made the biggest difference to my DSPD but moving to an apartment that somehow still has incandescent bulbs in 2021 helped too. I'd much rather have LEDs, but even compared to the amber colored ones, incandescent is better for my sleep.
3rd shift syndrome . I wish you would have included work in the list of reasons. Because I have noticed that the 1st shift is sometimes convinced that the 3rd shift doesn’t do “anything” because they have a lot of “down time”. “Down time” is something I view as ….. the 3 hours of battling the body to stay awake, just in case a patient needs me or to be ready for the early morning “rush”.
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3rd shift sleep phase syndrome is what they should call it. 😵💫
Where a person has been at war with their body’s natural clock for so long, that they carry on like cats in the sun when they’re not at work.
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Wow. You have done it again! Excellent explanation. I do not know how you find the time to practice and research these topics.
Right but it’s remarkable
Thank you Doctor. Your videos and information you share with us, just get better and better.
Great video! Thank you! The explanation of sleep homeostat and circadian rhythm is very informative.
Also, be on the lookout for excess light in the bedroom. Clocks, electronic devices that have LED indicators. External light through the windows, get blackout drapes. Had a designer come in and put in blackout drapes to where during the brightest days, not one ray of light enters through the drapes. This also helps dampen the sound from outside. My other rule, no television or other screens in the bedroom.
This was a great video!
Thank you Dr.Hansen!🍀🍀🍀
Thanks for the updates Doc🤟🏿
With your calm, low voice, I fell asleep. It was just so relaxing and interesting. I'm gonna have to watch this again tonight.
Thank you so much! I needed to learn this!
Dr Mike Get Well Soon Always keep SAFE.
Very interesting! This was super helpful in understanding why my husband doesn't sleep. I'm definitely going to pass this on to him in hopes it will help him. Thanks Dr. Hansen!
I'm sorry, spouses are immune to their own spouse giving them advice about how to get better sleep (and mine's an RN)!
*Get well soon, Mike!*
Great information to know. Thank you. 😊
This video is amazing and exactly what I needed.
A brilliant Doctor; I always learn something new every time I watch a video; and I apply this knowledge to my life and those in my circle of peeps!
This was an awesome breakdown!
EXCELLENT REAL ANALYSIS. THANK YOU.
thanks ، Dr. Hansen, for
your very inf.ormative video,
appreciate it especially learning the time frame and
rythm of sleeping.
Bless you and stay safe.
Thank you so much sir 🙏🏻
What a very very good info here 👍🏻👍🏻💖
I was diagnosed with this. I take 1mg melatonin same time every night. I’m glad to see a video about it.
And 4th, your dog waking you up to go out and/or you cat wanting to eat at 3am...lol
Excellent explanation. many people do not know his basis of science. Blessed doctor. 🙌 Thank you.
Well THIS has been useful information. Thanks.
Thanks for explaining this to me. I have had this all my life. I have taking medication for this. Its really frustrating. People just don't understand.
What a great channel!
Mike you are good in your taching I see all the deatails very good job I don't get bore just been interesting explanation I listen it several times I got satisfied. I understood everything never heard so many details
Thank you for this very informative and educational video. Not sure how to follow the graphs. But still very helpful.
Fell asleep while listening to this video 10/10
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING OBVIOUS INFO
VERY HELPFUL!!!!!!!!
i was acting
Thank you Doctor Mike.
Many thanks, Doctor, very helpfull
Thanks. Love your channel. God bless
This is fantastic
Thank you!
Thanks for this information. 😴
Thank you for your Channel update God bless you Brother
I work with myself and live according to my body. I adjusted my work schedule to accommodate my brain.. my boyfriend doesn't like it. But I explained it right from the beginning so he's adjusting to it.
So, true! Thanks for explaining it. I recently started taking melatonin..
Great explanation Dr. Mike Hansen, Godbless Dr. Mike
yes,its really effect our health . if we not enough sleep,
Very helpful 👌
Excellent information..
I suffer from a different kind of insomnia. I go to sleep at 10 PM and fall asleep rapidly. The problem is I wake up after 4 to 5 hours and cannot fall asleep again. I find that if I drink hot chocolate or no-caffeinated tea and do something for an hour or two, I get sleepy again, but usually this happens when it would be time for me to wake up and prepare for work. When I'm on vacation, or on the weekends, I find that my sleep naturally fits into two periods of around 5 hours then 2 hours of sleep separated by a few hours of wakefulness in between. Sometimes it will take the form of me going to bed late (1 AM) and waking up at a normal time, then taking a 2-hour afternoon nap, or going to bed at a normal time but waking up at 3AM, then going back to sleep around 6 or 7 AM for another 2 hours of sleep.
YOU ARE RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
THANKYOU DOCTOR MIKE HANSEN
With my pleasure 😊have a great day
This video is very helpful
Excellent info 👍 thank you for helping me to learn about myself 😅❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The one big thing that makes me lack sleep: UA-cam
Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder... I was diagnosed with that in 1997. I still have it.
I also have Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (diagnosed in 1997 as just Sleep Apnea, diagnosed recently as Obstructive in May 2020).
Would love to see something on chronotypes!
Yes that would be much more valuable
Good Day Dr Mike ❤
Excellent video.
Hello Barbara.....
Good one !