Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

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Causes for DSPS


The precise medical cause for DSPS is unknown. Circadian rhythms, which regulate the internal biological clock and influence functions such as sleep-wake patterns, are usually described as being out-of-phase in DSPS. If sleep occurs on a continuum, then the circadian rhythms of patients with DSPS signal sleep at delayed intervals.



DSPS often occurs in patients who experience head trauma (e.g., traumatic brain injury [TBI]) or serious illness. In these cases, the b...Read the full article

[jessilynn]

Okay, i have just recently foung out about dsps and am wondering if i could have it. I for the past year have not been able to get up on time. I am constantly running late and late for work. Whenever I hear the alarm clock go off I simply hit snooze a thousand times, i think to myself im gonna be late, and then roll over and say one more minute. I feel like the living dead when i get up as well. I have the worst time trying to fall asleep as well. My mind is constatly running and I wake up several times during sleep. I can not for the life of me figure out what my deal is. I go to bed at ten sometimes lay there for awhile I get plenty of sleep and can not get out of bed. I have tried getting less sleep and still can not get up and i have tried getting a ton of sleep and i just cant get myself out of bed in the morning. I am so tired of this, i would just once like to wake up when my alarm went off the first time and get out of bed. Help!!!