Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

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DSPS Causes


The precise medical cause of 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 or serious illness. In these cases, the body's natural healing process may disrupt ...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!!!