[livingwith]

I have been continuously diagnosed with chronic insomnia and variously treated for it with no real effect. Now, after six years and me constantly explaining that once i GET to sleep i’m ok (its the getting to sleep and getting up thats the problem at a socially acceptable time thats the problem) they’ve finally decided it might be Delayed sleep phase syndrome instead.
They still think it may be insomnia too, as my nightmares disrupt my sleep sometimes and I move about a lot in tande...Read the full article

[melamein]

Aleee,
i wrote a note here about a month or so ago, i read your post and i think you were like me, you are now glad your problem has a name. i don't know your age, but i'm almost 50 and i've lived like this my entire life, as far back as i can remember. i do not think there is a cure. i'm lucky due to my profession of being an RN. when i got out of nursing school in 1986 i worked nights for about 7 yrs, it was great. i did my shopping, cleaning, repotting plants, cooking and just about everything at night. and that was before we had Walmart where we live. we had a few big grocery stores that stayed open all night. then after my kids were born, i had to stop working nights. just wasn't compatible to raising kids, kids have to go to school in the daytime. i saw a post just before yours from the mother of a young man who is homeschooled because of his hours of sleep interferring with school (i assume). anyway, what i'm getting at is that i don't think you need to worry yourself with trying to cure it. i truly believe that it can't be cured, you just have to learn to live with it or around it. good luck to you, i hope some of this has given you some peace of mind, it did me when i first discovered it!! kind regards, melanie
p.s. email me if you need to talk [moderator note: e-mail address has been removed]