[livingwith]

After reading some of these stoires i think my boyfriend may have this disorder but i’m not sure. We have been together for 9 years nad i have always gotten upset by his sleep habits and lack of motivation in the morning. He never can go bed to bed at a decent hour, he says he is not tired but then in the morning it is nearly impossible to wake him up. I can be screaming at him and he will not budge when he finally does he is incoherant for liek 20 minutes barely making any sense and then ...Read the full article

[Michael688]

I think it's far more common than statistics show. as many in here have commented, doctors either don't recognize it or think it's something to treat with pills. There's an old saying that the money is in treatments not cures, and there's no cure for being different so they find a way to 'treat' it.

To answer your question, yes AND no (not a perfect answer I know), but when I'm getting enough sleep I'm fairly easy to wake, but living with DSPD doesn't often afford us much sleep. When I haven't been able to sleep much I can be difficult to wake and VERY groggy. It often takes quite awhile before the world and I are on the same page.

One of the things I've learned is that it causes problems, but biologically ISN'T a problem, just different than the masses. I'm also left-handed, it's not the norm but I'd never consider taking a pill to try to fix it... ok, it's slightly different, but it's just the way I'm wired...

If your boyfriend is alert and at his best in the evening then perhaps he should try to find work that allows him to work nights. with a small child that might work out even better for the two of you as he'd be able to care for the child while you were at work and you while he was at work. You'd have to carefully balance things so that you would still have time for each other, but with understanding and effort, you can definitely do that too.

Good luck with it and always remember, it isn't intentional or wrong, it's just different than most.