[tistdu]

Hi everyone. Boy am I glad to have found all of you. I have lived with this literally all of my life. I am 53 years old. Childhood was horrible. I struggled in school. I struggled when I had children. I have carried guilt all my life because of my need to sleep during the day. I can make myself get up early, but when the sun comes up the heaviness hits. I can sleep with the sun shining on my face! I do not go into a deep sleep until after the sun comes up. This has effected my immune system. I have had allergies all my life. I just don't feel good. When I am able to sleep when my body wants and wake when it wakes .. WoW I feel like a new person. Everything feels different. My skin, my blood pressure, the fluid retention, etc... I feel so refreshed. But I never get that without guilt. My appetite is different, by whole body functions correctly. I fight the judgement. You all know ... lazy .. depressed ... scared ... on and on... Maybe I need to go on Dr Phil! Anybody else want to???? I am tired of living this way. I just want to retire and be normal!!!!!! Yeah right huh?

[LadyRiggy]

I've come to believe that the people who judge you and call you lazy blah blah blah are just jealous because most night owls are more creative than they are.

i've been up all night writing about my experiences with it, you might want to try that. you could write a best seller and become a millionaire :)