Should I bother with a sleep study when I have severe DSPS?

Posted: April 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: bright light therapy | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Okay so I’ve had dsps for about 15 years now and the older I get the worse it gets. Most people with it say they can’t fall asleep until 2-3am but for me It’s around 9am to 12pm, then I sleep like a log until around 10pm. Needless to say, It’s impossible to hold down a job or even have a social life. It’s driving me bonkers!! It’s an everyday thing and I workout everyday, don’t drink caffeine, I have fairly healthy eating habits, pills don’t work, NyQuil don’t work, nothing freaking works. I’ve tried everything except having a sleep study done. Should I even bother with one as I think they will most likely just suggest bright light therapy or something? If I can even fall asleep during the study that is, I’ve heard that you have to get ready for bed in the evening for these things, but that will be useless because I’ll just lay there until 7am or whenever they’re supposed to wake you up. I don’t have insurance either so before I dish out 00 do you really think it’s worth it with my situation? All responses are greatly appreciated and I will choose a best answer, even if there’s only one.

Thank you.
I’ve tried tons and tons of cannabis over the years and while it’s quite nice, It doesn’t help me sleep. :\ Neither does alcohol. I do tons of yard work for people every summer even though it’s sooo hard because of my condition and I’m in the sun for a long time, that hasn’t helped at all..ever, so I’m thinking bright light therapy will be useless.

Nonetheless I thank you for the response.


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2 Comments on “Should I bother with a sleep study when I have severe DSPS?”

  1. 1 elle said at 11:04 am on April 3rd, 2010:

    I can’t believe it costs that much. Maybe you should just get insurance first.
    As far as I know DSPS is hard to diagnose, so you probably should do something like this, However, they should be aware of when you can and cannot sleep and all that. This might be important to rule out other problems that may be affecting your sleep.
    And I think the light therapy is actually pretty effective for this–more than anything else. Although, some have suggested cannabis may be helpful as well. Maybe you’ll get that.

  2. 2 xxXStands alone foreverXxx said at 11:04 am on April 3rd, 2010:

    Well you may need to find out the actual deep cause of the problem, I don’t think you should spend so much, try and exhaust every other option than probably then invest in money on it, at the moment I would go to a professional about it, there’s no use standing around and doing nothing, so I recommend finding all the possible causes of your sleep problem, if all else fails then try treatment.

    Did that help?

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