# Does anyone else's sleep pattern get messed up with Daylight Saving(s) Time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749 "2011-03-15T05:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/21 "2011-03-15T23:08:59Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > It’s 1:19 a.m. here and I’m wide awake. This happens every year. And then in the morning, the sun will wake me up way before I have to get up, even though I have thick curtains on the windows. > > I’m always so tired this time of year. My sleep schedule is messed up when a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon, frankly. I have awful insomnia problems. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/22 "2011-03-15T23:47:33Z")
I have never been bothered until the last few years- When I turned 35, it started being an issue. Ditto jet lag… ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/23 "2011-03-16T00:22:40Z")
It throws me off for a few weeks. I think it’s because it’s suddenly dark when I have to wake up, and it takes me a while to get used to it. The time change in the fall doesn’t bother me so much. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/24 "2011-03-16T00:33:37Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > I absolutely hate the bizarre psychological experiment that is dst. > I am a friggin zombie for a week after this nonsense every single year. This is pretty much where I stand. I’m not having insomnia, but I’m dead on my feet and just want to sleep the clock around, day after day. I wonder if some people are more in tune with circadian rhythms or something, and this arbitrary clock changing bothers us more. I know that I can set my body to wake up at any time, and I wake up right at that time (without looking at the clock - I keep the clock beside my bed covered up). ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/25 "2011-03-16T01:14:08Z")
I’m usually at work, so less one hour of work for me! Yesss!! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/26 "2011-03-16T02:41:28Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > :eek: > > So do you wake up when the sun comes up, or can you sleep with the curtains open? I wake up when the alarm goes off, or I have to pee, or the SO texts me to roust me from bed. The sun itself doesn’t wake me, because many times I sleep well past sunrise…and my window faces East! But if I close the curtains, I will oversleep, no matter what time of year, and it frustrates the cats, and since no one can see in…they stay open. I walked into the grocery store today and two young moms were standing there talking with their kids, and one asked the other how they were coping with the time change. The second one said, “Oh, not well at all, we’re all tired, and this one is having stomach issues now from it.” I did not hang about to find out what stomach issues a 5 year old could possibly have from his bedtime/wakeup time shifting a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/27 "2011-03-16T02:54:00Z")
No. It’s just an hour. It’d be like having jet lag after flying to the next time zone over. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/28 "2011-03-16T03:09:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > This is pretty much where I stand. I’m not having insomnia, but I’m dead on my feet and just want to sleep the clock around, day after day. > > I wonder if some people are more in tune with circadian rhythms or something, and this arbitrary clock changing bothers us more. I know that I can set my body to wake up at any time, and I wake up right at that time (without looking at the clock - I keep the clock beside my bed covered up). Absolutely true. My circadian rhythm is fucked. Need to fix it… ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749/29 "2011-03-17T02:04:32Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > No. It’s just an hour. It’d be like having jet lag after flying to the next time zone over. Yeah, same here. I’m amazed that so many people get thrown so hard over an hour. I guess I’m lucky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-elses-sleep-pattern-get-messed-up-with-daylight-saving-s-time/574749.md?page=1)