time change--how are you handling?

[Anonymous]

I'm still groggy. Like every so often it's like I feel a vacuum fly through my brain, or like I moved my skull and the brain isn't quite keeping up with the movement.

Yesterday I stumbled up to lie down shortly after work and slept (bizarre dreams, of course) for 4 hours, after that I still had lights out only an hour or so later than the normal clock time (which would be the normal time really).

Also feeling very emotional. My adult son has been going through some awful medical issues, so it's been stressful anyway, but I feel like I'm crumbling and ruminating and tearing up from time to time. I think it's just that the time change disorientation is undermining my normal level of self control. Thank god I don't have to cope with young children in the house though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm still groggy. Like every so often it's like I feel a vacuum fly through my brain, or like I moved my skull and the brain isn't quite keeping up with the movement.

Yesterday I stumbled up to lie down shortly after work and slept (bizarre dreams, of course) for 4 hours, after that I still had lights out only an hour or so later than the normal clock time (which would be the normal time really).

Also feeling very emotional. My adult son has been going through some awful medical issues, so it's been stressful anyway, but I feel like I'm crumbling and ruminating and tearing up from time to time. I think it's just that the time change disorientation is undermining my normal level of self control. Thank god I don't have to cope with young children in the house though.

You would feel like this without the time change. You are in a high stress situation. ((((Hugs))))

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hear that.
Are you the mom whose son has MS?
Hang in there. Get lots of rest this weekend. Have some cake, that always helps.

[Anonymous]

You should see a doctor. An hour time change doesn’t cause this.

[Anonymous]

What? That was last weekend! How can this still be bothering anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What? That was last weekend! How can this still be bothering anyone?

I mean we all basically just flew to Newfoundland. And in the fall we fly to Chicago. I’ve never understood the people who have a hard time with the change. Haven’t you ever stayed up one night to watch Billions or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? That was last weekend! How can this still be bothering anyone?

I mean we all basically just flew to Newfoundland. And in the fall we fly to Chicago. I’ve never understood the people who have a hard time with the change. Haven’t you ever stayed up one night to watch Billions or something?

Aren't you the empathetic one.

Not everyone is like you. How about a little understanding given what OP is going through.

[Anonymous]

There’s nothing to handle. It’s only one hour. It’s lovely to go for a long walk after work without worrying about getting home before it’s dark.

[Anonymous]

I normally wake up on schedule without an alarm clock. This week I have slept to my alarm. Tired.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'm the mom of the guy with MS and needing spinal fusion related to a past back injury (the MS may have contributed to discectomy failure as his gait is affected). But yeah, there's that (and some nights I have a little trouble sleeping but most of the time I drift right off) but I guess I am just one of those people who doesn't do well with the spring change (I'm fine with the extra hour in the fall!). Plus, it was finally light out when I get up in the morning and now back to darkness.

But even if you say it doesn't affect your functioning, statistics says otherwise, and it take a few weeks to reset.

Sleep deprivation also leads to performance deficits on reflex and attention tasks. These tiny lapses may manifest themselves in fatal traffic accidents in the five days following the transition to daylight saving time, when the risk of such a crash occurring increases by 6%. In the seven days following the spring DST transition, research also has found an 18.7% increase in patient safety-related incidents in health care settings that likely were due to human error.

(plenty of sites with similar info if you google)

[Anonymous]

Enjoy the extra hour of daylight and get outside and do something. Better than sulking in the house.

[Anonymous]

Op I have a strong circadian rhythm and time changes always leaves me futsed for about a week. This isn’t just staying up late one night — this is waking up an hour early every day

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I'm still off as well. As is my 4yo, though at least her mood doesn't seem impacted. She's just been hard to get out of bed in the morning and is having trouble falling asleep.

We've also had just an absolute nightmare of a week -- everything that could go wrong has. Not related to the time change but I feel like it's made it all so much worse -- harder to problem solve, harder to stay even tempered about it, etc. Everyone in my house is so overtired and it's... not great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I normally wake up on schedule without an alarm clock. This week I have slept to my alarm. Tired.

Same here! The darkness in the morning has been brutal.

[Anonymous]

Never bothered me except on the actual day, OP. But I've had an awful, no-good, terrible week nonetheless, with plenty of insomnia, conflict and struggle. Hoping that next week will be better.