Living with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

I love the internet. Most my life I fought this disorder, not knowing it had a name (well, most of my life it didn’t have a name). Recieved mediocre grades in high school because math and science courses were always in the mornings. I just thought I was lousy in those subjects.

Nearly flunked out of College my first year but turned it around the second when I discovered they offered night courses! Yahoo! Never took a class before noon after that, and if I could through out my freshman year, I would have graduated college with a 3.80 average!!

Dummy me ended up getting a degree in Elementary education. Ha! Taught one year and had a mini breakdown and never taught again.

Went throught a series of jobs until I gave up and stayed home to raise our daughter. Once she was in high school I went back to part time, but at a job that didn’t require I be in early.

After she graduated I went for my Real Estate License and set my own hours until the internet came along and I immediately saw the chance to work nights and make money! I then became a web designer (hence the name Nightweaver) and have been able to set my own hours ever since.

It’s been a battle with my husband, friends, family and all my whole life. It’s so nice to now be able to use a lable to tell people what it is I have! It will also help them understand that I can’t just “turn it around”. I’ve always known that, and that it’s a physical thing, but no one else did. I’m so glad that I’ve discovered DSPD! Just as I’m equally sure you are! We are normal…just different! Hurrah!!!