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Re:Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep c... by madrox on Thursday December 17, 2020 @05:30PM (#25461364)
There's no literature I'm aware of studying links between DSPD and Alzheimer's. However, DSPD is characterized as delayed sleep...not less sleep. As long as you're getting sufficient sleep and feel rested when you do sleep, I don't think it matters when you do it as it relates to this issue.

As someone who's dealt with DSPD in his 20s, I'll refrain from advice. I got no end of people telling me to exercise more, drink less caffeine, or any number of things like I hadn't desperately tried everything. My personal experience was that it naturally got easier in my late 30s, but the less I fought it and the more I worked around it the better I felt. If you are looking for help, I encourage you to check out the DSPD subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DSPD/

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Re:Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep c... by oarabbus_ on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:43PM (#25462003)
>As long as you're getting sufficient sleep and feel rested when you do sleep, I don't think it matters when you do it as it relates to this issue.

I usually sleep 9-10 hours and feel very tired all day. If I sleep 11-11.5 hours, then I'll feel rested, but this rarely happens.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of days I have an early meeting morning and sleep for 6-7h, but I will feel even more tired than when I sleep "only" 9h. Frustrating because 9h is on the verge of "too much sleep" for most people.

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Re:Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep c... by slothtrop on Friday December 18, 2020 @09:27AM (#25467365)
Ever get checked for sleep apnea or the like? It sounds like unrefreshing sleep, it's unlikely that you need more time in bed as usually this makes things worse leading to fragmented sleep / more awakenings.
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Re:Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep c... by IG_Semmelweiss on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:04AM (#25464576)
You may have apnea. Do a sleep study or get a PC noise detector software that records nighttime noise changrs.
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Re:Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep c... by JamesBarney on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:46PM (#25463582)
As you know it's hard to get long refreshing sleep when you have DPSD need to be up by 8.
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