Disturbed sleep since the clocks went back?

I’ve been affected for the first time ever, but in the opposite way!
I’m awake until 3 or 4 am and on Thursday night, didn’t bother going to bed, as I wasn’t the least bit tired. (no daytime naps here). I’m still sleeping my normal 4 or 5 hours though.

Yep I’ve been waking at 3/4 last night I read till 4/30 and then slept to 7 it’s really annoying.

I don’t sleep much at night, and need a nap most afternoons

That’s maybe why, if you sleep in the day, chances are you’ll be less tired at night.

But if you’re not at work, does it matter?

What a brilliant attitude

MaggsMcG

Its about time we left the clocks alone there is no reason to change them any more. We should just leave it as it is now, which is the correct GMT.

No, please! If we’re going to stop changing the clock (which doesn’t bother me when it happens) let’s keep it at Summer Time. We need the daylight in winter when people are going about in the evening, tired after a day’s work or school, rather than in the morning when they’re fresh. I live where there is about 6 hours of full daylight in December, so winter is dark anyway, but I love the light from about 3:30am until after 10pm in summer.

For Europe, although they have decided to change the system
the date for doing so is still under debate, 2025 seems the
earliest possibility.
I hate the changing of the winter clock the most. One week on
and I'm still waking at 6 a.m.

Takes me a few weeks to re-adjust.

Apparently it all started in 1916 so WW1

I'm please this was highlighted, as I thought it was just me..
Its always taken me a while to adjust my sleep pattern when the clocks go back.
Don't seen to have a problem when they go farward.

Everyone's fed up with me going on about the clocks changing! It takes me about a week to adjust. Why are we still doing it? What would it take to get the powers that be to leave the clocks alone?

I find the clocks going back worse than when they go forward, for some reason. It’s probably because I’m waking at the time my body clock has got used to, only to find it’s an hour earlier so should try to sleep on , but can’t. Then, after what seems ages, I do nod off, only to wake up again a short time later thinking I’ve been asleep for hours! Very confusing, and irritating. I wish they’d leave well alone, I don’t think it happened in ages past- I’m sure it’s a relatively recent (ie late 19th century/early twentieth century) thing, to aid farmers and children going to school, but am willing to be corrected.

My dogs' body clocks don't change. Now that the clocks have changed I look forward to that extra hour in bed, reading. Unfortunately the dogs make a fuss because they want to go and also to be fed. Therefore, I get up, feed them, do the diabetes injection, let them out and leave a door open so that they can come back in. Meanwhile I go back to bed for another hour.

Yes I am always affected by the clocks going back. I find just accepting it and not getting annoyed about it is the best I can do. If I am totally awake I read for a bit and then try putting the light off and see if I can go to sleep again. after about 10 days it seems to get used to the new timings.

Absolutely......it's about time we got civilised and didn't bother doing this because the disruption is just too much. There is always at least one clock in the house that I forget to change......and that will be the one that I need for an important appointment. However, being retired means that I can be "flexible" so I go with the flow.

Yes Your Circadian rhythm is out of sync.

Those of us across the pond are going to turn our clocks back tonight. And yes I agree I wish they would stop messing around with that hour. However the time change does not really bother me I prefer this one to springing forward

I've been terrible this week but I am always the same whichever direction it goes in!

Never ever notice clocks going backwards and forwards. Go to sleep when I’m tired and wake up 7 hours later
Ok so I’m 20years retired and don’t have to adjust sleep to working hours, but why bother about sleep if there’s a decent book to read.

One of the 'many' TV doctors was giving advice just before the clock changes in regard to children's sleep but could be equally useful for us Grans....
The week leading up to the changes just go to bed earlier/later by a few minutes each night so your body clock can adjust easier.

Of course. Why we do this twice a year beats me. Talk about self inflicted wound!

Happens to me twice a year but settles down after a while. It doesn’t really affect me now I’ve retired but struggled with what felt like longer working days and tiredness. My working hours were not longer, of course, but my body clock was all confused.

I find the autumn change is no problem but struggle with losing the hour in the spring.

I enjoyed the extra hour in bed and usually sleep like a log , I dislike losing an hour when they change again but at least it’s spring then.

Yes it's a pain in the proverbial. Luckily I no longer work but always felt the effects worse then, especially driving home in dark. It didn't give me a drive to work in daylight, as I was still leaving in the dark, and just gave me the drive home in the dark as well. I wish they would leave the clocks on BST next spring and have done with it.

Even the dogs want feeding an hour earlier in the evening, as soon as the light starts to fade.
Roll on Spring!