does the day/night cycle keep shifting?

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Hey Y'all;

There's other stuff than Asperger's going on, which might be a factor.

Has anyone found that their day/night cycle keeps shifting?
- a month a go it was up at sunrise, asleep at sunset
- now I can not sleep when it is dark; and have no energy, must sleep, when it's day.

Here in an amount of time it will cycle back again.

Is this any kind of AS thing

i don't know, but my sleep patterns tend to vary widely too.

I think that is indicative of a sleeping disorder.

Right now I can't sleep at night and instead I feel terribly sleepy during afternoon at work, where I just have to wait for people to come and buy cigarettes and other stuff, so I can't fully concentrate on anything, boredom + tiredeness associated with social interaction put me down, when I'm home among my computers instead I'm all lightened up (does this expression exist ?) and my brain is in full work. It's like the afternoon it's the real sleeping time right now.

There are a couple physical things going on which are known to mess up sleep patterns, so how does one sort out which one is doing what?

Or does it really matter which one is doing what?
Since either way it's affecting me.

The day/night cycle is known as the circadian rhythm in medicine. Humans typically have a 25-hour rhythm, so we're all working to synchronize with the 24 hours in a day. But some people's rhythms are longer or shorter, and a few people can have their rhythm upset by a variety of factors.

A book on AS I'm currently reading talks about an Aspie with a 30/15 cycle, that is to say this fellow stayed awake for 30 hours, then slept for 15, and that was natural for him. The book doesn't discuss how common such unusual cycles are in the ASDs.

You may have to force yourself to get up at the same time every day, even weekends, to keep your body clock stable. You might also try making sure your sleep is as high quality as possible: keep your bedroom completely dark, for instance.

There are a few other threads about AS/ASD and sleep, with some people talking about melatonin, valerian, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), and other OTC remedies to help with sleep.

Hope you get it resolved.

I'm having serious sleep problems. I've been sleeping all day and night. I suppose the new dose of the anti-depressant is to blame. I'm going to see the doctor today. Other than that, not working causes my cycle to shift from night to day, usually.