Delayed Sleeper

13/07/2025

Another successful SLEEP in the books ...

04/06/2023

Speaking about Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder on the panel, 'Delay in Diagnosis,' on Monday, June 5th at 1:30. 😀

D-01: Delay in Diagnosis: How Health Disparities, Lack of Awareness, […]

02/03/2023

Stay strong, night owls. Science is on our side.

Possible Cause of Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder?

Melanopsin are non-visual photoreceptors - contained within retinal ganglion cells - that are key for setting circadian rhythms. Research finds that melanopsin-dependent phototransduction is impaired in individuals with DSWPD - causing them to be unable to maintain appropriate entrainment to light-dark cycles.

Important read by Drs. Sabra Abbott, Phyllis Zee, Jim Choi, Jon Wilson. Note: Abbott and Zee are on CSD-N’s Medical Advisory Board.
https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/44/2/zsaa184/5905410?login=false

13/12/2022

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07/11/2022

Exactly 🦉

22/03/2022

Exactly

Them: why is your sleep so weird?
Me: I have a circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Them: Try going to bed earlier and setting an alarm

25/01/2022

I'm thrilled to be speaking on behalf of Circadian Sleep Disorders Network at this U.S. Congressional Briefing tomorrow.

✨Congressional Briefing✨ You're invited to this very special online event on "Advancing the Science of Sleep and Circadian Research" this Tues. 1/25 at 1pm ET. Hear from the esteemed lineup of superstars! Learn more and spread the word: https://project-sleep.com/2022-sleep-research-congressional-briefing/

Sleep Research Society (SRS)American Academy of Sleep Medicine Start School Later Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation Wake Up Narcolepsy Narcolepsy Network Hypersomnia Foundation Circadian Sleep Disorders Network Project Sleep National Sleep Foundation

06/12/2021

Check out my 10-minute presentation at Project Sleep's 2021 Sleep Advocacy Forum 🦉

Alex Wharton discusses Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder on Project Sleep's Sleep Advocacy Day 2021

28/11/2021

NOV. 24 IS NON-24 AWARENESS DAY! Talk to someone about it! Raise awareness! Explain what it is, that it affects sighted as well as blind individuals, how it impacts people's lives, that it is physical and is reflected in people's biomarkers, and that treatment often does not work. For more information: www.circadiansleepdisorders.org/docs/N24-QandA.php

17/05/2021

Thrilled about Texas House Bill 3861, which would create a Task Force to study how later school start times affect students' health and ability to learn.

02/03/2021

NEW WHITE PAPER with input from the patient community, the Circadian Sleep Disorders Network.

The knowledge gaps for Circadian Rhythm Disorders are extensive: "little to nothing is known about the epidemiology, etiology, natural history, diagnostic accuracy/validity, and treatment of CRD-NOS even when the underlying disease has been well characterized."

https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa281

08/01/2021

Remembering Elvis On His Birthday -
Did Elvis develop a dependency on prescription medication because he suffered from an undiagnosed circadian rhythm sleep disorder called Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder?
My thoughts here:
http://www.delayedsleeper.com/delayed-sleeper/elvis-insomnia-really-delayed-sleep-phase-disorder/