Sleep change

[gerriclem13]

Why is it that all of a sudden at 62, I am sleeping most of the day and only get full of energy around midnight? This is a drastic change in me, came over me in about 3 months. Can't get my normal patterns back for nothing, maybe a day or two, then I'm up all night.

[Plenum]

that definitely is odd!

have you noticed any other changes in your life? diet? the sort of dreams you have during the day?

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I actually have the sleep patterns you described above because I work night shift (the real 'graveyard shift') from 11pm to 630am. It took me a couple of years to fully adjust, but you seem to have adjusted quite naturally

[gerriclem13]

Well, chocolate doesn't have the pull on me it used to have, I still eat it but not as much, I have become quite attached to the Dr. Who series, because my dreams, even before I started following, seemed to aim towards the possibility of there being real life time lords.
But this sleep shift seems to be something natural, irritating, but natural, if I have to do something during the day, I am forced to take a nap as soon as I am able. My dreams are scanty at best but with a feeling that I'm moving forward.
A few years ago I experienced something, it was just before I moved to NY. I was walking home from the store, about a quarter of a mile and to my right was a busy highway and a curve in the road. I was moving as a steady pace and all at once it seemed like the cars were moving in slow motion. This has happened twice more, once a few months ago, on a street in Brooklyn. the people seemed to be moving in slow motion.I felt like I passed through a vortex of some kind, but never mentioned it to anyone as, no one would have believed me anyway.

[Guardian]

Delayed sleep phase. Most common causes - excessive blue light at night, magnesium deficiency, pineal gland calcification.

Best practice - turn off all blue light 30 min before bed, 400mg of equivalent magnesium at night, sublingual melatonin 1-20mg as needed 30 min before bed.

Other treatments - earthing blanket, 3 days of camping, and journaling every night.

[Ashim]

I went through a doctor who phase recently myself. Watched every episode with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan then went back and started from the beginning again.
I would not worry in your case.

[AnthroHeart]

I remember listening to Pink Floyd's the Wall when I fell asleep gave me weird dreams.