Has anyone not gotten used to the time change? I have given it a week, Instead of going to sleep at

[debm55]

11:30, I can't fall asleep until 12:30-1:00 and I now get up at 9:30. I am exhausted and take naps, messing my sleep up more.

[claudette]

1. The time change

affects me every time. I hate it and wish it would stop. It's so unnatural to still see daylight at 9:30 PM.

[liberal N proud]

2. Went to bed at 8::00 pm last night

The week caught up

[debm55]

3. What time did you wake up? I tried that and was walking around the house at 4:00AM

[Irish_Dem]

5. I did this too.

After the time change, I couldn't fall asleep until really late for a couple of nights.
Then was exhausted and went to bed at 8pm.
Then up at 4 am, wide awake drinking my morning coffee.
Wanted to take naps or go to bed early, but made myself wait until a later time.

Crazy.

[debm55]

6. I think I'm going to cut the nap.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes the nap is a killer when trying to make an adjustment like this.

I drink some tea in the afternoon to help me stay awake.
Then go to bed around 10 or 11pm.

[liberal N proud]

15. My night last night was interrupted by sever sinus congestion

Allergies kicked in high about 2:00 am.
Up for 30 minutes the slept built 6:30

Which without alarm I am usually out of bed

[Blues Heron]

4. I was dismissive of it - it kicked my ass

in fact, dont remember ever being this messed up sleep wise from a DST time change.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Where we live, I think the weather is a part of it.

We have had unusually warm weather, up to 74 degrees and then very cold weather with snow.
All in the same week.

The time change and yo-yo weather extremes, it all seems disruptive.

[debm55]

9. Same here, warm one day, snowing the next. Right now it is 24 degrees. It messes up my dog too.

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She wants out to potty at 3 AM

[Irish_Dem]

12. Right, my little dog starts crying to go out and have breakfast at 4 am.

Yes we are having 20 degree weather now too.

So getting up early with my dog to get her out in the snow and cold when I am still half a sleep is crazy.

I don't have a fenced in yard so I have to go out with her and stick close to her.
My neighbor said she has been seeing coyotes out in the back our our condos, and was worried about my little dog.
She is only a 8 lbs Maltese and a coyotes would see her as a nice snack.

[Blues Heron]

11. Definitely. it has been a roller coaster weather week that is part of it

Also the amount of extra light each day is at a maximum right around now, so the change-is-in-the-air vibe is strong.

I wonder what it would be like to power through a winter on DST. My memory of the last time we tried that is a bit murky at this point.

[Irish_Dem]

13. They keep talking about getting rid of DST.

I wonder what it would be like without it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. One day of adjustment, then I love the change. I wish it was all the time.

Pun intended.

[Ocelot II]

14. It took me a couple of days to adjust, but the weather has been harder to take

than the time change. It's been oscillating rapidly between freezing and thawing and snow and rain and gloom and sun, and I think it's disrupting my brain.

[Raine]

16. I'm still having a hard time, I hate this change. 👎 nt

[tornado34jh]

17. I still am sometimes confused about what time it is

Florida is further west than most states in the Eastern Time zone. With DST, we are in effect in AST (Atlantic Standard time), the same time as New Brunswick, Canada or Puerto Rico. So to me, the time doesn't match the sun. I heard there are talks to keep in permanant DST, but really I think they should just keep in standard time like they do in Hawaii, most of Arizona, and most countries in the world. You don't need to change it back and forth, and it makes even less sense the further north you go.