hello oleblu
Well I must say I do thimk your unique I might be wrong ....But I for sure have more energy in the mornings.....and HAVE to have a nap (or I would sleep standing I know it)about 1pm and it can be from a nana nap to a sleep for couple hours depending if I slept at night ......sometimes I can drop off at 10 ish but then am wide awake at 2 and 3 in morning......... and cant sleep at all untill my hubby gets up .......soooooooo oddball oleblue....lol.....you are for sure a late night party animal :) lol

I usually awake around 6am, and am good until around 3 pm. I then lounge until 4:30 pm by watching TV when I fall asleep until about 6:30-7:00 p.m. I'm back asleep for the night around 9:30-10:00 pm. sometimes I awake during the night around 2:30-3:00 and I get on daily strength to see what's going on at night. I never see you on that time! Maybe we should plan on meeting up during the middle of the night and chatting.

I just know that I need about 2-3 hours sleep during the day in order to make it until 9:30 at night! It seems I sleep all the time. Thank goodness my husband totally understands. My energy comes early in the morning and dies around 3pm.

Whether it is a 'nap' or a 'sleep' depends on how restful you find it. My personal determination? If I have PJs on to do it and get into the real "bed", it's SLEEPING. If not, it's a NAP. Either way, don't mess with me - I hate to wake up!! :)

If I take an afternoon nap, I feel great in the evenings.

I don't have a nap schedule. I still work so that is one reason. I "go" until I crash. Last Friday I had to leave work at 2:30 because I was getting really tired and sore. I drove 10 minutes to my parents house and slept for an hour. I felt a lot better after the nap.

When I feel good, I need 9+ hours of sleep a night or I am useless. If I have a flair I need closer to 12 hours of rest. I am not and have never been a morning person but I start to feel OK after I have eaten and been up a couple of hours.

There is nothing wrong with napping! I'll fight for your right to sleep!

I have to sleep ten hours at night, to be productive during the day and that is a challenge that I face every day. If not I do three hours of sleep, three hours of wake time, and three hours of sleep again, etc. which is terrible, but all I can pull off most of the time. I have had issues with sleeping most of my life though, so I am pretty used to it.

I also still work full-time, but I come home in the evening and eat dinner. Then I generally fall asleep in a recliner while reading or watching TV around 7 or 7:30 then wake up between 9 and 10 pm and go to bed and sleep until 6:30 am and get up and do it all over again. On the weekends I sleep about 10 - 12 hours at night and then take 3-4 hour naps. I also take 200 mg Provigil each day. I suppose I would sleep more without the Provigil. I just feel so exhausted most of the time.

hi oleblue, if i do have energy it is in the morning. i work during the week, so i only nap in the late afternoon if i have a headache, but on the weekend when i do not work i wake up early to just take a nap about 3 or 4 hrs later, if i did not work during the week i would sleep all day im sure.

Well oleblue seems like we are both oddballs if we are talking about having energy in the evening.

I am a writer. I get up between 10 and 11.30 feeling very tired and stiff. Takes me two hours to get up if you include exercises to get me going, washing and doing cats litter. Have to stick to routine or else I would go back to bed. Eventually I get onto my computer to deal with emails etc and then work on writing on & off until we eat apx 5-6pm. I rest either before eating or after for 2-3 hrs in/on bed. Not a deeep sleep but more than a nap.

When I wake have new bout of energy which allows me to write more and then go online gaming with my wife (how we met) until 2-3am depending on whether US family call (as 7hrs behind UK).

Try to get 8 hrs min sleep but sometimes less sometimes more.

I am the weird one. Routine-- Up at 4:45 am, get to work about 6:00. I cannot take a nap, I would just lay there with my eyes shut but the wheels in my head will not stop. I am envoius. I do have more energy after 8:00 pm, but that is not good because I try to get to bed by 9:30-10:00. I have also noticed I am alot less stiff if I only sleep for 5-6 hours. Anything over 8 hours and my legs force me to do the mummy walk. Dammed if you do sleep(stiff), dammed if you don't (tired).

My friend...ONCE you started throwing in a bunch of numbers (I'm not good with numbers) I got confused. Hehe!...Seriously!, But, looking at the times, it looks all late& out of order like my sleep pattern & my thoughts is this...

My friend...this IS NOT considered napping in the least...it's considered "PASSING OUT!"...For this is what I do all the time!

I have this saying I use to describe my sleep pattern...

"I don't sleep...I pass out!"

Meaning I have "MS Insomnia" & my sleep pattern is allot like yours & I tend to just go until I pass out. Then I wake up in the middle of the night & I can't seem to get back to sleep for a number of hours. It's really "Fun!"...So mornings? UGGH! Anyone else feel like they have been run over by a truck & are horribly numb & sore & it takes a crane to get out of bed & stand & not fall over...Say a prayer first (if you pray) Sometimes, I only wobble & I don't almost fall over or fall over getting out of bed or not feel my legs.

It was almost laughable last night because I literally passed out from MS pain & literally woke up at 3:24am to a "Unisom" commercial going..."Sometimes you can't get to sleep! Sometimes you can't stay asleep!...Unisom!" HA!...It's now 6am & I'm yet to get back to bed or pass out again, if you will.

My personal feelings on the sleep aids is I already pass out enough as it is (& not just the sleep issue & mental, physical fatigue issue, but falling over from MS dizziness & Epilepsy caused by the MS & trying not to trip over my own 2 feet...so I don't need extra help with sedation & imbalance)

So my friend...my feeling is you are not taking a nap...you are "passing out" & unfortunately your sleep is really off kilter & you are not alone! :-)

Take care,
Stay sane!

P.S...How long is a "Nap" suppose to be anyway & what the heck is a "nap?"...I'm confused! HA!...Seriously! haven't had a nap for years & my face has a funny confused look on it!

Kinda like the funny confused look I gave my PT therapist, that made us giggle, when he was trying to explain how "normal" people walked & I had no clue what he was trying to explain cause I haven't walked "normal" for years. HA!...Funny, but kinda not!

I go to bed about 1:00a.m. Wake up at 6. Check emails and news. Go back to sleep till 10. Make lunch, do dishes and laundry. Then I am done for. Take a rest/nap until sometimes 4 or 5. It hits 7 and I am good to go. Love 10:00-1:00 walk better, feel better, think clearer. I always say I am allergic to the sun. Not sure why this is. Somedays my naps can be sleeps because I wake up to nothing. So, I guess I am in the oddball group :).

looks like you re set your sleep cycle,so it would only be natural for your enegy level to be later..but my hubby doen't sleep at all! stays frustrated..and the constant burning prevents him from resting..doc has tried lunesta..side effects..ambien didn't touch it either! any suggestiions?