A night owl on steroids is when you stay awake until midnight or later and even until 3am, 4am, or even 5am without feeling sleepy or tired. It's when you're sleeping until 11am, 12pm, or 1pm. You sleep 8 hours and feel refreshed when you wake up around noon or later. You get energized from 5am and even more later. It's delayed sleep phase disorder. The treatment is Modafinil early in the morning to wake up since you can't turn the rest of society into night owls on steroids or even night owls. Treatment also includes taking 25mg to 50mg Amitriptyline at 10pm So that by the time 11pm comes, you fall asleep.
Tony: I have delayed sleep phase disorder. So by taking Modafinil early in the morning, I can wake up early in the morning and stay awake. Then I fall asleep earlier too. I used to be a night owl on steroids. Now I'm an early bird as long as I take Modafinil early.
by CognitiveFuel September 3, 2023