Planning ahead and following a few simple steps can help you minimize the impact of lost sleep when the clocks go ahead one hour on March 9, says the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
The academy offers the following tips to cope with the return to Daylight Saving Time (DST):
Begin to readjust your sleep schedule a few days prior to the time change by going to bed an hour earlier.
Modify your eating schedule by having dinner one hour earlier. Be careful when driving or operating machinery on the day of the time change. Avoid napping, particularly before bedtime.
Keep a light schedule — such as minimizing driving and avoiding strenuous physical activity — on the Monday after the time change. Eat properly, stay hydrated and remain physically active.
“The conversion to DST, with its forced loss of one hour of sleep and a change in sleep schedule, can sometimes result in complaints of disrupted daytime functioning,” Dr. Ron Kramer, medical director of the Colorado Sleep Disorders Center, said in a prepared statement. “This problem, surprisingly, can last as long as one to two weeks in some people, especially in the ‘night-owl’ type of person.”
But he added that the change can be a good opportunity to examine your sleep patterns and behaviors.
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nevealiza: you have to reallize that there are people at this academy who have to justify a salary…
Why all the “shtus”? Just go to bed one hour earlier than normal! Besides, most chedarim start a little later to accomodate the clock change.
BUT more importantly – WHY are we doing this? Up here in Canada, we have 60 cm(that’s 2 ft) of snow, with more coming! It’s not spring yet.
i dont think the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is talking to YESHIVAH BOCHURIM OR SEMINARY GIRLS
It’s not just one hour, it’s a change to your daily routine. If you go to sleep an hour later one day so you’re a little tired the next day but everything that you do will be at the same time as usual. With the time change, ff you normally eat lunch at 1:00 so now you will be eating at the new 1:00 which “feels like” 12 to your body, so your body is confused by the entire daily routine being off an hour — every day.