My sleep pattern varies with the time of year as does my mood. At this time of year my depression is at it's most intense and i am sleeping long hours into the afternoon, getting up to take my dog out and then resting for a few more hours until it is dark again. I'm keeping vampire's hours. I stay up late, til 2:00am.

Beginning in the early Spring, sometimes as early as February, i start losing interest in sleep and get more and more energetic as hypomania sets in. I start going to bed at midnight and getting up at 5:00am -- sometimes even 4:00am!

I don't work and i am a loner so i'm free to enjoy my various sleep patterns. There are advantages to each phase and i try to find the good in them and not harrass myself to keep to a routine. I answer to no one! (Except my dog!)