Same problem here. I was walking in the evening but started to see coyotes trotting around the neighborhood so want to switch and walk 6 a.m. same as you. I have been experiencing your exact present schedule. I get ready for bed 10 or 11p.m. then stay awake for hours (my asthma has been acting up so I am coughing a lot) then I end up napping during part of day. HATE IT.

The only way I know how to unscrew this screwed up schedule is to stay awake through one whole sleep cycle. So like now it is 9pm but instead of getting ready for 10pm bedtime schedule I will just stay up...and do what I would do during the day...cleaning...organizing...working on business stuff. Then at 6am will take a walk even though I will be tired.

I will have to hold off napping so will keep REAL busy. Then go to sleep 9PM. By then hopefully will be tired enough to sleep. Ideally I would like a 9pm to 5am sleep schedule. Or 10 pm to 6am.


Sometimes I can do this staying awake thing to re-regulate, sometimes it doesn't work. But this is how shift workers switch from day sleeping to night sleeping. The first day they stay awake through all daylight hours.


I don't oversleep. I usually sleep exactly 8 hours in every 24 hour period. But sometimes it gets broken up. Like four hours at night. Then four hours during the day. The problem is at this time I have to make a lot of phone calls as I am planning a cross country move very soon. So I need to be on a regular daytime business schedule.

Hope this helps.