Posted by SLS on October 3, 2006, at 2:40:13
In reply to Re: Proper sleep, Depression and Social Anxiety?! » SLS, posted by river1924 on October 3, 2006, at 0:56:13
> Where did you find this info?
I don't know. Stuff I've read over the years.
SCN = suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus = site of the internal circadian master clock
It's funny, but there doesn't seem to be as much talk of X and Y clocks today as there was 10 years ago. Actually, there doesn't seem to be any. I don't know what happened. I really liked the idea. I think behavior can initiate activity of organs and glands that begin individual clocks separate from the master clock in the SCN. If this is true, then desychronization is possible. I think cortisol is one such hormone.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=49209
> My whole system seems screwed up and I can't figure out how to reset it or figure out what I need to function at my best. I sometimes envy those people who were put in "caves" with little light to see what their natural cycle was. I wonder if I have a strange anti-social cycle which requires enourmous amounts of sleep. River.
There are disorders of the circadian clock. Can you describe your sleep pattern? Do you find yourself needing to go to sleep at 7:30pm and wake up at 4:30am?
In what ways are you anti-social? Or are you just not available to be social because you are in bed sleeping?
Do you need to go to bed early at night? Do you find yourself waking up to early?
- Scott
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