Sleep Phase Chronotherapy - Example

Example

Here's an example of how chronotherapy could work over a week's course of treatment, with the patient going to sleep 3 hours later every day until the desired sleep and waketime is reached. (Shifting the sleep phase by 3 hours per day may not always be possible; shorter increments of 1–2 hours are needed in such cases.)

  • Day 1: sleep 04:00 to 12:00
  • Day 2: sleep 07:00 to 15:00
  • Day 3: sleep 10:00 to 18:00
  • Day 4: sleep 13:00 to 21:00
  • Day 5: sleep 16:00 to 00:00
  • Day 6: sleep 19:00 to 03:00
  • Day 7 to 13: sleep 22:00 to 06:00
  • Day 14 and thereafter: sleep 23:00 to 07:00

While this technique can provide temporary respite from sleep deprivation, patients may find the desired sleep and waketimes slip. The desired pattern can only be maintained by following a strictly disciplined timetable for sleeping and rising.

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