April 22, 1999
And why am I interested in DSPS? Well, I have it. I've had DSPS at least since I was fifteen, and night-owl leanings since I was an infant. The first time I saw a doctor about it was in 1989, but my sleep disorder was correctly diagnosed in 1995, when I was 21 years old. Light therapy works fairly well for me (chronotherapy has worked for me too) although I still struggle sometimes to get up early. Without this kind of intervention my life would be chaos.
I am not a physician, psychologist, sleep lab technician, biologist, or medical professional of any kind. If it influences whether you believe what's in the DSPS page, that's fine. The most important points in the DSPS page are that DSPS is a disorder of circadian rhythms with the symptoms listed there, and that treatment for it is different than for other types of insomnia. These facts are easily verified - see, for example, the DSM-IV classification of mental disorders, the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, most general books about sleep medicine written in the past 10 years, or any of the literature references listed). The purpose of this website is not to present anything new, but to bring attention to medical research well-accepted within sleep medicine and chronobiology, but often sadly ignored elsewhere.
I graduated from McGill University and l'Université de Montréal in 1996 with a BSc. in chemistry. I live in Vancouver, where I work as a technical writer for a software company.
You can drop me a line at syeo@lightspeed.bc.ca. I love getting mail, but I probably won't be able to reply because I started to burn out from a) talking about sleep disorders so much and b) working with a keyboard and mouse all day.
Although I admire my friends who can describe themselves clearly, I tend to be a private (although friendly) person. It isn't natural for me to summarize on the web what my personality and interests are - but here's a list of some links I like: