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One in four people with severe depression may have a dysregulated body clock

Symptoms include 3 or more of the following:

  • Waking up very tired
  • Being a "night owl"
  • Experiencing a seasonal pattern of illness
  • Sleeping later
  • Sleeping more when depressed
  • Experiencing "social jet lag" where sleep timings vary greatly between work days and free days

Patients with circadian depression also reported "more severe mental health symptoms" than those with non-circadian depression... [and] included an earlier age of onset

Researchers believe more targeted treatments will improve outcomes for people with circadian depression.

One in four people with severe depression may have a dysregulated body clockhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2026-10-21/circadian-depression-clinical-genetic-implications/107261644Open linkView original on aussie.zone
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Taleya
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They keep repeating "waking up tired and "night owl". Which kinda has me worried as they don't actually say what adjustments they'd make

As someone who naturally migrates to a 3am - 10am sleep cycle (proven, multiple times), forcing me to a 10-6 does nothing but utterly fuck me up. And I cannot possibly be the only one. My big concern is that they try and fix this by forcing people to a "norm" they're not designed for.

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The article does say that it is more complex than the owl and tired bits and that more research needs to be done to confirm the Australian study findings.

Criteria used to define circadian depression, such as being a "night owl" or waking up very tired, might not solely be driven by circadian dysfunction

I'm also a 'night owl' but not quite as late night as you. This doesn't mean that either you or me have circadian depression. If there were other symptoms then we might need to look further into the situation:

Patients with circadian depression also reported "more severe mental health symptoms" than those with non-circadian depression,..

This included an earlier age of onset, more severe symptoms like mania, suicidality, weight gain during mental health episodes and more complex mental health trajectories.

The research also suggests people with circadian depression may have a different genetic profile to those with non-circadian depression, including a higher genetic risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Conforming to a norm is probably a problem with all societies to a greater or lesser extent. If you lived in Spanish society being a night owl and staying up late is not that unusual. Also, (I hope this gives you a smile) creative thinkers and artists are more likely to be night owls. So perhaps that's our 'norm'.

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