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Expert Tips on Coping with Daylight Saving Time

The loss of an hour of sleep that comes with the switch to daylight saving time last weekend can be uncomfortable if you don't take some simple steps to prepare, experts say.  Adjusting your habits for sleeping, eating and being online can help reset your internal clock, too.

To help you adapt, Dr. Praveen Rudraraju, Director, and Dr. Lewis Kass, Children's Sleep Specialist, at the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., offer coping tips:

• Don't do any computer work during the hour before bedtime. Instead, relax by reading, listening to quiet music or watching TV.
• Stay out of your bedroom until bedtime. If possible, do not work in your bedroom.  
• For kids, longer daylight may play less of a role in sleep problems than their use of computers and video games
• Read more tips by Drs. Rudraraju and Kass in US News...

If you think you might have a sleep disorder, take this short quiz.

Or, visit the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital.

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