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Daylight Saving Time Is Back
Studies Show Many People Become More Stressed

Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Updated: 7:32 am CDT March 14, 2010

Houston -- Daylight saving time is back. That means you will lose an hour of sleep, and possibly experience a change in your mood, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Studies show many people become more stressed during daylight saving time.
Sleep disorder experts say the time change also messes up our internal sleep clock, causing some to become sleep deprived. And, as a sleep specialist from Memorial Hermann Hospital explains, for children, it could affect how they do in school.

"In a school situation, it may affect the way you perform in exams and testing and in athletic situations. I can be very important," Dr. Richard Castriotta with Memorial Hermann Hospital said. "Most people need seven to eight hours of sleep, most adults. Children will need anywhere from nine to 12 hours of sleep."

Other experts say, it's not just mood, or your everyday performance at school or work that could be affected. Safety may also be an issue. "There's been studies showing, for example, increased car crashes on the Monday following that Sunday," sleep disorder expert with Columbia University Medical Center, Dr. Robert Basner said.

With that in mind, experts say there are things people can do now to make the adjustment period easier. "The best thing to do is to try to readjust the body a little bit ahead of time," Dr. Castriotta said. "Try to get up a little earlier than normal on Sunday morning so that it won't be such a transition on monday morning." A recent study done at Michigan State University shows there are 5.7-percent more workplace injuries on the Monday after we "Spring forward."

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Do you feel more stressed when it's daylight savings time?

I was certainly stressed this morning. I forgot to set my clocks an hour forward so I slept in and was almost late for Church. I had to run around and get shaved and dressed really quickly and get out the door and on my way. Definitely stressful.

I feel more sleepy, that's for sure. :lol:

It pisses me off every year.

Here in AZ ( except, I think, the Navajo Nation ) we don't have to mess with that.

I never understood the point of DST anyway. The only good time is in the fall when you gain an hour and get more sleep. :D

I *love* Daylight Savings Time. If anything, *my* problem is just in the fall when time resets back to normal.

The clock may say 7:30 a.m. but my body says 6:30. I'm not one who adjusts to the hr. chg quickly - it takes me abt. a week for my body to really get it down. But then, the other way around, when we get an extra hr. of sleep - now that's the switch I like (although the trade off is darkness @ 4:30 in the afternoon)

The clock may say 7:30 a.m. but my body says 6:30. I'm not one who adjusts to the hr. chg quickly - it takes me abt. a week for my body to really get it down. But then, the other way around, when we get an extra hr. of sleep - now that's the switch I like (although the trade off is darkness @ 4:30 in the afternoon)
I totally agree!

we have own version of daylight savings time in UK- in early april we turn the clocks forward one hour during british summer time. we lose an hour's sleep. i hate it too.

i'm with monika when i say i prefer fall- don't like summer that much anyway and as i need that extra hour of sleep.

It did stress me out a little - I work third shift, and had to work Saturday night-Sunday morning. So I was at work when the time change happened... I normally work until 6:30am, but because of the time change, I and my other coworkers had to stay until 7:30am. Yucky!

I was at work when we fell back last year, too... ****in' weird. I think I ended up working until 7am that day... So with the extra hour that day, I think I worked 10 hours.

More tired than stressed.

More tired than stressed.


I hear ya! Me too! (I miss that hr of zzzz's)

I third that!!

I love it cause it stays light later. I hate when it ends and it gets dark at like 5 pm.

I never understood the point of DST anyway.

My grandmother always told me it was done so farmers could stay and work in their fields later. I believe her, cause my grandma was a smart lady ;) :D

I don't like DST either. Why can't we just have the same time all year around?