Sleeping issues

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Lately, our 15 year old Aspie has unusual sleeping habits, meaning he goes to sleep in the morning and sleeps tight till the evening.Problem is that he has a need to walk and talk to himself so the others have problems sleeping.He takes Risset, by the way.
Ok, he is teenager, I think to myself, but anyway, does anyone have similar situation?

Love to all, mamamoo

I am a night raccoon, I love staying up at night, and sleeping during the day. And I find out that I always talk to myself, usually while pacing the room but I have never kept anyone up, because i try to be quiet about it for fear of repercussions...

so I guess i am in a similar situation.

I have a 15yo NT and she will keep those same vampire hours as your child when she's able. She's very quiet and either reads or gets online, so I don't have a problem with it. In the summer, she doesn't get out of bed until about 6 or 7 at night, but she doesn't go to bed until 7 or 8 in the morning either.

As for the being noisy, I'm sure you have told him he's disturbing others, and he's old enough to know that he is. If I were in your shoes I would tell him that if he can't be quiet, he will be confined to his room during those hours and if he makes noise in there and disturbs others then he will be required to be in the bed with the lights out. That might motivate him to try harder to remember to stay quiet, especially if you get up and make him get in the bed when he wakes you. Two or three times of that may help him to remember. I know that at that age, I would forget things easily if I hadn't had consequences from it. I would do whatever I could get by with.

I also enjoyed staying up all night at that age. I could pretend I was home alone. It felt like I had more freedom, but then I was an overprotected child, so any time away from my mother's prying eagle eye was freedom to me.

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Of my neurodiverse kids, two are night owls. One is my ASD dx daughter and the other is my ADD (not dx) son. We have great summers and holidays, but school is always an issue. In fact, it is the only problem we have on a daily basis with my ASD daughter. She does have periods of being hyper (which is a pre-meltdown thing) every day or two and occasional meltdowns, but only the discipline around going to bed and getting up and ready in the morning is a daily problem.
Based on the progress she makes in the summer, when she is more talkative and independent and less aggressive, I would say that changing sleep habits from what is natural is a huge deal. If your teen can function during the day without changing his hours, then go for it. As for the noise, I find it much easier to have rules around a quiet time (for us it is 1 am to 7 am) than around sleep. My kids play on the computer with headphones or watch tv in another part of the house. Is there another place he could pace without disturbing you, if he closes the door?
J.