Very abnormal sleeping patterns?

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Hi everyone. I have never had a"normal" sleeping pattern, but since I have been on zoloft its way worse. I usually sleep through most if the light hours of the day. I plan on speaking with my dr about this but I was wondering if there are any things you guys do or use to help you sleep and stay on track? My new sleeping pattern is very bothersome to me.

I would talk to a doctor about it.

I have the opposite thing going on, I get about 4 hours of sleep per night, have for several years now.

I've read and posted on other threads about sleep. At the moment I'm in a relatively good place. Getting to bed by midnight and being up by 9am-ish. Ever since late primary school I've struggled with this morbid sensation at the end of the evening like I don't want the day to end. By my teens I was staying up all night sometimes. In adulthood I have a few manic episodes a year when I stay up for 36 hrs intently focusing on some activity or interest before trying to settle back into normal.
If you set every fibre of your being to getting up one day at say 9am then making sure your whole day is busy and full of activities you might make it until bedtime without weakening and seeking a nap. I know from experience how dangerous it can be when you're trying to stay awake just "sitting down for a second to close my eyes". The key is to keep moving and doing things. If you have to sit down make it on a backless seat like a stool so you can't drift off. Doing some walking in between tasks will keep you awake and distracted to pass the day away. When it's finally time to sleep make sure you have no artificial lights on in the room. I find these can keep me awake even just as a subtle aura on my closed eyelids. Use a sleeping mask if you need to (and can find one comfortable enough). Set an alarm for the next day and place it somewhere away from the bed so you can't just hit it and go back to sleep. Once you're up to turn the alarm off open your curtains, turn on the light etc and make the room as bright as possible. Light entering/not entering the eyes is part of what drives our body's natural sleep patterns.
Hope this helps.

Thank you for all of that great advice Dan! I will try those things.

No problem. Let me know how things go.