How can we adapt to the change of daylight savings time?

This weekend will advance our clocks one hour to accommodate daylight saving time, a custom in Spain is from 1918, with some exceptions. According to the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), our body has more difficulty adjusting when he feels "lost" an hour when the wins. For this reason, this time change involves more difficulties in adapting that which occurs in autumn-winter.

In the days after the schedule changes it is common for certain disorders appear motivated the mismatch between our biological clock and the actual time. "The feeling is similar to what happens to us when we travel through different time zones, jet-lag, with the difference that in this case, being only an hour apart, the disorders are less intense. Like travel, it is easier to adapt in those countries to gain travel time, "says Carlos Tejero Juste, member of the SEN.

The young, healthy people may experience tiredness, drowsiness, or lightheadedness certain disorientation, lack of concentration, energy, trouble sleeping ... However, the elderly or those suffering from neurological disorders such as headaches, epilepsy, sleep disorders can be hardest hit.

To prevent the consequences and adapt faster, the SEN should split the difference in time that our schedules are affected eating and sleeping, overtaking the previous days about 15 minutes our routines gradually. It is also desirable to avoid daytime naps to get more sleep at night and try to keep a regular schedule both in foodstuffs and in sleep, at least during the early days.

The positive part of the time change, according to Dr. Tejero, once after 5 days it will take for adaptation, "eventually, and to harmonize our activities with the times of sunlight, is also improved our performance."