INTPs being hyper after midnight

[EX1127]

After an occurrence last night I am curious if this happens to other INTP's or if it is just something my body does. But when I am sleep deprived I become hyper and I was wondering if this happens to anyone else? I was up till about 5 in the morning last night and was running around while everyone else was wanting to go to sleep. Now I did have about 6 cups of coffee but I do know of other times that the more tired I became the more hyper I became. But again I'm curious to see.

[LemonSqueeze]

yes yes that happens to me as well but usually around 2am.

I also get more amorous late at night.

[Ben]

I'm usually very active at night, especially 2-3 am. Most of my great ideas are conceived in that time frame, but it's a pain because I most likely have school in the next couple of hours.

[εmptε]

Now this is something I can definitely relate too. I'm very active at night. It just gets my body rawring. Grandmother says I should have been born in a different time zone.

[dan4ster]

Same here. I used to get away with it, but now I have no choice but morning classes :(

If I go to bed at 10, I'm good, but once it hits around 1 am, there's no stopping me for a few hours at least.

[εmptε]

Go to bed at 10? :/ Like 10pm? I tried that once. Woke up at 3am wide wake and couldn't go back to sleep till 8-9 in the morning. It's always been like this. If I go to sleep before 3am I always wake up at 3am.

haha (the devil's time)

[dan4ster]

Yeah, I never seem to hit that time... usually midnight gets me enough so I can make it through the day, but still, I gotta be careful. Now, if I go to be at 9 pm or earlier, I'm awake at midnight. Can't seem to find the sweet spot :P

[εmptε]

If I go to sleep any time before 7am and after 3am. I'll wake up 6 hours later. However, if I go to sleep after 7am I can sleep for 9 hours easily. I've slept 12 hours before. Normally I force myself to wake up 6-7 hours later.

[philosophic]

I absolutely lose my mind. :P

I say and do random, stupid things I otherwise would keep to myself... which usually means I wake up in the morning wondering if I really did that. *sheepish* Ah well. The wonderful part of it is that I get really creative, whereas during the day, my mind feels fairly sluggish and blah.
I'm considering becoming exclusively nocturnal. ;P

[gnat]

Eh, I don't get hyper, as such, but I do have trouble settling down. It's like I get into this groove of internetting and I can't even think about going to sleep. But I'm not really capable of focusing on anything, it's almost like part of me is already asleep, and just the parts required for using the internet stay awake. I almost feel like I'm on autopilot. If I'm by myself then I feel completely emotionally absent after, say, midnight or 1am. It's just automatic. I'm not at all creative or productive.

When I actually bother to force myself into a healthy sleeping pattern, I do feel much better. But I really like having this period of a few hours each day where I can just switch myself off for a bit. It's nice to not have to think.

I never realised any of this until just now while writing this post. I think I just solved one of the biggest questions so far in my life: "why do I stay up so late for no reason?" Hm. Cool.