Absolutely get orange-tinted glasses or the flux app -
https://justgetflux.com/
**Can't recommend these enough**
These reduce the stimulating blue-light which you don't want to expose yourself too at night. Even if you are happy with the 2am sleeptime cutting out blue light from 9-10pm will help to ensure you can get to sleep at 2am and not lie awake to 4am.
I'd also consider the following drugs to reduce morning sleepiness - IF you can tolerate drugs without crashing
-Modafinil (provigil) works to increase wakefulness but it typically has to be taken each day to get effect. The bonus is it works within 30 minutes so the effect is pretty immediate.
So if you can tolerate it, what you can do is 1 hour before you have to get up; set your alarm and leave a caffeine pill and a modafinil tablet beside your beside table and take those both - that way when you need to get up you'll feel more alert.
The other thing people can try is wellbutrin (buproprion) - extended release. I started Wellbutrin (Buproprion) about 10 days ago. It takes about a week to start working but I found its very effective as a minor stimulant and wakefulness promoter and helping me get through things in the day. I've also found I'm less dependent on modafinil and caffeine now.
Although it can cause insomnia as well but if you have to be an early riser it's good.
- these 2 drugs (modafinil and wellbutrin) are prescribed for excessive daytime sleepiness and atypical depression.
I don't particularly like the name atypical depression but curiously some of the symptoms of those conditions are what people here complain about quite regularly (namely tiredness, low energy, lethargy and muscle weakness). My feeling is if you don't crash too hard after exertion and you tolerate meds ok these 2 drugs could be helpful. That said this probably only applies to people with minor/moderate/recovering ME/CFS that don't crash too readily.
Wellbutrin is considered an atypical-antidepressant - thus its mechanism of action is actually quite different from other true antidepressants. It doesn't effect serotonin, and has much less side effects and risks associated with other anti-depressants, i.e. it doesn't carry the increased risk of suicides that the other drugs do, doesn't reduce sexual function (and can actually increase libido), doesn't cause weight gain and doesn't usually cause withdrawal problems.
(Whereas most of the SSRI antidepressants cause problems with all of the above)
It works mostly on dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. This means it enhances cognition, alertness & vigilance.
Aside from that wellbutrin also has a mild stimulant effect so you might feel more energetic. Although there are plenty of people on the internet that report negative side-effects so personally if you try it I'd recommend the lowest dose (150mg day) and supplement it with 2400mg of N-Acetyl Cysteine daily as that is well demonstrated to reduce inflammation and has a calming effect on the central nervous system.