rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 4, 2018 19:08:21 GMT -8
I really only get an acceptable night's sleep after several days of exhaustion. I'm really sorry to hear that, and hope you get some resolution of this. I went through a bad patch before Xmas. Much like you, I fell asleep okay most nights, but when I got up for the usual offices, going back to sleep would take anywhere up to 2 hours (sometimes meaning I never went back to sleep). I'm lucky in that most days I don't have a fixed schedule and can sleep in some if needed, but it was still leaving me tired enough I became depressed. I'm doing better now, for no apparent reason, but still have some trouble (last night I lost about 1.25 hours). And when it starts to happen, I start to panic "oh, no! I didn't sleep well last night, and now I've gotten up to pee and what if I don't go back to sleep??!" Counter-productive, for sure. A long, hard workout can make me sleep well (at least for a while), but usually only with the aid of ibuprofen to relax the stiff, sore, tired muscles.
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Post by ed84093 on Feb 5, 2018 10:43:24 GMT -8
Hello sorry to hear you guys are having difficulty sleeping. I don’t know everything but did work in asleep clinic for five years or so doing sleep studies. If anyone has any questions feel free to pm me. However I would say for chronic sleep issues it might be worth it to see a sleep specialist. They can screen for sleep apnea easily these days and might be able to offer solutions. Sleep hygiene is important and often overlooked as most of us have busy lives and electronics, especially in our rooms. Alcohol can cause some issues. As well as many medications. I would however recommend going to a sleep center associated with a university, major medical unit, and always AASM certified. Sleep medicine was a little unregulated when I was there, 10 ish years ago and some of the labs and physicians weren’t really specialists but were sort of moonlighting. All the best!
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