• crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I thought I had sleep apnea for sure, so I went in and I had a couple sleep studies done. Negative for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, so they ordered an arterial blood gas. All my levels came back perfect, so they referred me to an ENT because they did catch a lot of snoring. Five minutes with the ENT and they saw I have a badly deviated septum that pretty much keeps me from breathing through my right nostril. So now I’m on a trial of breathing strips at night to see if surgery will be a good option.

  • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Sleep debt is real. Take notes about how you feel. Get a good nights sleep for a week, and take notes again. You’ll see a difference. Self care isn’t like filling a gas tank or taking out the trash, you have to maintain consistency to see the benefits, and once you do, you will.

  • BartyDeCanter@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m on stimulants that require not just a prescription, but approval from the manufacturer, quarterly check ins and ekgs. It’s now two in the afternoon and I’m hoping I can make it until three before I have to take my second nap. I’ve been at a friends house for a mid-morning coffee, and after the second cup taken a nap in their guest room. I know exactly what I can and can’t do at finely defined levels of sleepiness. I know what it feels like when part of my brain is asleep but I’m still waking around because I have to feed the pets before I go to bed. I’ve woken up from a nap, drank a monster, had a one hour job interview and then gone back to sleep right after. I experience levels of tiredness every day that you can’t imagine and there are no words for.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You feel like this because you subsist on caffeine.

    You’re addicted and you experience withdrawal symptoms whenever you wake up because at that point you haven’t had your drug in several hours.

    • wet_bones@lemmy.4d2.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yep. If you feel like this no matter how many hours of sleep you’re getting, you should have a sleep study done. Apnea can kill you, no shit.

  • Björn@swg-empire.de
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    2 months ago

    I’m disabled and unshackled by society’s notions of time. So I go to sleep when I’m tired and wake up when I’m done. I often sleep for 10-12 hours.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Idk, for me it changes around 5h. <5h I literally cannot get up. >5h and I somehow manage to get through the day