chronic insomnia?

[The Ween]

I sleep about 5-6 hours every night, but it never seems that I ever feel rested from it. It was then I finally went to a sleep center for observation and found out I have sleep apnea.

So now I will be assigned a CPAP machine next week. I heard it's the best sleep you can ever get with it.

My brother has one of those and he hates it. It's loud and it messes up his sinuses.

 

[barryo]

no wonder were called freaks..................none of us get a proper night's rest and are a bunch of sleep deprived maniacs...........

 

[The Ween]

no wonder were called freaks..................none of us get a proper night's rest and are a bunch of sleep deprived maniacs...........

My bed is useless these days.

 

[barryo]

My bed is useless these days.

you just arent using it for what its really for...............................


















.j/k.......WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[creecher]

My bed is useless these days.

It's one of the first things to get rid of when space becomes an issue. That's what the couch is for.

 

[Wetanut]

My hubby has no problems going to sleep -- he just didn't get any rest from it, even if he "slept" for 10-12 hours. He has been on one of those machines for over a year. He has absolutely no problems sleeping with it. The only sleep position he can't do is on his tummy....and he was never a tummy sleeper anyway. He gets a really good night of sleep, even if it's only for 6 hours some time (he normally gets 8-9)...his body isn't struggling with trying to breathe through the night so he's rested when he wakes in the morning. His sleep is deeper and he now has more REM time. Plus, he doesn't stop breathing in the middle of the night anymore. (on his sleep test, he stopped breathing 78 times). We just came back from a 3-week vacation in Europe and he didn't take the machine with him. He was constantly tired; his sleep was so shallow that he'd wake up about 5-7 times a night...he had no real appreciation for the benefits of that machine until he quit using it for a while.

 

[Entropy]

Meh. I just stay up and make soap.

 

[El Roranous]

My bed is useless these days.

Why not jump on it... or maybe have a pillow fight?

Maybe practice your gymnastics on it? You could also put up some walls around it, throw in some balls, and use it as a ball pit- oh fun!

 

[The Ween]

you just arent using it for what its really for...............................



.j/k.......WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're absolutely right and I meant it that way too!

It's useless!

 

[The Ween]

Meh. I just stay up and make soap.

Do just make it in bars or do you shape it into different figures?

 

[The Ween]

My hubby has no problems going to sleep -- he just didn't get any rest from it, even if he "slept" for 10-12 hours. He has been on one of those machines for over a year. He has absolutely no problems sleeping with it. The only sleep position he can't do is on his tummy....and he was never a tummy sleeper anyway. He gets a really good night of sleep, even if it's only for 6 hours some time (he normally gets 8-9)...his body isn't struggling with trying to breathe through the night so he's rested when he wakes in the morning. His sleep is deeper and he now has more REM time. Plus, he doesn't stop breathing in the middle of the night anymore. (on his sleep test, he stopped breathing 78 times). We just came back from a 3-week vacation in Europe and he didn't take the machine with him. He was constantly tired; his sleep was so shallow that he'd wake up about 5-7 times a night...he had no real appreciation for the benefits of that machine until he quit using it for a while.

What causes that? In my brother's case he has a flap of skin in the back of his throat. Not sure what happens but he snores terribly. He's also a smoker which doesn't help.

I'm glad it's works for your hubby!

 

[Morbach]

I hate not sleeping lol you feel all energized and happy at first but once the tiredness kicks in you feel like a friggin zombie. It happens more than it should with me. I have to go to work at 4 in the morning and wake up at 3, and I usually can't sleep and just go to work and drag ass

 

[DarkArtist81]

no wonder were called freaks..................none of us get a proper night's rest and are a bunch of sleep deprived maniacs...........

I think you're right. We are up until the wee hours of morning, shunned from society... we ARE freaks.

 

[Morbach]

I think you're right. We are up until the wee hours of morning, shunned from society... we ARE freaks.

 

[Wetanut]

What causes that? In my brother's case he has a flap of skin in the back of his throat. Not sure what happens but he snores terribly. He's also a smoker which doesn't help.

I'm glad it's works for your hubby!

Combination of stuff. He primarily sleeps on his back, combine that with his weight gain through the years and his air passages getting obstructed = apnea. Plus for me when he's got his CPAP on ....he doesn't snore (because he's not working so hard to get air through his nose and mouth).

 

[uscmhicks]

05:18 am . I'm awake again.

 

[pmtz2005]

Now I know Im not alone thank god ...I work graveyard and have been on shift work for 4 years now. Typical day...wake up at 5p.m. leave to work about 10:30 to be there before 11, get out at 8 a.m. go home sleep about 2 hrs and do it all again. In fact yesterday I only slept for about 30 mins and thats cause my wife was driving. Theres days where i'll actually sleep about a good 6-7 hrs but those days are rare....We are not alone

 

[Ven]

I wish I had the strength to disconnect my internet... lol

 

[The Tuggernaut]

It's 1:06 am here.

I'm actually going to try and stay awake for the full 24 hours for once.

 

[Ven]

lol it's 6:10 AM here, and good thing I'm on winter break!!