I sleep less than I thought
For the past several months, I have kept a record of my sleep habits using the Alertness Diary. I can’t believe how little sleep I actually get and how little time I actually spend in bed. I seem to generally get between 5 and 7 hours during the week, and then on the weekend, I am so tired that I need to sleep a lot to pay the accumulated sleep debt. I definitely need to improve my sleep habits.
Combined with my severe sleep apnea, I don’t get much sleep at all.
aroundnaround said,
June 13, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Wow! Yeah… 5 to 7 hours is not a whole lot of sleep. Sounds like you got yourself into a fairly vicious cycle. It might be tough to break, but if you can, it will be well worth it.
Sleep deprivation is a real life robber – saps you of energy, mood… it’s completely yucky.
Up until about 4 years ago, I did not realize I was sleep deprived and once placed on medications to rectify that, I felt like a whole new world opened up for me. I hope you are able to get it all sorted out.
I can only imagine that the sleep apnea makes things all the more complicated.
Good luck.