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Post by lessingham on Jan 22, 2020 3:51:51 GMT -5
I have not slept well for 2 years. I can tell the time by the moon moving across the bathroom window.
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Post by Handy on Jan 22, 2020 4:40:01 GMT -5
I was off work due to an injury and watched the sun and moon go from one side of the window to the other side for a couple of months. Lessingham, I can relate to your experience
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Post by h on Jan 22, 2020 15:55:40 GMT -5
I was in bed with the lights out by 10:45 but just couldn't get to sleep. After laying awake for over an hour I tried playing games on my tablet for a bit. I got tired quickly and put it away, but as soon as I closed my eyes, the sleepiness went away. Tried handling my frustrations several times thinking that would allow me to relax and drift off, but I was wrong there too. Work sucked today.
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Post by Handy on Jan 23, 2020 1:07:43 GMT -5
H I remember recently feeling about the same way but for different reasons. I decided that if I go to bed at 11PM and that I am still awake at 3AM, there must have been a time that I dozed off for at least a littl while and actually slept some. I have a friend that claims she only sleeps 2 to 4 hours a night. I think she is a person that just wakes up too often. I suppose a "sleep study" would determine how much a person slept.
I have another night of trying to sleep in a recliner due to a medical issue. One cat likes to sleep on my lap when I sleep in the recliner. It is a little annoying if the cat stays still. I don't like it when the cat uses its claws that penetrate my clothes or when it moves around a lot.
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Post by h on Jan 23, 2020 8:08:45 GMT -5
Handy no. I was honestly awake and aware the whole time. Watching the tree branches move in the moonlight, listening to the fan in our room and the snoring dog in the next room, checking the time every 15 minutes like clockwork (pun intended). I get nights like that a few times a year where I just can't switch off my brain and sleep. I have to hit rock bottom exhaustion to reset my sleep. I slept better last night. I almost didn't and had a hard time at first though. I turned on YouTube on my tablet next to my bed and put on "Weightless" by Marconi Union. I kept the volume at just barely high enough to hear. 10 hours of peaceful sounds and that did the trick fairly quickly.
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Post by jim44444 on Jan 23, 2020 22:18:27 GMT -5
I have spent my life as a restless sleeper. Only rarely sleeping for more than 5 hours. Waking up multiple times per night.
However, I have found that 1 ml of CBD oil under the tongue at bedtime allows me to sleep for 7 to 8 hours. I think it calms the nerves and muscles so that small spasms do not awaken me.
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Post by h on Jan 23, 2020 23:08:44 GMT -5
I have spent my life as a restless sleeper. Only rarely sleeping for more than 5 hours. Waking up multiple times per night. However, I have found that 1 ml of CBD oil under the tongue at bedtime allows me to sleep for 7 to 8 hours. I think it calms the nerves and muscles so that small spasms do not awaken me. I have no moral issue with CBD oil, but my employers aren't so open minded. If that ever got out, I could lose both my jobs. |
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Post by Handy on Jan 25, 2020 16:02:24 GMT -5
Padgemi
Home sleep test last night. (Off CPAP)
I think I was up at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and finally 5am.
Same here when I do not use my CPAP. One difference is from 5 AM on I sleep until 8AM. YES, I am retired so I don't have to get up any earlier.
Some times on CPAP, I can go to bed and sleep for 4hrs at a time. I even had a few 7 hrs sleep time uninterrupted, but those are once a year events.
I recently had diarrhea to add to your listed sleep schedule (at midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and finally 5am) No CPAP then because I wake up too late and wind up changing sheets and the mattress pad, plus the other personal care activities. It is difficult to tell what is gas and the real thing when sleeping if I have the Hershey squirts, so waking up is a plus at times like this.
I hope using your CPAP eliminates some of the wake-up events.
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Post by worksforme2 on Jan 25, 2020 17:29:53 GMT -5
Home sleep test last night. (Off CPAP) I think I was up at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and finally 5am. 😳 Sometimes if I am really tired I have trouble getting to sleep. I read that Melatonin worked well to relax the brain and allow sleep to occur, so I tried it. It worked as advertised. And it usually keeps me asleep all night with no lethargy or drug effects the next day. The one drawback is it depletes Estrogen from the body, so I don't take it every evening. Just when I think I will have trouble. You might read up on it. |
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Post by workingonit on Jan 26, 2020 8:22:22 GMT -5
Home sleep test last night. (Off CPAP) I think I was up at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and finally 5am. 😳 Were you really awake? Like you remember? Or the test detected that you were not deeply asleep? The homes tests are not the best for detecting sleep cycles. Although they are reliable for apnea if that is what your doc was looking for. |
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Post by Handy on Aug 2, 2020 4:54:53 GMT -5
It is only 3:54 AM. I am off to bed.
Good to hear from you, AliasHelenT.
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Post by jim44444 on Aug 2, 2020 11:14:41 GMT -5
And install the new hard drive, probably time to do all of those things by 4... Hard drive? Is that an euphemisam? I have 2 Compaq towers that have not been powered up for years that have hard drives. I should send them to the recycle. Everything is now on the tablet or phone. |
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Post by jim44444 on Aug 2, 2020 18:38:40 GMT -5
@aliashelent, you realize that your inventory of computers officially classifies you as a nerd.
I have a windows95 boot disk. I wonder if it would work?
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Post by saarinista on Aug 2, 2020 22:48:23 GMT -5
Don't try it! You'll get viruses worse than covid! Let it be.
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Post by Handy on Aug 3, 2020 3:19:08 GMT -5
I might have a DOS 3.2 boot disk. I know I have Windows 3.1 disk set. Sorry, I save things but I did throw out all of my "share ware" 3.5" floppies in those hard plastic covers but USB flash drives are more reliable and handier. My main printer was built in 1996 (one of the better made printers) and works as well as when it was new. It also is low cost to operate and hasn't needed any parts since it was new. My printer does not have a USB port so I did have to install a parallel port card in my newest (2012) tower computer.
I converted an upgraded to Windows 10 desktop to Linux Mint just to try to learn Linux. I haven't done much with the Mint conversion.
I don't like my tablet as much as my laptop and my other tower computer. I like to use a mouse and a conventional keyboard.
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