Category: Sleep

One of the side effects of sleep apnea going without treatment for so long is chronic insomnia. I’m VERY weird. My bedroom is at the front road side of the house and most of the time it isn’t a problem, but we had a drunk hit the electric pole across the street at 2:00 am which woke me up. Then the power company was repairing it the rest of the morning. Between the police flashing lights, the TXU lights, their trucks and the dog being scared, I just couldn’t sleep and haven’t been able to since.

I’m waiting for a few hours, as I am almost completely strung out, and I’m going to hit the bed and I’ll probably be okay as long as I can sleep uninterrupted.

My record was during the time period from the time my good friend Aubrey Hawkins was killed by the Texas Seven on Christmas eve, until about a week after they were caught. I couldn’t sleep at all then. And had trouble again when I found out they were staying at a hotel a few miles from the house. But I think just sleeping one night through will do the trick.

August 8, 2004

A good blog post on the dangers of sleep deprivation.

code blog: tales of a nurse: Sleepin’

June 15, 2004

The New York Times > Health > Restless Legs: Uncomfortable and Overlooked

I’m told that this is one of my sleep issues. I am wondering more and more if this is being overlooked.

I told the sleep doctor last time that I see no difference in my sleep whether or not I take Mirapex.

Unfortunately my husband has never observed the restless leg–he doesn’t sleep with me, he hasn’t seen it when he comes by my room when I’m asleep.

I’m wondering if it all means that the Mirapex isn’t working.

I finally got around to looking it up in the RIGHT place, and yes, a known side effect of Provigil is increased blood sugar.

I am DEFINATELY saving it for emergencies.

The secrets of sleep

Health education teacher Pacy Erck remembers what it was like back when Edina High School students had to show up by 7:25 a.m. “The kids were always very tired,” she recalls. But these days, Erck rarely has a kid nod off in class. That’s because in the fall of 1996, officials at this Minnesota school decided to ring the first bell an hour later, at 8:30 a.m. Sleep researchers had reported that teens’ natural slumber patterns favor a later bedtime, and the school wanted to ensure that its high schoolers weren’t being shortchanged by an early wake-up call. The change means that students average five more hours of sleep a week, and teachers can see a difference. “You don’t have the kids putting their heads down,” Erck says. “The class is livelier.”

My school district changed times for high school kiddos LONG before this research and I definately saw a similar change. It’s also easier on me.

Yahoo! News – Snoring Kids Do Worse in School, Says German Study

Makes sense to me.

Really good article and research results. Boy have I learned this lesson over the years.

Yahoo! News – When You Don’t Snooze, You Lose

Okay, this one goes with my carpal tunnel syndrome ….

“Yeah, duh? Of course they do”.

Wrestling with Sleep Apnea