My first visit was purely intake. They gave me some tests and discussed the sleep issues. No treatment at all.
Yesterday was my first visit with the person treating me. She specializes in both sleep and pain, and acknowledged that the issues are related – FYI: The sleep center is part of the pain center.
She sent me home with a relaxation CD and with a sleep log. A bit difficult as I have to keep up with paper and pen, and am looking for an electronic way to do the same thing. Currently it’s downstairs on the dining room table.
She is having me go out of summer mode and suggesting that is a bad idea. She’s right – it’s always an adjustment to go back to school and isn’t good for me. It might be okay if I adjusted further in advance, but for now, I’m going back to my school hours.
Today is a little hard because I have endo. labs and can do them until 8:00. I’m going to come up with a different set of activities for early morning, but right now, I’m blogging and working on household finances.
We discussed why I have sleep issues – I told her I have always had trouble with that, and we worked out a go to bed routine that I followed last night.
All in all a good visit.
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