bookofdanielvol2 | Perchance to sleep (Reply)

As eluded to in my last post, late last year I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, which explains a lot of the trouble I'd been having sleeping over the previous year (and probably much longer), as well as other symptoms (chronic cough and indigestion, frequent nightmares/stress dreams, etc.) I now have to use a BiPAP machine, and while it took some getting used to, honestly it's been a godsend. I still usually wake up once (but, as far as I know, only once) per night, but I generally wake up feeling rested, which certainly beats the alternatives as I was so fatigued by the end that even driving in the morning could be scary. It's nice to not to be constantly nearly falling asleep at my desk at work, not to mention less concern with longer-term complications. And I actually generally look forward to sleep again.

For anyone who happens to read this and needs to hear it: if you have any reason to believe you have a condition like this or any other sleep disorder, get it looked at as soon as possible. Sleep is so important, more than you might even realize.