Got the sleep study results back yesterday...
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... and the answer is... YOU SUCK AT SLEEP!
ahem...
The writeup report I got is pretty cool, actually. Numbers all over the place. The diagnosis is moderate sleep apnea with breathing stopping on average 16x per hour. Probably the more telling number is the REM sleep percentage. Normal is 20 to 25%. I had... 2.6%.
So everyone who's asked over the years if I ever sleep? I guess we know the answer now... no.
I'm going to go back in late September for another sleepover with the CPAP machine hooked up. Oh, joy. Yes, I know I've heard from many who have assured me it's not as bad as it looks, and it's made a world of difference. Still...
I also should lose weight (duh!) and... cut down/give up caffeine. GASP! That magical drug that gets me through the day! And apparently guarantees that I won't make it through the night, either... I could "cut back", but this is probably one of those decisions that would be better as black/white. I know... heresy on par with never having read LOTR... and I call myself a geek.
I'm still laughing at the EEG results, though... It measures the number of times your sleep is interrupted or you pop back up a level. They call this an "arousal." Mine were "spontaneous" in nature and no reason could be found as to why my "brain was arousing." I was having 53.7 of these "arousals" per hour.
I'm glad SOME part of me seemed to be having "fun"... :)
... and the answer is... YOU SUCK AT SLEEP!
ahem...
The writeup report I got is pretty cool, actually. Numbers all over the place. The diagnosis is moderate sleep apnea with breathing stopping on average 16x per hour. Probably the more telling number is the REM sleep percentage. Normal is 20 to 25%. I had... 2.6%.
So everyone who's asked over the years if I ever sleep? I guess we know the answer now... no.
I'm going to go back in late September for another sleepover with the CPAP machine hooked up. Oh, joy. Yes, I know I've heard from many who have assured me it's not as bad as it looks, and it's made a world of difference. Still...
I also should lose weight (duh!) and... cut down/give up caffeine. GASP! That magical drug that gets me through the day! And apparently guarantees that I won't make it through the night, either... I could "cut back", but this is probably one of those decisions that would be better as black/white. I know... heresy on par with never having read LOTR... and I call myself a geek.
I'm still laughing at the EEG results, though... It measures the number of times your sleep is interrupted or you pop back up a level. They call this an "arousal." Mine were "spontaneous" in nature and no reason could be found as to why my "brain was arousing." I was having 53.7 of these "arousals" per hour.
I'm glad SOME part of me seemed to be having "fun"... :)
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