Do a test for sleep apnea. I didn't realize I had apnea but my dad and brother had it, so I did a sleep test. Turns out I had severe apnea.
I suffered from massive procrastination and focus problems in the couple years leading up to the test. Once I got a CPAP machine to sleep better, it made a profound change in my life. Mental acuity, productivity, mood, everything was far better. Sleep is no joke. For about a month, my dreams were crazy long epic sagas as my brain caught up on REM sleep it had been deprived of for years. My bosses at the time mentioned I was like a different person altogether. Got great performance reviews.
So, just my tale on how I beat procrastination. Probably not what you expected.
The doctor first tried me out on a CPAP machine during a sleep study, but I couldn't tolerate it.
Eventually he made me an oral appliance (mostly acrylic) [0] that works great. It just keeps my jaw a little forward while I sleep. It also fixes my teeth-grinding problem.
I will always advocate for testing for and treating sleep apnea. Awareness has improved a lot but it was wildly undiagnosed 10ish years ago[1]
I use a different treatment, a medical grade mouthpiece basically. I needed to get wisdom teeth removed for it to align properly. Part of my daily hygiene routine now is keeping this thing clean
If I could go back in time, I would still get it as soon as possible because it gives me life and I would honestly ____ myself if I had to go back to living with untreated sleep apnea.
It's not even a 100% fix for me. I may try cpap again.
And my case was technically mild, waking up 6 times per hour during the night via choking on sleep.
It's non-negotiable to treat it imo. Having any treatment available at all is a miracle.
There's lots of causes for tiredness, so it may not be apnea, but if it is you should treat it.
I had light sleep apnea problems, it really saps the life out of you.
In my case it was probably a consequence of other problems (stress, schedule, very broadly varying work and sleep hours).
Daily physical activity and more balanced alimentation, maybe the ensuing weight loss, and sleeping with open windows, in different positions, and on softer mattresses regardless of temperature helped. I haven't run tests for a long time but it helped.
Yeah it's a thing. But the alternative was to continue on the road to darkness. At least if you get a test done, you can understand what the problem might be, or might not be.
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Do a test for sleep apnea. I didn't realize I had apnea but my dad and brother had it, so I did a sleep test. Turns out I had severe apnea.
I suffered from massive procrastination and focus problems in the couple years leading up to the test. Once I got a CPAP machine to sleep better, it made a profound change in my life. Mental acuity, productivity, mood, everything was far better. Sleep is no joke. For about a month, my dreams were crazy long epic sagas as my brain caught up on REM sleep it had been deprived of for years. My bosses at the time mentioned I was like a different person altogether. Got great performance reviews.
So, just my tale on how I beat procrastination. Probably not what you expected.
I read this all the time. But man, CPAP machines are so ridiculous. That's a high barrier to take for treatment. I wish there was a better way
Just FYI:
I have (treated) obstructive sleep apnea.
The doctor first tried me out on a CPAP machine during a sleep study, but I couldn't tolerate it.
Eventually he made me an oral appliance (mostly acrylic) [0] that works great. It just keeps my jaw a little forward while I sleep. It also fixes my teeth-grinding problem.
[0] I think this one: https://oralappliances.com/oral-appliance/sleep-well-applian...
I will always advocate for testing for and treating sleep apnea. Awareness has improved a lot but it was wildly undiagnosed 10ish years ago[1]
I use a different treatment, a medical grade mouthpiece basically. I needed to get wisdom teeth removed for it to align properly. Part of my daily hygiene routine now is keeping this thing clean
If I could go back in time, I would still get it as soon as possible because it gives me life and I would honestly ____ myself if I had to go back to living with untreated sleep apnea.
It's not even a 100% fix for me. I may try cpap again.
And my case was technically mild, waking up 6 times per hour during the night via choking on sleep.
It's non-negotiable to treat it imo. Having any treatment available at all is a miracle.
There's lots of causes for tiredness, so it may not be apnea, but if it is you should treat it.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19186102/
I had light sleep apnea problems, it really saps the life out of you. In my case it was probably a consequence of other problems (stress, schedule, very broadly varying work and sleep hours).
Daily physical activity and more balanced alimentation, maybe the ensuing weight loss, and sleeping with open windows, in different positions, and on softer mattresses regardless of temperature helped. I haven't run tests for a long time but it helped.
Yeah it's a thing. But the alternative was to continue on the road to darkness. At least if you get a test done, you can understand what the problem might be, or might not be.