MattF
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How come you're against using meds?
Guessing he's similar to I? If the mind or body can't generally sort it without anything bar minimal help, tough.
How come you're against using meds?
From my experience insomnia has a habit of ingraining itself, once it sets in it takes a long time to get back to normal. So when I see my sleep starting to slump I prefer to take benzo's (ie temaz or valium) for a week to stop that s**t restarting.Guessing he's similar to I? If the mind or body can't generally sort it without anything bar minimal help, tough.
I once calculated how much caffeine is left in your blood at night if you've had several coffees in the morning, using half life calculations. It's a lot, I don't recall the exact figure but several coffees in the morning is something like drinking half a cup right before bed.Drop the last coffee .., it lasts way longer than you think. My last caffeine intake is early afternoon at the latest
Half life is six hours (from memory). So after six hours half is still there. After 12 hours it's one quarter and so on.Yeah I don’t recall the numbers but it is crazy how long it can affect you for
Because your caffeine craving has been satisfied so you're getting a shot of endorphinsFunny thing is I find that a cup of coffee has a similar effect on me as a cup of hot chocolate or cocoa. Instead of the caffein making me buzzy, I tend to chill, and relax.
There again, I’ve always been an awkward begger.
And after that 5am coffee, I fall asleep.Because your caffeine craving has been satisfied so you're getting a shot of endorphins
Is that what they call "actigraphy"? A few years ago they gave me a wristwatch to wear which had a motion-sensor in it. You can buy these now, but at that time it was very new. So that monitored me for 24 hours/day for 30 days and then they down loaded it on to a PC and plotted the data. Clear as day, it shows I have this tendency to start sleeping a little bit later every day; so not a 24 hour clock, but more like 25.Here I sit in a local hospital, poor. I had to pay for parking.
But I am back to get the results of the test they done. Last week I spent the night wired up with sensors. Linked to an apt on a phone they supplied. Plus I spent some days wired up. The point was to see what the brain was doing at night, during the day. Plus what some body parts were doing.
Got to worth a try.
Interesting what they pick up. I never went for tests as the insomnia started at age 20, so was always assumed it's just what they call primary insomnia, so not caused by some other illness. Just had blood tests for thyroid.
Is that what they call "actigraphy"? A few years ago they gave me a wristwatch to wear which had a motion-sensor in it. You can buy these now, but at that time it was very new. So that monitored me for 24 hours/day for 30 days and then they down loaded it on to a PC and plotted the data. Clear as day, it shows I have this tendency to start sleeping a little bit later every day; so not a 24 hour clock, but more like 25.
Apparently, this is fairly common in people who are completely blind, but quite rare in sighted people like me.
Thanks, me too.hope they find something that can be easily sorted, wishing you the best.
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