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52 Card Project 2021: Week 37: Reveille
Sep. 15th, 2021 08:03 pmThe CPAP machine has not solved my sleep disturbances. I still wake up multiple times a night, sometimes lying awake for hours. Sometimes I conk out and fall into bed as early as 6:30 pm; other days I can't fall asleep until after 2:00 a.m. The fact that the problems have continued has been a rather crushing disappointment. I had SO hoped that going on CPAP would make the insomnia go away, but alas, it hasn't.
I finally got in for a video appointment this week with an insomnia specialist. After reviewing my sleep diary, he determined I was sleeping (with wild variations) an average of 6 1/2 hours a night. So he gave me a set time of seven hours--I am to get into bed at exactly 11:30 pm and get out of bed at exactly 6:30 a.m., in an effort to re-set my internal hormonal alarms. He warned me that this would be rather difficult at first (in fact, he dubbed the regime "Sleep Boot Camp.") But if I stick to it, it should put enough pressure on my physiology and reset my hormonal clock sufficiently that my body will actually sleep when I'm in bed. Hopefully.
Last night was the first night. I gotta say, it was really tough to stay awake until 11:30 p.m. when I was dying to get into bed at 8:30 p.m. I wonder how long it will take me to adjust.
If I hadn't decided at the beginning of the year that each collage card title should be one word, "Sleep Boot Camp" would be this week's collage title. I mulled over the problem for a while and finally hit upon the word "Reveille." That made me think of the Andrews Sisters, and their song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Maybe having my own personal trumpeter would make it easier for me to get out of bed on the mornings that I'm groggy because I've only slept four hours.
Reveille
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.
I finally got in for a video appointment this week with an insomnia specialist. After reviewing my sleep diary, he determined I was sleeping (with wild variations) an average of 6 1/2 hours a night. So he gave me a set time of seven hours--I am to get into bed at exactly 11:30 pm and get out of bed at exactly 6:30 a.m., in an effort to re-set my internal hormonal alarms. He warned me that this would be rather difficult at first (in fact, he dubbed the regime "Sleep Boot Camp.") But if I stick to it, it should put enough pressure on my physiology and reset my hormonal clock sufficiently that my body will actually sleep when I'm in bed. Hopefully.
Last night was the first night. I gotta say, it was really tough to stay awake until 11:30 p.m. when I was dying to get into bed at 8:30 p.m. I wonder how long it will take me to adjust.
If I hadn't decided at the beginning of the year that each collage card title should be one word, "Sleep Boot Camp" would be this week's collage title. I mulled over the problem for a while and finally hit upon the word "Reveille." That made me think of the Andrews Sisters, and their song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Maybe having my own personal trumpeter would make it easier for me to get out of bed on the mornings that I'm groggy because I've only slept four hours.
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.