In normal times, I get a pretty repeatable 5½ hours a night. That's with every piece of sleep hygiene I can think of, plus CBD to take the edge off the day and help me relax into sleep.
It's not enough. I can't stay asleep. I get up every day exhausted.
My circadian rhythm is a bit syncopated. 🙂 I'm groggy in the mornings, sleepy in the early afternoon (unless I'm fasting), and only really alert from early evening onwards. By late evening, I'm raring to go -- and that's when I'm supposed to close my eyes and go to sleep.
My sleep is a train wreck.
When there's stress, as there has been recently, with a death in the family, I sleep even less well. I've been getting 4½ to 5 hours' sleep recently. I've been considering taking an afternoon nap, like the old man I am, but it doesn't really fit into the work schedule. I haven't succumbed yet. 🙂
Oh yeah, and fairly often, I sleep backwards. You know how your sleep is supposed to start deep and gradually get shallower throughout the night? Yeah. Often mine gets deeper and deeper until it's time to get up. No wonder I wake up groggy!
Gabapentin has been vitally important for me to finally get enough rest when I sleep. Also I sleep in a recliner (not flat), and I must not be disturbed by noises or alarms to get that decent, feels-good-enough sleep. Unpleasant temperatures and other physical irritants (disliked scents, textures, pains, etc) can negatively impact my rest quality and length.
If I lie in a horizontal/flat position, I experience something called "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" which makes me feel dizzy as the room feels like it's wobbling around like I'm laying on a hard surface in a room made of wobbling jell-o. (vertigo, I believe, is the name of the dizzying sensation)
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