I have Sleep Apnea and use a machine nightly, which helps my sleep 10 fold. However, during my period, I am almost an insomniac, and I can't fall asleep until the late morning, wherein I sleep until the evening. I'm aware my hormones play a huge component in this (I am seeing a new gyno soon to see if he can help me determine if my hormones are imbalanced).

My sleep dr advised me not to nap during the day if I can help it. I don't usually nap at all, but for three days of the month, my sleep goes completely whacky.....like it has its own Bipolar,

Today is my worst day of it, with body aches all over, and I've not slept since late last night. I have tried to sleep but had random things going on preventing it. I decided to try to stay up and get to sleep later tonight. Initially I got a lot of anxiety about this--the thoughts started ("What if this is bad? I shouldn't go so long without sleeping even though I slept til 9:00 last night. Is this considered mania? No, because I don't have increased energy. It's probably just my period, and maybe the Sleep Apnea too.). I've gone through these thoughts a lot today. And I finally decided, you know what? It's okay to be exhausted and try to stay awake to get my sleep cycles back in check. I'm not purposely avoiding sleep.

It's just a difficult feeling for me to be this tired because it takes me back to my awful sleep, pre-sleep apnea-diagnosis....and I just kind of get scared (will I stop breathing in my sleep? I'm wearing my sleep mask; I won't die in my sleep.), etc.

Anyway....I'm not hypomanic about it; I'm too tired and achy to be, But...I think this is a good choice I've made, and I made it on my own. It feels kind of good. Kind of.