going to bed for the night consistently

Did so today. I didn’t get up after I woke up. I stayed in bed and went over them. Nothing exciting tho. I was part of a business get away. We slept in two sets of bunk beds and made spaghetti along with our business plans. But that changed to the Girl Scout camp and there were people more interested in playing with games than packing up, cleaning up and leaving. The over all sense I got was that I have grown up. At 65, it’s about time I’ve grown up.

I join in inquiring about our Lady Shadow.

This past night, I netted 6 hrs 25 mins of sleep per Oura. My lowest HR was better than usual, at 64. The sleep efficiency and restfulness numbers were also better than usually. That, even though I went to bed way too late. So I just treated my morning which started early as a blessing, as if I had suddenly been gifted what I did not deserve, having gone to bed too late.

I exercised in the pool in the early afternoon, then had lunch and felt that I needed a short nap. I swear I fell asleep because there were gaps in the audio I was listening to, but Oura did not pick up that nap. Still, I know I napped for a little bit and woke up refreshed and ready to handle the rest of the afternoon and the evening. I went out, came back, did some work, cooked pasta and heated leftover meat and tomato sauce for dinner, and now we will be a good girl and go to bed early. Plus, I am feeling better with bronchitis and it is now easier to breathe, so tonight I will go back to using the BiPAP machine.

Lady Shadow, how have you been? We are worried about you on this thread.

10:16 PM night-night

Went to bed at 8pm last night and got up at 6:30. I wish I could've gone to bed earlier, but there's always so much to do every night.

Hey guys! @Tart Cherry Jam @SquarePegGuy @Nammu

Just wanted you guys to know I'm alive! It's been hard the past week. I have a new psychologist helping me through some things, which has been very helpful. He's approaching therapy differently than others, focusing on the present and the future rather than the past. Been diving in deep in work too, my boss really is a good person, and I am glad I work for her - although thank God for disability because she doesn't have the money to pay for half of what I do, but honestly, I love what I do, so it evens out.

I went to a fundraiser this weekend and stayed over in a fancy hotel. It was my real first test in sobriety because of all the dancing and partying going on around me, but I met a lot of fun people and danced the night away before heading up to my room. I brought my trusty CPAP and slept all the way right up to checkout.

I have to say though, my sleep has still been disturbed, and you're right @SquarePegGuy I do admonish myself because of it. Around 2 or 3am I wake up fully rested, but then I changed my mask so maybe that was it. It could have been leaking and I didn't even know.

So good to see you guys posting though, I am going to do better, I just had a lot going on. So nice to see people who care and most of all, Happy Daylight Savings Time! (next week) I wonder how I will I adjust.

Going to sleep soon though - aiming for 11:30pm Bedtime

I imagine that this was such a big achievement, to enjoy the hotel experience and dance the night away BUT stay sober. Congratulations!

I woke up with the alarm at 7, thinking that I was well-rested, but after getting up, going through the morning routines, and having breakfast, I realized that I needed more sleep. And then I slept from 8AM through 11:43AM. I could not believe it. Is it because I am sick or because I am going back to having symptoms of narcolepsy? Time will tell.

I did use the BiPAP again and am glad I did. I also had a vivid dream.

Now, going to bed at 10:50 PM.

I woke up at 6:52 AM ahead of my 7AM alarm. Went through my morning routines. The first wfh meeting is at 8:30 AM. Oura registered only 6 hrs of sleep. I think I will need a nap later, but for now I just keep going.

I like that waking up about 7AM and actually getting up has been moving towards the status of a habit. I would rather do it every morning and then take a nap if needed later than have the haphazard waking schedule I used to have.

Remembered my dreams again. Was bittersweet as I lost mum all over again.

Tomorrow I need to get up early so I’m talking one of my extra ambian to make sure I fall asleep early. I pretty much have myself trained from midnight to 8:30 but I need to be leaving at 8:30. And as I’m a slow person I need time in the morning to drink my chai and just prepare for the day I need to go to bed early so I can wake at 6:30. I hate having to hurry. This way I can relax

I have been up since before 7AM. No nap!

I was tired enough that I could not start on an important project that requires deep focus at work, but still I was able to complete many other important tasks. Exercised, too.

Tomorrow I need to be up that early again. Wish me luck!

10:20 PM good night!

Despite not falling asleep until my regular time of midnight I was able to get up early. I have about 15 minutes before I have to leave. I recall waking often during the night but feel pretty rested. We’ll see how the day goes. I won’t get back until late.

Last night was rough. I stayed up way too late on the phone. My ex is missing again. He's been gone for two days now. He always seems to show up somewhere after a binge, but I am so sick and tired of this game where he just goes and does his drugs all night not giving a damn about anyone else who is worried for his well-being. Suffice to say, it has affected my sleep tremendously. I was tired all day and barely got any work done.

Going to try and sleep now and hopefully, I sleep all night.

At some point you will need to accept that he is a big boy. A troubled big boy, but still a big boy.

10:42 PM good night

I had a good day. I did not need a nap. I had a difficult but short time when right after lunch I started feeling sleepy while passively attending a webinar over ZOOM, but later, as soon as I switched to being actively involved in my work, that temporary sleepiness went away. And it was not particular bad, either. Just could not help closing my eyes a few times during the webinar.

I was moderately productive and managed to fit in a whole evening of exercise, sauna and stream room in the evening.
Last time, I had a very vivid and very difficult dream. Everyone was against me, including people who normally loved me. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I had to convince myself that it had been a dream and that I was not obligated to continue with that dream.

but in the morning, I had an unusually high sleep score on Oura – 82 – and lately I was in the 60s mostly. Oura asked me to tag what happened yesterday that might have helped the unusually high score. I tagged a hot shower, sauna and steam room. Oura responded by saying that users who tag steam room see a 2% increase in REM. Well, we will see if I continuously dream more after staying in the steam room.

Welcome back! I like your T already It sounds like you had a great experience at the fundraiser; so glad!

I've started DST in my own personal time zone this week, sort of. I've been alternating getting up at 5am and 6:30am -- I wake up easily at both times. They're 90 minutes apart, which is the length of the average sleep cycle (according to experts). On one of my 5am days, I felt tired as soon as I got to work. I haven't felt like that in a long time. I'm guessing I really do need to sleep for about 8 hours.

I think I'll be getting to bed by 10:15pm, and I'll let myself sleep until 6:30am tomorrow.

Thanks so much @SquarePegGuy !! I think this new therapist is really going to work out. @Tart Cherry Jam - this boy is too much of a manchild to ever grow up - but I am a firm believer that we don't choose who we fall in love with really hard. This will take a long time to break free from. Had a great meeting with a new health/wellness coach today that I met at the fundraiser, so things are progressing well!

Going to try and go to bed early tonight, been doing pretty good even though it's been tough to fall asleep. I said I wanted to spend more time away from the computer, but I just bought myself a big new shiny one! Lol. I get it Saturday.

Hope everyone has been sleeping well. Will check in more often, I promise!

Have been up since 7AM. No nap. Did not need one. Revved up all day but restorative yoga in the evening slowed me down. Hope to be able to sleep fine without Lybalvi.

Tomorrow, will go get a data download from the DME provider and then see the sleep psychologist. She will show me how she read the report and I will tell you guys everything I have learned.

Good night.

11:10 PM

So the next chapter for me, it has been confirmed, is to experiment with the mask fit and reduce the severity of leaks. Which is something you guys have already told me a number of times. I need that software. Will follow through.

Can’t wait until spring forward. Despite having blackout curtains the sun wakes me up too early on sunny days and I can’t get back to sleep. This morning I was awake much too early. Was up for about an hour and a half then went back to bed was able to do some lucid dreaming. Had a really cool dream of looking for a mall downtown St Paul. But instead there was a tween dance club at the mall entrance and no door to the mall. So I dreamed it was only midafternoon and there weren’t a lot of kids yet and decided to try the emptier side of the club to see if there was an entrance to the mall in back. I was stopped by two very young police officers in swat outfits with machine guns. We talked and they convinced me I was hallucinating the mall and I had dementia cause I was so old. I turned around and walked outside where I wondered aimlessly. Then I realized the youth were pulling one over on me and turned back around but before I could find out what happened next I woke up. It was only a half hour later but the dream seamed so much longer. I felt rested and was able to do what I had planed, laundry! And watching a movie with friends. Now it’s 9 pm and I’m wide awake

Cool, Nammu. I used to have lucid dreams when I was in my early 20s. I'm too tired to have them now, though.

So I went to bed 30 minutes after I said I would last night; I think I'll get to bed by 10:30 tonight. I work from home tomorrow, so I can sleep later if I need to.

Toodles!

It happens to me, too, when I think the dream was so very long but in reality a short time passed. It reminds me of the first book in the Narnia series: Lucy spends hours in Narnia but back in England, she was only gone momentarily.

Last night, went to bed at 10:30 pm

During the night, woke up twice.

This morning, woke up before the 7am alarm but managed to actually get up at 7:12 am.

There are a lot of things I need to accomplish today, but I won't rush into action. I will start the morning by doing a few stretches.

I ended up needing 2 naps today, one in the early afternoon and the other in the evening. I needed them in order to do focused work. I had a deadline: midnight tonight. I have just submitted all the work, a little bit before the deadline. I am now very sleepy, despite the late nap, and am going to bed right now.

Good night! 11:30 PM.

It's basically 10:13pm now (even though it's only 9:13pm EST). Why not start DST the night before?