[AncientMelody]

I've always been a fatigued person...physically I tend to be moderately active, usually exercising regularly but that's dropped off a bit. In spite of that I have a tendency to doze easily. I always considered it "my normal" until things progressed and it's obvious it's not normal. A sleep specialist suggested a probability for airway resistance/hypopnea (not quite apnea, but similar) but my at home study didn't catch it. felt better for awhile so I let it go but now it's back with a vengeance. I'm curently scheduled to see the sleep specialist again in late January and I suspect that I have a full sleep lab study again of me (all $4,000 worth-insurance won't pay it). I hope they'll do a multiple sleep latency test too, because I've no doubt that that will show up as abnormal.

It's so frustrating....all this time I've come down on myself so hard. ("Why is day to day life so hard for me" or "why do I struggle to see X number of patients at work when practitioners twice my age see more?") etc. I've been really hard on myself. but if I do in fact have a sleep disorder, these difficulties make a lot of sense.

Please don't suggest a diet change! I know good protein and low carbs can be good for energy. Already handled that one. Anyone else here without insomnia but yet never seems to have refreshing sleep?

[Skeezyks]

Hello AncientMelody: I'm an older person now & no longer working. But I've always been much like you. I've always needed allot of sleep to feel rested. When I was young, I could sleep for 10 to 12 hours straight... no problem. As I'm aging, getting anything resembling a decent night's sleep is becoming more-&-more of a challenge. I've pretty-much just come to the conclusion that this is the way it is. When I can't sleep, I get up & do walking meditation. I've actually come to enjoy this so much that, if I don't do it for a few nights, I start to miss it!