[Sleepybird]

Get a sleep study anyway to rule out anything physical.  I had sleep apnea (OSA) untreated for years.  I masked it with all kinds of pills.  The doctor would give me anything I wanted to try.  I had so many side effects from the pills that I thought it was dangerous.  The pills can make you think you’re asleep but you don’t get quality deep sleep.  Never once did my doctor tell me to get a sleep study.  My dentist is the one who told me to get a sleep study, and he was 95 percent sure I had OSA because of my teeth grinding.

Anyway turns out I had severe OSA.  Got it treated.  Then CBT worked for me.  The CBT helped so much.  I have got off all the pills.  I feel sure that both the OSA caused and made my insomnia worse.  But the CBT helped me overcome it once I got the OSA treated.

 

 

[Sleepybird]

I use it as a positive sleep thought.  I say to myself after a bad night’s sleep that “I’m sure I slept more than I think I did, and I can make it on that amount of sleep (insert time I think I’ve slept). ”

Then instead of obsessing on the bad night’s sleep, I refocus my mind on the fact that although I might not be feeling that good today, I did get some sleep, probably more than I think, and I will make it through the day.  And tomorrow’s another day.

This has helped me so much.

[Sleepybird]

have you ever had a sleep study?

[Sleepybird]

I agree. Sometimes a light sleep or stage one sleep is much the same as laying awake. Sometimes I wake up and get mad that I haven’t slept and I really have. I can tell by a little drool on pillow. Sorry for the grossness but that’s how I know I’ve been asleep.

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