7 hrs sleep in over 72 hrs
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My advice – try taking a short vacation, physically removed from your life, and see whether you don’t sleep better. Stress can keep you from being able to turn your brain off. My brother sleeps 3 hrs per night normally, but when he comes to visit me he sleeps 8. You may be putting yourself through more stress than you can handle; if so, deal with it before you fry yourself best – djw In article <1998050906050400.CAA28…@ladder03.news.aol.com>, kim1973…@aol.com (Kim1973kim) wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, this is my first post here; I am 24, married, and work a high stress job > about 50-55 hrs a week. I usually get only 3-4 hours sleep about 4 days out > of the week. When I get a chance to sleep in – I sometimes wake up every 4 > hours. When I first lay down – Im asleep in 3-5 minutes. When I get really > busy at work or home I tend to put sleep last. This past week I had only 7 hrs > sleep from Sunday morning thrul Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday I seemed to have > the most energy, then wednesday I felt really tired. It was mainly work and a > couple important social events that required me to stay up. On wednesday I > started having spasms thruout my body. Ive had these beforewhen my sleep > deprivation was really bad last year. Last year I had it so bad that the next > step was having anxiety attacks – not being able to breath without a struggle, > body spasms, and pains in the chest. I havent had these since last June, but > am worried that they will come back. > I was diagnosed with sleep deprivation in conjunction with depression last > year, and have been on a roller coaster getting better and worse since then. > I know the generic answer to this is – GET MORE SLEEP. Ive heard that. I’m > open to suggestions or advice, but mainly I just wanted the chance to talk > about it. > Thank you; > Kimberly Ann
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Hi, this is my first post here; I am 24, married, and work a high stress job about 50-55 hrs a week. I usually get only 3-4 hours sleep about 4 days out of the week. When I get a chance to sleep in – I sometimes wake up every 4 hours. When I first lay down – Im asleep in 3-5 minutes. When I get really busy at work or home I tend to put sleep last. This past week I had only 7 hrs sleep from Sunday morning thrul Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday I seemed to have the most energy, then wednesday I felt really tired. It was mainly work and a couple important social events that required me to stay up. On wednesday I started having spasms thruout my body. Ive had these beforewhen my sleep deprivation was really bad last year. Last year I had it so bad that the next step was having anxiety attacks – not being able to breath without a struggle, body spasms, and pains in the chest. I havent had these since last June, but am worried that they will come back. I was diagnosed with sleep deprivation in conjunction with depression last year, and have been on a roller coaster getting better and worse since then. I know the generic answer to this is – GET MORE SLEEP. Ive heard that. I’m open to suggestions or advice, but mainly I just wanted the chance to talk about it. Thank you; Kimberly Ann
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In article <1998050906050400.CAA28…@ladder03.news.aol.com>, kim1973…@aol.com (Kim1973kim) wrote: snip > I was diagnosed with sleep deprivation in conjunction with depression last > year, and have been on a roller coaster getting better and worse since then.
snip There is such a "bleed-over" between depression and sleep disorders that it can only mostly be incompetence to diagnose depression today without sending a patient to the accredited sleep clinic first. Your mentioning difficulty breathing even sounds somewhat like sleep apnea. There are so many things that can be wrong with your sleep. Anxiety and depression are often part and parcel of bona fide sleep disorders. However, the first order of business is to get studied overnight at the accredited clinic to see how healthy sleep *functioning* is. Once you determine that, then you can look into sleep hygiene and more psychological and nebulous components of sleep. Doug —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
