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Re: Sleep habits may have long-term benefits

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Post by drakonka »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #11

As a tangent, I got a new bed couple of weeks ago. My old one had been around for ages and was well past it's expiration date. It cost a small fortune but Jesus Herbert Christ on a tandem bicycle has it made a difference on how I feel during the day. I fall a sleep faster, wake up more well rested. First few mornings I was just sort of confused by the feeling of waking up profoundly physically relaxed. Felt very weir…

I recently had a similar experience with a new pillow. For as long as I could remember, I couldn't find a comfortable pillow. It got to the point where I just ditched them and slept without one. The closest to something suitable had been foam knee pillows, or sometimes a blanket rolled up in a weird position. A couple of months ago I saw a sale on Tempur pillows and walked into the store on a whim. Decided to give one of them a try and got one. Luckily, this one seemed to do the trick! I was surprised at how big a difference it made both with falling asleep and staying asleep better throughout the night.

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Post by 11235813213455 »

_fat_santa wrote: post #37

I've currently got two issues with my sleep: I'm a chronic couch sleeper and I am incapable of sleeping in. The first problem is most nights, about half my night, from 11-3am usually, I sleep on the couch before getting up and going to bed, I don't feel tired the morning after but I know there's an impact. The second issue is that I just can't sleep in, if I go to bed at 11pm, I wake up at 7am, if I'm out late with f…

I'd guess a good solution could be to get rid of your TV

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Post by rco8786 »

tempsy wrote: post #69
elric wrote: post #26

I'll keep saying it: sleep apnea is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated. I had so many weird symptoms for so long, which all gradually started to disappear as I started to get my sleep apnea treated. Unless you're fat, doctors will rarely even consider the possibility. And once you do get a polysomnogram, the usualy course of action is to throw a CPAP machine at you and send you on your way, without much followup.…

why treat “sleep apnea” and not the actual root cause? if you’re not fat and have sleep apnea, the other major cause is alcohol consumption/smoking. seems odd to treat the symptom eg sleep apnea and not try to cut out alcohol and smoking and then reevaluate.

Doctors aren’t typically incentivized to treat things with lifestyle changes. For better or worse, that’s something you need to self advocate for.

Re: Sleep habits may have long-term benefits

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Post by htag »

otachack wrote: post #47
Enginerrrd wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you care to elaborate? I've been thinking about this a LOT over the years. I feel like children were meant to be able to roam around and find different adults to glom onto until they're too annoyed and then move on to the next, all the while learning different specialized skills and niches to find one they fit in with. I can't help but feel that more-than-2-adult households would have a huge advantage in this era.

I agree with you so much. That's an aspect that stood out in The Expanse series. Holden was from Earth and was brought up with many "fathers and mothers" I'm assuming through a time where it was difficult to have children Looking at today it feels we'd alleviate a ton of parental pressure if we had households like that and not depend on the traditional couple.

I understand that in the novel series that sort of setup was encouraged by institutions (there is a vague mention of taxes), and in The United States this is setup is disincentivized by institutions. However if greater than two parent households was a genuinely preferable way to live I would expect more people to choose that lifestyle now.

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Post by elric »

tempsy wrote: post #69
elric wrote: post #26

I'll keep saying it: sleep apnea is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated. I had so many weird symptoms for so long, which all gradually started to disappear as I started to get my sleep apnea treated. Unless you're fat, doctors will rarely even consider the possibility. And once you do get a polysomnogram, the usualy course of action is to throw a CPAP machine at you and send you on your way, without much followup.…

why treat “sleep apnea” and not the actual root cause? if you’re not fat and have sleep apnea, the other major cause is alcohol consumption/smoking. seems odd to treat the symptom eg sleep apnea and not try to cut out alcohol and smoking and then reevaluate.

Bit rude of you to assume that I'm apparently an alcoholic or a smoker.

Nice illustration of my point that public awareness on sleep apnea is lacking.

Good luck figuring out the root cause of sleep apnea. Years of research hasn't turned one up. There's a wide variety of contributing factors (including weight, alcohol, asthma/COPD). But there's also plenty of fat asthmatic drunks who don't have sleep apnea. It's obviously not as simple as you're making it out to be.

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Post by tempsy »

elric wrote: post #86
tempsy wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why treat “sleep apnea” and not the actual root cause? if you’re not fat and have sleep apnea, the other major cause is alcohol consumption/smoking. seems odd to treat the symptom eg sleep apnea and not try to cut out alcohol and smoking and then reevaluate.

Bit rude of you to assume that I'm apparently an alcoholic or a smoker. Nice illustration of my point that public awareness on sleep apnea is lacking. Good luck figuring out the root cause of sleep apnea. Years of research hasn't turned one up. There's a wide variety of contributing factors (including weight, alcohol, asthma/COPD). But there's also plenty of fat asthmatic drunks who don't have sleep apnea. It's obvio…

Do you have trouble breathing through your nose only? Other issue is people breathe through their mouth instead of nose. Get some nose strips and tape mouth shut and train yourself to breathe through your nose.

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

theshrike79 wrote: post #78
vecter wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there anything special about your new bed that’s causing your better sleep or just the fact that it’s new and not saggy?

Everyone is different, I found that I sleep the best on a firm futon combined with a 2cm thick memory foam mattress from Ikea. If the bed is too soft, it might be comfy for a few nights but then my back and neck start hurting.

memory foam mattress of 2cm?

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Post by [deleted] »

clsec wrote: post #58
elric wrote: post #26

I'll keep saying it: sleep apnea is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated. I had so many weird symptoms for so long, which all gradually started to disappear as I started to get my sleep apnea treated. Unless you're fat, doctors will rarely even consider the possibility. And once you do get a polysomnogram, the usualy course of action is to throw a CPAP machine at you and send you on your way, without much followup.…

I'm not so sure, my experience tells me differently.. I am a thin guy with very low body fat. As soon as I told my doctor that I had woken up 2-3 times with my soft pallet dry & semi-collapsed, also that I would wake up regularly with a dry mouth, he immediately sent me for a sleep test. I went and did the test and the results were that I had mild sleep apnea. The sleep doctor told me that they were ordering a CPAP m…

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Re: Sleep habits may have long-term benefits

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Post by ano88888 »

elric wrote: post #26

I'll keep saying it: sleep apnea is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated. I had so many weird symptoms for so long, which all gradually started to disappear as I started to get my sleep apnea treated. Unless you're fat, doctors will rarely even consider the possibility. And once you do get a polysomnogram, the usualy course of action is to throw a CPAP machine at you and send you on your way, without much followup.…

I recently did a sleep test because i was really sleepy and tired during the say an my apple watch is telling me i have too many wake ups. My AHI score is 33 which is quite bad. I immediately got A CPAP (auto) and after a week of using my AHI is now 1.3. And my brain has become so clear and alert. I can't imagine how I lived before once i got the taste of normal brain.
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