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My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by dsr_ »

nulltype wrote: post #34
herm wrote: post #27

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I felt the same way until I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, even though I don't have any of the usual symptoms such as snoring, obesity, etc.

What was the solution and before vs after difference?

The first night of using a CPAP machine, I woke up in about 4 hours and felt like Superman. I am not exaggerating. I suspect I gained 20 or so IQ points.

After about a month, I merely felt normal, averaging about 7 hours of sleep a night.

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by jgrahamc »

jessepollak wrote: post #50
jgrahamc wrote: post #41

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What was the problem?

I use WordPress with lots of caching and CloudFlare, but for some reason the caching wasn't working and I couldn't get it up. Had to move it to Medium and will fix the blog soon.

OK. I work for CloudFlare so let me know if you need some help.

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by orware »

gk1 wrote: post #46

A few summers ago I lived in Seattle but worked in Bremerton, which is over an hour away by ferry. To reach on time I had to take the earliest ferry possible; at 6-something AM. If I missed that ferry, the next one wasn't until 1.5 hours later, which would make me very late. Almost every day--like clockwork--I got up slightly late, threw on some clothes, and went out with my bike. Half-asleep, cold, and worried about…

Neat to see Bremerton mentioned here on HN!

While I never lived there myself, back when my parents were newlyweds my dad transferred when he was working (for NASSCO I think) up to Washington and my parents lived there for about 5 years and my dad worked as a welder in the shipyards (my two older sisters were born there before my parents moved back down to Southern California...my mom couldn't take the cold :-).

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by jessepollak »

jgrahamc wrote: post #52
jessepollak wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use WordPress with lots of caching and CloudFlare, but for some reason the caching wasn't working and I couldn't get it up. Had to move it to Medium and will fix the blog soon.

OK. I work for CloudFlare so let me know if you need some help.

that'd actually be awesome. your email isn't in your profile, could you shoot me one at mine?

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by awj »

hanley wrote: post #23

I could be mistaken, but I mapped the route and it looked like his job entails biking 1.6 miles . Big whoop.

...and if you actually read the article you'd see that the distance involved is completely inessential to his purpose. Also, you don't know him or how many bagels he's hauling around. I can guarantee you that I can find a balance between any given person and some number of bagels such that physical exertion happens in a "measly" 1.6 miles.

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by zellyn »

kpapke wrote: post #47
sanoli wrote: post #42

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How was the diagnosis made? Did you have to sleep in a clinic, or at home wearing some analyzer machine?

For diagnosis you need to go to a hospital that does sleep studies. They will hook you up with a sleep apnea machine and sensors and they will monitor your sleep overnight. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at around 20, which is rare for a young, healthy person. In my case I think it's just genetic because my dad has it. But I figured out something was wrong because I would sleep 10-12 hours and still wake up feeling…

After I got married, and my wife observed my sleep apnea, I did a sleep study. My apnea was infrequent/mild enough that the doctor considered CPAP unnecessarily invasive/expensive.

She told me to take a sock, put a tennis ball in it, safety pin it to the back of a t-shirt, and sleep in that.

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by herm »

sanoli wrote: post #42
herm wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I felt the same way until I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, even though I don't have any of the usual symptoms such as snoring, obesity, etc.

How was the diagnosis made? Did you have to sleep in a clinic, or at home wearing some analyzer machine?

I had a sleep study done. Initially, it was done as response to high concentration of hemoglobin and low testosterone. I had been really tired for so long I didn't even realize how bad it was until I had my first night of sleep using a CPAP. The only way I could cope would be to drink caffeine continuously at work just to be able to focus, even sitting while at work was too much, I just wanted to lay down.

Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by tarequeh »

Sounds like the OP is happy with his schedule, which is great. However everyone needs different lengths of sleep for the body to process/release toxins. For me it's 8 hours at least to wake up feeling refreshed and not relying on coffee or other stimulants to go through the day. As for waking up feeling tired no matter when, the optimal timing for waking up matters and is at the end of a 90 minute sleep cycle (you need a few of those per night). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep. You can also use iOS apps like "Sleep Cycle" to aid you in waking up at the right time - really made a difference for me. Waking up to a screaming alarm is probably the last thing you want.
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