Re: Sleep (was curves & drugs)

[Guest guest]

I've never been a " normal " sleeper. Always been a " nite owl. " Have had 41

years of verbal abuse about it from DH: " if you'd just go to bed at a normal

hour..........etc " . Doing that never solved any of my sleep problems. I have

no trouble falling asleep once I'm actually tired enuf to hit the sack. But

that point comes at all kinds of weird times: 3am, 4am, 6pm, 10pm, 2 pm--u

name it; it's been my " bedtime " at some point. For years, I HAD to try to fit

into a " normal " sleep routine. Ya can't go to work at 7am every day if you've

only been in bed since 4am, yanno? But I suffered greatly all those working

years, bcuz I just was NOT doing what my body seemed to want. Consequently

got by most of the time on 4 or 5 hours of sleep a nite. Now I'm reading in

lotsa different places that less than 8 hrs a nite causes diabetes, obesity,

heart disease, etc. Was my lack of sleep a contributing factor to my diabetes

and obesity? Jeez, I'd rather believe THAT than it was all just due to my

weak character and inability to control my eating!

Several months before I even considered WLS, I was dx'd with OSN. Bipap (cpap

didn't let me exhale properly) was a Godsend and worked wonders. Since

surgery, I can't tolerate the darned thing at all, makes me feel like I'm

choking, no matter how they adjust the setting. Pulmonologist says I still

have some residual apnea and would benefit from it, but isn't pushing me on

it at all. I sleep anywhere from zero to 10 hours a nite (yes, I STILL pull

an all-nighter occasionally). I go to bed whenever I feel I need to and to

heck with what's NORMAL. I have more energy than I had in my 20's even, and

have told DH to buzz off when he gets on my case: that just bcuz I don't have

the same sleep patterns HE does, doesn't make me a second-class citizen or a

nut-case or an aberrant life-form of any sort.

Here's to doing what works for YOU.

Carol A

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In a message dated 5/20/2003 10:58:28 AM Central Daylight Time,

navwriter@... writes:

> For me, I may not ever sleep like I see others do. That is okay. I need to

> sleep like what is best and most efficient for me. I need to be aware that

> I may not be able to have the same routine as someone else and that

> regimens

> may be more difficult for me to conform to.

[Guest guest]

I use to thing I knew what normal was. Up until my mid 20's I was an

early bird. One of those that could get up at 5:30 in the morning as

happy as a lark. My morning get up time started becoming later although

I was still more of a morning person then a night owl. Then, at 33, I

went back to school. I felt like the Winchell's donut man (didn't know

if I was coming or going.) My classes were 9:30 to 4:00 Mon thru

Thursday. My work hours were midnight to 8 am Friday, Saturday, Sunday

morning. After that I was so much better doing shift work where my shift

started after 12 pm. I am getting closer to normal hours now.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Tue, 20 May 2003 13:51:59 EDT tuesdynite@... writes:

> I've never been a " normal " sleeper. Always been a " nite owl. " Have

> had 41

> years of verbal abuse about it from DH: " if you'd just go to bed at

> a normal

> hour..........etc " . Doing that never solved any of my sleep

> problems. I have

> no trouble falling asleep once I'm actually tired enuf to hit the

> sack. But

> that point comes at all kinds of weird times: 3am, 4am, 6pm, 10pm, 2

> pm--u

> name it; it's been my " bedtime " at some point. For years, I HAD to

> try to fit

> into a " normal " sleep routine. Ya can't go to work at 7am every day

> if you've

> only been in bed since 4am, yanno? But I suffered greatly all those

> working

> years, bcuz I just was NOT doing what my body seemed to want.

> Consequently

> got by most of the time on 4 or 5 hours of sleep a nite. Now I'm

> reading in

> lotsa different places that less than 8 hrs a nite causes diabetes,

> obesity,

> heart disease, etc. Was my lack of sleep a contributing factor to my

> diabetes

> and obesity? Jeez, I'd rather believe THAT than it was all just due

> to my

> weak character and inability to control my eating!

>

> Several months before I even considered WLS, I was dx'd with OSN.

> Bipap (cpap

> didn't let me exhale properly) was a Godsend and worked wonders.

> Since

> surgery, I can't tolerate the darned thing at all, makes me feel

> like I'm

> choking, no matter how they adjust the setting. Pulmonologist says I

> still

> have some residual apnea and would benefit from it, but isn't

> pushing me on

> it at all. I sleep anywhere from zero to 10 hours a nite (yes, I

> STILL pull

> an all-nighter occasionally). I go to bed whenever I feel I need to

> and to

> heck with what's NORMAL. I have more energy than I had in my 20's

> even, and

> have told DH to buzz off when he gets on my case: that just bcuz I

> don't have

> the same sleep patterns HE does, doesn't make me a second-class

> citizen or a

> nut-case or an aberrant life-form of any sort.

>

> Here's to doing what works for YOU.

>

> Carol A

> --------------------------------------

>

> In a message dated 5/20/2003 10:58:28 AM Central Daylight Time,

> navwriter@... writes:

>

> > For me, I may not ever sleep like I see others do. That is okay.

> I need to

> > sleep like what is best and most efficient for me. I need to be

> aware that

> > I may not be able to have the same routine as someone else and

> that

> > regimens

> > may be more difficult for me to conform to.

>

>

>

>