Maybe take the sudafed around dinner time? Idk. A single Benadryl (half dose) often gives me at least a few hours of sleep without the sleep medicine hangover when I have a cold.
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I assume it contributed, but it’s my cold med of choice and I use it often when I sleep, so it’s an unusual experience.
I’ll be taking some PTO today to try to feel better. Woke up feeling even worse! Wheezing and sinus pressure.
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Woke up at 2:30.
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Woke up at 3am, gave up after 35 minutes.
Running out of the internet. Might go grab coffee #3 and look at some work crap because I’ve got another 2 hours before I can start making a lot of noise around the house.
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I rarely have insomnia, but one thing that messes with my sleep badly is Prednisone. I’ve been up since 3am. This is the 3rd night in the last week where I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep.
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for getting-back-to-sleep struggles
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Might go sit in the living room for a bit.
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Hi.
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How you doin’?
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…yep
Wasn’t feeling well earlier so I took a nap. Now I have a headache and can’t sleep.
Too hot with the covers on, too cold with the covers off, skin feels weird.
Unsure if it was the extra coffee or lots on my mind, but operating on 3 hours of sleep sucks.
Unsettling dream about an alligator. Probably due to the snake sighting yesterday. Went out front door in socks, stumbled on a 3.5’ snake in yard. Didn’t have phone for pic, so tried staring it down while calling for wife to get phone. No one heard. Snake eventually got bored, and despite my advances slithered to hole by foundation of house, giving faux rattles of its tail while doing so. 80% sure not venomous, but atill don’t have a positive id.
We had a skin of a non-venomous snake on those bushes a couple of years ago, and the chipmunk activity out front has been a lot lower recently.
Been having periodic insomnia lately so have been investigating using some of those ring-type sleep trackers like the Oura ring (I used to have a fitbit style one but it was a bit clunky and annoying to wear).
Anybody else tried tracking their sleep patterns?
Tossing and turning for the last hour.
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Started to feel sleepy but my brain kept saying to not forget what I was anxious about. Got up to situate some details, thinking maybe then my brain would let go and sleep. Nope. Today should be fun.
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I look at my sleep score every morning based on my Android device. My sleep scores are often the best when I get sufficient activity (15k+ steps at this point) and avoid caffeine after lunch (10 hours prior to bedtime). It’s a 100 point scale and I’m in the excellent category (85+) about 40% of the time.
I have put in a fair bit of effort into this including consistent sleep times, avoiding heavy meals late, and quitting alcohol. It’s all made a significant improvement in my overall wellness and how I feel on a regular basis.
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