icefisherman
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I've been thinking about some of my sleep issues lately and was wondering if anyone else had any input or wanted to share thier experiences with sleep.
First off I noticed a few years ago that i felt better lung wise when i didn't sleep much and since the wife left i can sleep what ever hours without distractions. Also i work nights and my work schedule changes a lot, but has been stable lately,so the last few months has been the first time in a long time i have had a sleep schedule.
I get home around 8 a.m. and usually get some food in me play some guitar then its a cup of sleepytime tea and i go to bed. I am always up before noon and hardly ever stay asleep for more than 2 hours. Then i get up, play some more guitar (wife took the tv so my guitar is my entertainment now lol), and get my house work done. Then i lay down a few hours before i have to leave. i either leave at 6pm or 10pm. But i don't use the tea because i don't want to be tired when i get up. So all in all i average about 4 hours a day. some days just the first 2 hours other days i may get 6 hours all together in two seperate naps. This keeps my lungs feeling good, and when i do get to sleep for 5-6 hours strait my lungs are full of crap and it effects the rest of my day.
Ok, so there is that which works for me but leads to my other issue that i really haven't talked to anyone about. I have very, very, vivid dreams. I have had for probably 8-10 years but its everynight now. I learned early to be carefull what i watch on tv and other things because I have had a few very graphic dreams that really upset me for days. That isn't so much an issue now but It has gotten to the point where I get confused about what was a dream and what was real. Yep i'm nuts lol. Fortunatly my dreams are just everyday life and work now and really don't have many nightmares, but i'll dream about buying something or putting something somewhere and a few days later go look for it before i realize it was in a dream that i did it. its never anything big just like buying egss, and feeling like making an omlet thinking youbought eggs and then you open the fridge, no eggs. On the other hand i remember where i put things that i lose during the day in my dreams, and figure out guitar riffs in my sleep that i work all day trying to figure out. So yeah thats not normal, strait jacket here i come lol. So any input? I was wondering if oxygen levels change much in your sleep and if that could be part of it.
Ben
First off I noticed a few years ago that i felt better lung wise when i didn't sleep much and since the wife left i can sleep what ever hours without distractions. Also i work nights and my work schedule changes a lot, but has been stable lately,so the last few months has been the first time in a long time i have had a sleep schedule.
I get home around 8 a.m. and usually get some food in me play some guitar then its a cup of sleepytime tea and i go to bed. I am always up before noon and hardly ever stay asleep for more than 2 hours. Then i get up, play some more guitar (wife took the tv so my guitar is my entertainment now lol), and get my house work done. Then i lay down a few hours before i have to leave. i either leave at 6pm or 10pm. But i don't use the tea because i don't want to be tired when i get up. So all in all i average about 4 hours a day. some days just the first 2 hours other days i may get 6 hours all together in two seperate naps. This keeps my lungs feeling good, and when i do get to sleep for 5-6 hours strait my lungs are full of crap and it effects the rest of my day.
Ok, so there is that which works for me but leads to my other issue that i really haven't talked to anyone about. I have very, very, vivid dreams. I have had for probably 8-10 years but its everynight now. I learned early to be carefull what i watch on tv and other things because I have had a few very graphic dreams that really upset me for days. That isn't so much an issue now but It has gotten to the point where I get confused about what was a dream and what was real. Yep i'm nuts lol. Fortunatly my dreams are just everyday life and work now and really don't have many nightmares, but i'll dream about buying something or putting something somewhere and a few days later go look for it before i realize it was in a dream that i did it. its never anything big just like buying egss, and feeling like making an omlet thinking youbought eggs and then you open the fridge, no eggs. On the other hand i remember where i put things that i lose during the day in my dreams, and figure out guitar riffs in my sleep that i work all day trying to figure out. So yeah thats not normal, strait jacket here i come lol. So any input? I was wondering if oxygen levels change much in your sleep and if that could be part of it.
Ben
Oh, and musclemania70, you're absolutely correct. I went through a rock bottom period in my life where I couldn't sleep at all without popping Tylenol PM every night. I actually ended up having multiple instances of sleep paralysis while on those pills, and I realized that it was only an answer for short-term sleep issues (Having sleep paralysis every once in a great while is perfectly normal in anyone, but the pills were making it happen WAY too often). Nowadays I sleep fine without them, once again. icefisherman, I don't know about that pillow, but I do know that I personally can't sleep on my back. I don't know why, but I can only fall asleep on my side or stomach (I feel vulnerable on my back). One thing I'll note is that while sleeping upright somewhat can be good for head congestion, be careful about your neck and back. Whatever works for you, though, go for it! Also, regarding vivid dreams in particular, I've had plenty. I also had a recurring dream one time that caused me to have my family cancel flight plans, it was that vivid and it corresponded to a specific trip (I have flown all my life, with a love for aviation/aerospace, so the whole thing didn't make sense and it subsequently caught my full attention). One thing I've also noticed is how you can get very vivid nightmares when suffering from a fever. It is insane, though, I've had dreams where I can smell, touch, and feel everything, and it's pretty cool. I've also had some dreams about a bad time in my life that really have me glad to wake-up and find out they aren't real anymore! Generally, deep, vivid dreams occur after you've been asleep for a while, and it's more towards the morning hours.