MavisBacon

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by MavisBacon 4y ago
Prior to diagnosis and treatment I was beginning to wake up up pretty much every 60-90 minutes through the night and then I'd do the only thing that helped at the time which is smoke some cannabis, fall back asleep, wake up 90 mins lat
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
This, definitely this. Though apneas aren’t a component, I have a severe neurological sleep disorder that went undiagnosed largely due to physicians not ordering a sleep study. Even a sleep generalist I saw favored assuming psychological in
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
The first issue with that is periodic limb movements (or PLMs) by definition can actually range from subtle movements almost like muscle spasms to large limb movements, so constraints would be limited in efficacy for that purpose specifical
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
had a polysomnograph (aka sleep study) done which allowed them to recognize that I was having these movements during my sleep. My wife had always assumed I was just tossing and turning constantly while awake and I obviously had no clue what
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
I guess my point is that although the LED lit screen was awful for your sleep, that's not to say it's an awful thing for all. When it comes to insomnia there is always a psychological component, which makes the wind-down process b
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
I can relate deeply to this. Spent the last 2 years trying to get treatment for what turned out to be a neurological sleep movement disorder with an insomnia component. Basically I have sometimes ~150 involuntary limb movements/hr duri
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
A lot of people over the age of 40 or even 35 are going to have trouble reading a physical text from a comfortable distance in light dim and warm enough not to affect one's circadian rhythm. Though I see your points and agree with aspe
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
I get where you are going, but there are a few issues with this, the first being that no screens after sundown is a wildly unreasonable ask in 2023 (especially for the types of folks who frequent this board), at least in my opinion. A lot o
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
Yes this has been my experience of utilizing atomic habits. For me it was all about understanding the how and why of falling into or sustaining negative habits, as well as how the opposite is accomplished, and used this info to modify my mo
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
my background is in harm reduction and as far as I know there is no credence to these tales. There are people in the U.S. overblowing the fentanyl situation either to stoke fear for some personal or political benefit or sometimes it's
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by MavisBacon 4y ago
not anymore, in certain parts of the country there is actually an issue of under-prescription of narcotics as an overreaction to the opioid crisis we are facing, with painkillers of course being the most difficult to access. Chronic severe