How much do you sleep?

[UltraBudgie]

Although I don't like to call it bipolar disorder. Because the cycle is more between introversion/sloth and extroversion/let's go hike a freaking mountain!

this used to be called cyclothymia but i think they took it out of the dsm because their werent any profitable pills for it

weird though i used to have that but it disappeared in my late 30s?

now i am both hypomanic and dysthymic at the same time haha!

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Well... good for them. Good for DSM? 

Though I think some time in the 90s they made a conscious decision to profit off adolescence.

For example:

Symptoms of Being 14:

Moodswings, selfishness, arrogance, anxiety, agitation, irritability, sadness, depression, isolation, risky behavior, self medication, need for validation and acceptance.

For DSM says...

"an individual must experience five or more symptoms of _________ during the same 2-week period."

Now all you have to so is OPEN DSM, pick any fucking mood disorder you want, and give them a drug that sounds like that road you pass when driving to Las Vegas.

"Well, it says your child has Antisocial Personality Disorder AND Oppositional Defiance Disorder. And these mood problems with your teenage child can be medicated now. 

I want to try this new drug from Pfizer their rolling suitcase sex witch just gave me a bunch of samples of.

I am going to start you off with 250 MG of Zzyzx to be taken twice daily."

For every one child that would benefit, there are orders more in unnecessary diagnosis to peddle a script.

[putnam6]

1/4 gummy and a few puffs, and I get plenty of sleep in 5-6 hours at 60+years old.

Heavy Duty insomniac, started at an early age, at 7-8 years old, I figured out that if you got interested in whatever Mom and Dad were watching, you could stay up.

Various injuries accident and surgeries all can and do affect the sleep cycle, mine got screwed up when was 13 had an accident and need multiple surgeries had my right arm immobilized against my ribcage for 10 weeks.

The muscle spasms the first 35-48 hours were brutal... if not sure what opioids they gave me, but pretty sure I had a baby monkey on my back when I got out. 

So I can get 4 hours sleep, if I make it to lunch, grab a 15-minute power nap, I can function.

[andy06shake]

Sleep, good topic. 8 hours of sleep always makes me feel terrible. How much sleep do you get and is there is cycle/pattern for your sleep?

I sleep 4hours at night, doesn't really matter what time. If go to bed at 10 I wake up at 2. I also sleep 1-2 hours during the day if there is chance (no set time really), sometimes I will switch the cycle.



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About 4 or 5 hours, and generally dream just before i wake up.

[KrustyKrab]

I’m lucky to get 4 hrs.  Hopefully that changes as I just got diagnosed with a fairly severe case of sleep apnea and I’m on day 3 of the cpap treatments.   It’s hard to get used to sleeping with the mask-ish thing on my face.  lol  But seeing that my breathing stops every 3 minutes at night isn’t a good thing either.  I was only getting 3% solid sleep according to the sleep test I did a week ago, so yeah I’m hoping things change for the better.

[Nerb]

Yes, not only an interesting topic a topic of total body and mind health.

Since retiring, my sleep pattern has become erratic, but I have the luxury to rest, nap, and/or sleep whenever the need arises. Also important is that I have learned how to not sweat that which I can not control.

That's why some times you will see me here on this site at 3 in the morning because I woke 'wide awake'.

I let my body guide my sleep habits and I feel good.

I too sleep erratically but usually with enough sleep and a little "drowse" given the chance. I am not retired but have the pleasure of working pretty much when I want and can afford to catch up on sleep if I have to put my nose to the grindstone.

The art of drowsing is something I have always enjoyed and is a remnant of my days "incubating" to sort through the poo of life on a few occasions. To be able to remain in a calm, comfortable and cocooned dreamlike state provides a smooth and pleasant start to any day. It's why I chose to leave the fiscal and industrious regimented life behind when I moved here to France.

One of the best inventions man has ever come up with is the "snooze" button for an alarm clock.

In and out of the silent realms,
No shock, no jolt, just me at the helm,
As I slumber to wonder and ponder and more,
In the halfworld I flow which I really adore,
And given the chance in that snoozing land,
I remind myself of this luxury grand,
And rise to a song that is stuck in my head,
That I sing when I finally rise out of bed.

[UltraBudgie]

One of the best inventions man has ever come up with is the "snooze" button for an alarm clock.

this is a very good point too, alarm clocks, i haven't set one in 21 years now

they are uncivilized so i stopped

imagine talking to someone from the 1600s and telling them that you have such wonderful advanced technology that you start each day annoyed by the blaring of machinery interrupting blissful slumber

[putnam6]

I’m lucky to get 4 hrs.  Hopefully that changes as I just got diagnosed with a fairly severe case of sleep apnea and I’m on day 3 of the cpap treatments.   It’s hard to get used to sleeping with the mask-ish thing on my face.  lol  But seeing that my breathing stops every 3 minutes at night isn’t a good thing either.  I was only getting 3% solid sleep according to the sleep test I did a week ago, so yeah I’m hoping things change for the better.

Sleep apnea is the worst,

[KrustyKrab]

Sleep apnea is the worst,

Yeah, it really sucks.   I’ve had it for decades, just recently getting the formal diagnosis and help.

[3rdrockfrmsun]

Until I had my baby boy, I slept terribly. Up all night, would get maybe 4 hours before the day began. It’s changed so much now. In bed by 10:30 and asleep by 11:15 most nights. He’ll wake me up at about 6:30 now that he’s sleeping through the night and I’ll get him back to sleep for 30 minutes, but typically I’m waking him up at 7 to get ready for “school” and myself for work. It’s wild actually knowing how normal people sleep lol.