you feel rested?
My GAWD! is that possible? I go to sleep and wake up more tired than before...sometimes.
I have 'cycles'. Sometimes I sleep over 30 hrs in a two day period...sometimes only I stay awake for thirty hours. I'm on a CPAP machine for sleep apneia....have been for a few years. At first it worked pretty well. At that time I couldn't stay awake for more than two or three hours at a time...
So something is off kilter. I told the doc last week...he gave me the standard answer.
I'm over weight.
What do they tell people that are NOT overweight, don't drink or smoke?
My wife complained that I stopped breathing during sleep now and then. I realized that when I wasn't breathing I was actually holding my breath. I was dreaming about being under water when I held my breath. Most of the time I was panicked dreaming that I'd fallen through the ice and could not reach the surface because the ice was too thick to push through. I read up on dream control and used it to stop dreaming about being under water or at least to realize I was in a dream state and did not have to hold my breath. Fine now.
The problematic thing for me at night is benign prostatic hypertrophy. Making me get up 2-3 times at night to pee. I got rid of it last year after I did a 5-day water/coffee-only fast. After my stroke it came back as a side effect of one of my hypertension meds. However, the keto diet is really improving it. I hope to be up once only pretty soon. I've had to get up once sine I was in high school. I'm good with it. Besides I like to check out the house in the middle of the night.
I do feel rested more than at any time since my stroke, but too soon to tell if sustainable. I just had a fat ball because I was dragging a bit. Good now. I'm fasting again today until supper when I'll have more sauteed veggies and about 5 ounces of sausage. The six pounds I've lost in the last few days is probably water weight, but that is good for my blood pressure. I've cut my pill in half and hope to halve it again soon.
getting the Dr. to de-prescribe medication is like pulling teeth.
Especially a VA doctor. I just did it and checked my blood pressure FREQUENTLY. My worst reading is always before I take the pill before ~6 am. Through the day I hover between 120-135/75-85. I got sick of my VA doctor and found another primary care provider. The drug coverage costs me $20.40 a month, but at least my new doctor responds to my inquiries and requests for pharma changes. She will also order testing based on my requests like for instance the LDL lipid profile. Large particle LDL is harmless, but small particles are the danger. Unless you tell them otherwise they lump the two together and prescribe accordingly.