Hey. Thanks. I do a lot of these anyway. The only one that is hard for me to follow is only using my room for sleep (and sex, but I'm only 15, so not yet sexually active.) I never really have time to take naps. I kind of have a sleep ritual, but I could probably go with it a little more and see if that helps. I only drink caffeine once a day. (As soon as I wake up.)

I've never had trouble sleeping before this. Not even in the summer time when most kids my age are up all night.

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Hello I am the one who wront the post on Turners Syndrome, Sleep Aphnea and Astma I have obstructive sleep Aphnea and today I just recieved my CPAP machine I am feeling great about using it here at home for my first time and am sure it is going to work great however I do have one question when I go for sleep studies it seems I don't sleep good like I do at home when I had my cpcp eval to set the machine before I recieved my own I only slept two hours any advice for being able to sleep in places you are not very familuar with because every time I am there I am without my pets and feel aniouse so they are not getting a full result because of my lack of sleep what can I do to make it so I will sleep better there have a sleep test comming up again with the machine in about  a month

Shannon

Hello,

I have another sleep problem at times, my mind just will not shut off. It will race and just jump from one thing to another and some nights I dont' sleep at all because of this. I don't belive it is due to caffeen, I don't drink much of that because of my anxiety problem. Do you have any suggestions thanks,

jmfroglady

thanks alot

i really have but after reading this page i believe that i will sleep well

and if it's doesn't work i will tell you that but i know it will help me to sleep in peace

Hi SleepTech,

I cant seem to sleep a full night....I'm up every 2 hours like clockwork.  It may be the meds that I am on but you'd think you'd sleep for a year on a days worth.  The insurance co cut one med down and now wont cover it which did NOT help the situation.  The temp one just clogs my head more and works temp, but not like the other one did.  Not sure if sleep issues focus around meds or something I am unaware of.  Have been tested for sleep apnea---dont have it.  An alll night sleep study that was fine--no seizure activity.  (This is a recent blog I posted and wondered if you could help--others suggested asking you so I wanted to ask you about this).  Thanks.

Melissa.

Isn't it possible that some people are just naturally nocturnal?  I have been told the above rules/guidelines my whole life. I can follow them till the cows come home. I *can* maintain a normal daytime schedule - if I have to.  But it's not natural, it never becomes habit, and my 'clock' never resets - it's just a schedle I adhere to if life demands it.

Below is a blog entry I JUST posted... which led me to you blog, but I'd like your take on the info too - so I'm sharing it in it's entirity.. feel free to delet it if you don't want it here. After I posted it, I remembered you commented on my post about sleep aids and thought you'd be the perfect person to add insight to this.

Thanks
~ Rosie

okay - the blog entry made my comment too long to post.. so I posted it over at my blog here titled Naturally Nocturnal People??

Something else that has helped my quality of sleep is wearing a sleep mask at night. I found a nice molded/shaped one that is comfortable and does a wonderful job of blocking out the extra light. I have fibromyalgia, and one of the worst symptoms is lack of sleep. Sometimes I'm up most of the night, and my sleep is then disrupted by the morning light. The mask is great for blocking the light when you have to sleep in normally lighted periods of the day.

Hi, my name is Kathy and my husband told me about a year ago that I stopped breathing during the night several times, every night and that I also snore. I talked to my doctor and she set me up to have a sleep study. What they told me is that I have RLS. Do you keep copies of tapes for over a year? I was thinking about calling them and asking for a copy. I can feel when I have RLS, usually caused by benadryl or other anti-histomene (please excuse the spelling) LOL, but the night of my sleep study, I did not have any trouble with my legs that I am aware of.  I am about 20-25 lbs overweight and I do know I snore. My husband walks in his sleep and does strange things. Sometimes he wakes up but other times he doesn't remember what he's done. He is going to have a sleep study done at the V.A. hospital here in Atlanta. I didn't have to go until that night but they want him there at 10:30 that morning. Would there be any reason they want him there so early? Any comments would be appreciated very much.

Kathy

I have had problems sleeping ever since I started working different shifts (overtime)  I am not working now,  but still am not able to fall asleep without a sleeping aide.  I find myself still waking up many times in the middle of the night.  I can't remember the last time I actually slept through the night.  It gets really annoying to constantly pop pills just to get some sleep,  I thought it'd be natural to fall asleep.  My docotr wanted me to take a sleep test,  but I never went or actually scheduled the test.  I wish I had now,  slepp is getting worse for me every day it seems.  I do practice goos sleep hygiene...what else can I do to improve my sleep?  Do you think I should go in for the test?  Anyways,  thanks for the good blog...

Take care,  Jeff