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I have insomnia. How would sleep tracking help me? [MERGED]
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Yep. I can't complain: I usually fall asleep very fast after turning off the lights and sleep very well most nights. I don't wake up well rested, though. But I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime mostly.
My lack of sleep is no doubt related to my poor mental health.
With implications like this it’s best to seek out a formal sleep study to control for variables and so the results are coupled with individualized advice. I’m sorry that things are so difficult right now. Reaching out for help, even this post on MR, is the way forward.
Thanks, buddy.
It’s nice when people make caring comments such as yours, here on MacRumors.
What do you do that you use an iPad Pro, MBA, MBP and an iMac? I have an ipad pro and mac mini and I rarely get on the mini. You must have a seriously tough job and maybe that's influencing your lack of quality sleep?
Part of my diagnoses (EUPD & OCD) is that I tend to exhibit risky behaviour, such as reckless spending, among other things.
I alternate between my computers.
My iPad is used every night, in bed.
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I feel you, I do also got EUPD/PTSD/Depression
Do you got medicine you take each night?
I have anti depressive pills that help much for my sleep.
One thing that’s horrible that I can’t stop have nightmares each night with or without medicine
I stopped taking my two antidepressants, and antipsychotic, because they made me put on weight.
They help, in every aspect, but I’m not having the weight gain.
I have already lost weight, but I have become very unstable (probably why I keep getting suspended on here!)
I haven’t told “the professionals” because I don’t know what they will do.
Detained in a psychiatric hospital, against my will, under Section 2 of the mental health act (UK.)
Then maybe try another antidepressant, I have two antidepressants and one antipsychotic.
It helps a lot, gained weight too but that’s the thing - do I want to feel better and gain a bit weight or don’t gain weight but feel horrible?
I think we may be going off topic.
I don’t want to get the thread closed down.
PM me, if you want.
I usually sleep about 6-7 hours and usually pretty well. I rarely wake up.
However, if I have too many liquids before bedtime, I will wake 1-2 times. I then wake up unrested and feel terrible for most of the day.
I’ve also banned screens from my bed and try to just listen to audiobooks or podcasts using AirPods and Watch(setting a 15-30m sleep timer for playback).
Lights (screens) ruin my sleepiness. But a little sound/talking helps me sleep, I feel.
Weirdly, I somehow don’t feel my AirPods 3 while sleeping despite often sleeping on my side. And they don’t fall out. Really weird. But that’s just deep/good sleep, I guess.
My biggest challenge is getting to bed at the same time as I’m quite often tempted to stay up and work or browse the internet. But I’ve found it’s kind of pointless as my attention span is extremely limited before bed.
But I feel like I stick to my sleep schedule about 4 out of 7 days om average. But I’m hoping to get it up to 5-6 this year.