Sleep is difficult for me, as it is for my dad. Being shomer brit doesn’t help. When I sleep on my side, I have mild sleep apnea and when I sleep on my back, I have moderate sleep apnea. To diminish this, I’m committed to losing weight and exercising more.
When I go to bed around 10 pm, I’ll usually have trouble falling asleep, then wake up around 1 am for an hour or two. So following the advice of the experts, when I can’t sleep, I get up and try to read. If I’m too tired to read but can’t sleep, I watch Netflix until exhausted and can’t keep my eyes open anymore. So I find by staying up late watching Netflix, when I go to bed, usually around 1 am or so, at least I sleep solidly until 7 am, when I get up and walk for 30 minutes. Don’t let your bed be a battlefield. I try to use my CPAP, but often find it annoying, so my use is probably only half of the time. I tend to grind my teeth at night, so I try to use a mouthguard, but find it annoying, but even using it 25% of the time reduces my teeth pain in the morning. This is the best book on the topic.
Sometimes I get into good cycles where I sleep well for weeks on end. I feel great. I have much more energy and concentration. I’m happier. But most of the time, sleep is a struggle for me.
