To begin, I have been living with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive sleep apnea (think those are the correct words) for a decade or so. Forgive me if I’ve used the wrong words or been more precise in the time, I have never been able to have a precise recall of any event. I use a CPAP machine. And now that the background has been conveyed – oh yes, I am also living through Parkinson’s disease – we can talk about my sleep pattern.
My evening routine is be in bed by 10:30 pm. At 10:00 pm I head to the bedroom. Last round of medications, prepare CPAP machine, and then sleep. My goal is to sleep 7 or 8 hours. That should put wake-up around between 5:00 am and 6:00 am. No alarm clock on the nightstand for a long, long time has been a great part of setting the environment for optimum sleep.
Then, there is Parkinson’s disease to contend with. I am not sure how much my restless leg syndrome or generalized tremors disrupt my sleep, but there are nights where my sleep will be more like two or three naps, stitched together with periods of no sleep between 4 to 6 hours of sleep.
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