https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-praise-of-sleep/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-praise-of-sleep/#comment-88318 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:27:53 +0000 https://livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=9794#comment-88318 I hear you!

]]> https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-praise-of-sleep/#comment-88299 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:10:47 +0000 https://livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=9794#comment-88299 I currently practice pretty much all of the tips you posted on good sleep habits. In general, I am mindful of maintaining many good habits for over-all health. But in spite of all this, I often do not sleep well, and when I don’t, I feel sludge-y too. A “good” night = sleep 11:30-3:30, brief wake-up/bathroom trip, sleep 3:45-6:45. Achieved maybe half the time. I almost always fall asleep quickly at first, but often do not get back to sleep easily after waking in the wee hours. I’ve heard that this wakeful period called “dorveille” used to be a normal part of everyone’s sleep cycle, so maybe it shouldn’t bug me. I sometimes think I fail to fall back to sleep because I am annoyed at being awake!

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