Well today I got my results from my sleep assessment 2 weeks ago..
and they have completely suprised me
History
struggled for years with sleep (approx 15yrs) sometimes can get to sleep easily sometimes cant, most of the time when I do get to sleep I wake up numerous times in the night and then struggle to get back to sleep, have now got stuck in a rut with waking up at 5 and not getting back to sleep
Feel constantly tired to the point of being drained, never managed to sleep / nap during day, can go for days with a coupld of hours sleep a night, have twitchy legs during night, have tried all herbal, otc stuff nothing makes me feel drowsy, am now on long term sleeping tablets (normally 1 or 2 max a week), dont have any caffeine (gives me headaches), drink plenty of water, at the moment dont do much exercise but do have a fairly active job
Results
Well apparently I slept for 6 hours ?, there was about 90 mins of stage 4 sleep in 3 blocks (1 hour and 2 15 mins), 2 20-30 min blocks of REM and the rest was mostly stage 2, he said I seemed to be missing a block of REM which was a bit of an issue for him
No twitchy legs at all, no apnoea, no snoring (ha stick that in your pipe and smoke it Dr shoes - who always accuses me of snoring - when its actually him!!)
There were 2 periods of about 5 mins each of wakefulness, which the consultant seems to think made me think I wasnt asleep and he reckons I have what is known as sleep state misperception and is referring me on to a sleep advice clinic
He definitely thinks I have a problem (could have told him that) but it isnt as bad as I thought and it should be able to be sorted out
So fingers crossed I actually get some thing sorted and get a decent nights sleep soon!
