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Beating Sleep Maintenance Insomnia
I read Dr. Krakow's SOUND SLEEP, SOUND MIND and grasped the concept about slowing brainwave activity for better sleep. I found myself not able to sleep through the night, so Dr. Krakow's book was quite enlightening.
Terry Vella, a poster on this site, chimed it to point out that sleep apnea is actually a breathing disorder, not a sleepdisorder. Great clarification! This explains why I'm not sleeping through the night (I have sleep maintenance insomnia) BUT at least am sleeping when I'm sleeping, thanks to my beloved CPAP.
I followed Dr. Krakow's protocol to help slow my brain wave activity. It seemed like a bit of an effort, although it was helping, UNTIL I figured out a much, much better approach for me, one that's absolutely delightful, too: I spend about a half hour before bedtime watching YouTube videos of adorable animals. I smile, sometimes laugh out loud, and end up feeling really good, really relaxed and really happy as I head off to bed.
I now try to break up my day two or three times with a few minutes of delighful watching. It's working! I'm sleeping for longer stretches AND falling back to sleep quite readily if I wake for a bathroom break. Of course, when I attempt to resume sleep after a wake-up, I recall some of my favorite videos: I'm convinced the imagining slows my brain wave activity which helps me dip back into sleep. It's WONDERFUL!
Maybe my experience will help someone else. To get started, below are a few favorite videos. If you try this approach, you'll uncover some of your own favorites so for now, consider these as "starters":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnnR4-bflU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssa7LMeC_Bw&feature=fvwp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8b5v4USEWY&list=PLAF59551C43B5...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=XFl9...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZES1UYO-SI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_7jaJV2DE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=PkUVnYG27Vc&a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZn481BwyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ISzf2pryI&feature=endscreen
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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Zollistar, what a good idea! The music is nice and relaxing on some of them.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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Apnea is not a breathing disorder. It actually has very little to do with pulmonary function short of causing O2 desaturations. Sleep apnea is a neuromuscular sleep disorder. Central sleep a[nea is a breathing disorder.
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Permalink Reply by ZolliStar on
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Thanks for the clarification, Rock.
RockRpsgt said:Apnea is not a breathing disorder. It actually has very little to do with pulmonary function short of causing O2 desaturations. Sleep apnea is a neuromuscular sleep disorder. Central sleep a[nea is a breathing disorder.
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Not a problem, Z. It's important to know and can take a minute to wrap your head around. I know it did for me. Very few sleep disorders fall into a "breathing disorder" catagory.
ZolliStar said:Thanks for the clarification, Rock.
RockRpsgt said:Apnea is not a breathing disorder. It actually has very little to do with pulmonary function short of causing O2 desaturations. Sleep apnea is a neuromuscular sleep disorder. Central sleep a[nea is a breathing disorder.
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