[Misc] Can sleeping be a hobby?

[Westdene Seagull]

Not in the case of my other half. He had to go to Conquest hospital near Hastings. The monitor showed he stopped breathing five or six times in one night.

Now he has a machine, the memory card does monitor it at home. The machine keeps him breathing normally.

I don't know how long your other half has had the condition but I was diagnosed with it about 3 years ago. I wasn't sent to a sleep clinic for sleeping tests, just given the airflow machine. My goodness, that machine is a god send. And as you say it sends data back to the hospital, East Grinstead in my case, for my yearly review. I started with on average 7 incidents a night. The machine has gradually brought that down to an average of 1.5 incidents per night. Awful condition that affects the whole of your daily life. The people who invented the machine need knighthoods!

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I wish I could get more sleep. I fear I’m building up massive health issues.

I get 3 or 4 hours of broken sleep, in the daytime, 5 days a week.


I have recently really started to feel it and am going to cut back at work.

Do you keep waking up quite violently with a shortage of breath ? If so you might have sleep apnoea and it's worth seeing your doctor to get you referred to your nearest sleep clinic.

 

[The Clamp]

Do you keep waking up quite violently with a shortage of breath ? If so you might have sleep apnoea and it's worth seeing your doctor to get you referred to your nearest sleep clinic.

Nothing like that, it’s just daytime noise. A door slamming or the bloke next door revving his motorcycle.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I don't know how long your other half has had the condition but I was diagnosed with it about 3 years ago. I wasn't sent to a sleep clinic for sleeping tests, just given the airflow machine. My goodness, that machine is a god send. And as you say it sends data back to the hospital, East Grinstead in my case, for my yearly review. I started with on average 7 incidents a night. The machine has gradually brought that down to an average of 1.5 incidents per night. Awful condition that affects the whole of your daily life. The people who invented the machine need knighthoods!

I agree completely. It was the horrendous snoring as well. He’s had the CPAP machine for over 10 years now, I get to sleep, he gets a minimum of six hours sleep (which is recorded) and a lot more energy.
Now the data is sent over the internet, he doesn’t have to have the yearly checkups, and DVLA are happy.

 

[DJ NOBO]

If you offered me £1m or the ability to sleep for 8.5 hours uninterrupted whenever needed, I would take the sleep option

 

[Blue3]

can sleeping be regarded as a hobby as many on here view having a w@#k

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Nothing like that, it’s just daytime noise. A door slamming or the bloke next door revving his motorcycle.

Have you tried wearing foam earplugs?

 

[twickers]

Exactly my point. What if you choose to sleep in your spare time?

Most people would term this, a waste of time, but is it, if you enjoy doing it?

Is sleep as a hobby any more of a waste of time than doing any other activity that qualifies as a hobby? If so, why?

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[The Clamp]

Have you tried wearing foam earplugs?

Thanks, yeah I have. I think I must have tried everything.

I can’t sleep with earplugs or face masks .

Black out blinds help and the bedroom is at the back of the house which is pretty quiet.

On my nights off, I go to bed at about 9pm and sleep soundly with no interruptions for at least 8 hours. Without fail .

So I can only conclude it’s the unavoidable background noise in the day and the body’s natural circadian rhythms resisting daytime sleep.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Thanks, yeah I have. I think I must have tried everything.

I can’t sleep with earplugs or face masks .

Black out blinds help and the bedroom is at the back of the house which is pretty quiet.

On my nights off, I go to bed at about 9pm and sleep soundly with no interruptions for at least 8 hours. Without fail .

So I can only conclude it’s the unavoidable background noise in the day and the body’s natural circadian rhythms resisting daytime sleep.

Working nights or watches is very disruptive. I had a lot of problems when I was younger so I empathise.

 

[The Clamp]

Working nights or watches is very disruptive. I had a lot of problems when I was younger so I empathise.

How long did you do it for and did / does it affect you afterwards at all?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

How long did you do it for and did / does it affect you afterwards at all?

Two years and it took a couple of months to settle down when I finished. There are people on here who did watchkeeping a lot longer than I. @Hampden Park or @BigBod

 

[1066familyman]

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Chapter 10 : Dreaming as overnight therapy.


I think that's what I'm doing. I sleep best in the mornings and it's then that I tend to have my most vivid, and usually most pleasant dreams. That's why I love laying in whenever I get the opportunity.

 

[BigBod]

Two years and it took a couple of months to settle down when I finished. There are people on here who did watchkeeping a lot longer than I. @Hampden Park or @BigBod

I'm a terrible sleeper and I blame it all on the watchkeeping I did for the best part of 8 years. I survive on about 4 hours sleep a night. The Naval Party I was part of in 82 down the Falklands was so small we had to work 1 in 2 for 6 months. 4 hours on 4 hours off during the day and 6 hours on 6 hours off at night. All well and good until you are in the exclusion zone and at action stations for upto 15 hours one time. On the rare occasion you actually made it to your bed you would sleep fully clothed with your once only suit and gas mask around your waste just waiting for the next air raid. Didn't even take your boots off. My sleep pattern was a mess by the time I got home from that one.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm a terrible sleeper and I blame it all on the watchkeeping I did for the best part of 8 years. I survive on about 4 hours sleep a night. The Naval Party I was part of in 82 down the Falklands was so small we had to work 1 in 2 for 6 months. 4 hours on 4 hours off during the day and 6 hours on 6 hours off at night. All well and good until you are in the exclusion zone and at action stations for upto 15 hours one time. On the rare occasion you actually made it to your bed you would sleep fully clothed with your once only suit and gas mask around your waste just waiting for the next air raid. Didn't even take your boots off. My sleep pattern was a mess by the time I got home from that one.

It doesn’t surprise me. My watchkeeping pattern was 48 on, 24 off, 48 on, and then 72 off comprising of afternoon, morning and then all night on.
There was talk of doing a medical study of sleep patterns but it came to nought. It didn’t help that watch keeper’s messes were changed to mixed. I complained about one writer who would waltz into the mess at lunchtime to redo her makeup whilst putting the radio on!

 

[Hampden Park]

I'm a terrible sleeper and I blame it all on the watchkeeping I did for the best part of 8 years. I survive on about 4 hours sleep a night. The Naval Party I was part of in 82 down the Falklands was so small we had to work 1 in 2 for 6 months. 4 hours on 4 hours off during the day and 6 hours on 6 hours off at night. All well and good until you are in the exclusion zone and at action stations for upto 15 hours one time. On the rare occasion you actually made it to your bed you would sleep fully clothed with your once only suit and gas mask around your waste just waiting for the next air raid. Didn't even take your boots off. My sleep pattern was a mess by the time I got home from that one.

Very much this BigBod, on watch in the Main Communications Office, off watch in the Comms Control Room, sleeping in full action rig lying on rubber matting using shredded waste filled sacks as pillows. extremely uncomfortable and very tiresome.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

I belong to a couple of Travel & Retirement type groups. One thing people worry about is filling their days. I always say I travel, volunteer, connect locally with my community but sometimes, I perfect the art of doing bugger all. I mean this, you're retired and you fancy a lie in, do it. You get up and don't fancy doing anything don't. I always say be mindful of doing this too much but sleeping can be a hobby in this context.