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Recently I have been taking naps in the afternoon, ranging from 20 minutes to 3 hours in length, and I have been amazed at how much better I feel better after them. This improvement only lasts an hour or so, with my brain fog improving the most.
I have been wondering if I am getting bad quality sleep at night, despite the fact that I usually get around 9 hours a night. Sometimes I don't feel sleepy until very late, so I do think I have a bit of delayed sleep phase disorder. I never wake up in the morning refreshed; it is only after the naps.
I was wondering if there would be a benefit to taking sleep drugs to get better quality sleep? Xyrem is interesting and I would love to hear anyone's experience on it. Are there benefits to drugging yourself so that you spend more of your day asleep as part of aggressive rest therapy?
The thing about the naps though is that I don't feel particularly sleepy during the day and it is takes a lot of effort (and like 30 minutes) to actually fall asleep. I did a polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test which ruled out sleep disorders and only showed that I woke up frequently (microarousals).
What does it mean if I benefit from these naps, and does anyone else experience this? I do have diagnosed ME/CFS with PEM.
I have been wondering if I am getting bad quality sleep at night, despite the fact that I usually get around 9 hours a night. Sometimes I don't feel sleepy until very late, so I do think I have a bit of delayed sleep phase disorder. I never wake up in the morning refreshed; it is only after the naps.
I was wondering if there would be a benefit to taking sleep drugs to get better quality sleep? Xyrem is interesting and I would love to hear anyone's experience on it. Are there benefits to drugging yourself so that you spend more of your day asleep as part of aggressive rest therapy?
The thing about the naps though is that I don't feel particularly sleepy during the day and it is takes a lot of effort (and like 30 minutes) to actually fall asleep. I did a polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test which ruled out sleep disorders and only showed that I woke up frequently (microarousals).
What does it mean if I benefit from these naps, and does anyone else experience this? I do have diagnosed ME/CFS with PEM.