4/20/25 in 2020s

The first night of sleep testing was a success, but my sleep sure wasn’t. The last couple of nights, I heard a loud motor and wasn’t sure if it was on the ground or in the sky. So I was a little worried about whether or not someone new had moved in nearby with a motorcycle. Never heard anything, though, so I was able to sleep with the sound machine turned down because the iPhone was recording for snoring. I don’t think I did any snoring, but I sure slept shitty.

To back up a bit, we were pretty worried at first because there was no charger in the test kit. I was worried that we wouldn’t be able to get a hold of support because it was the weekend, but we were able to reach someone who confirmed that this model needed no charger and that the device had plenty of charge for the two-night testing.

So when it came time, I put on the watch and ring, which were a little bulky, and then the two adhesive pads—one under my right breast, the other above my belly button. After these were activated and in place, I started the test on the phone and put the phone by my head. I took half a clonazepam before bed, but a couple of hours later, I woke up to pee. It seemed from that point on I woke up every fucking hour, and once with a nightmare. I thought I was gonna suffocate to death in my sleep! The nightmare consisted of this unseen force in a dark room trying to strangle me, and me hopelessly trying to call out to Tom for help. I woke up feeling winded and out of breath a few times. I don’t know how much is on account of my nose or the sleep apnea itself, but the nose can’t be all of it because I started having heavy fatigue before my nose started getting noticeably hard to breathe through.

When I got up and stopped the test, and took the devices off, it had a little questionnaire waiting for me. It asked if you slept with anything like nose strips, the quality of your sleep, if you had any nightmares, if you had to get up to pee frequently, etc.

Felt it was definitely time to skip my Levo after all, so I did that today. My HR was a little elevated yesterday, and I felt wound up and warm. My weight is also down a bit—the only good side effect.