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looker-on said:
It was good and I'm grateful. Yet I'm looking forward to our big birthday party with everyone present.The best birthday present ever I got from my other daughter who wrote me a six-page letter thanking me for everything I've done for her throughout her life which moved me to tears I confess. I doubt that I'll ever get a better birthday present.
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I await the day I receive something similar from my son as it was I who virtually raised him. His mother was only a weekend parent.
 
looker-on said:
I fully agree. That's why I try to take a nap whenever possible because I feel refreshed afterwards. I'm glad that in so doing I can make up for insufficient sleep during the night. Between 7-9 hours are ideal. I read that the naturally shortened sleep periods during the night in old age can be subjectively perceived as a sleep disorder. Yet the sleep rhythm tends to get shifted to daytime which is why a nap is significant. The touchstone seems to be: Are you tired during the day? Despite shorter sleep duration and less sleep intensity during the day, older people are less sleepy than younger people. If you are, you have either not had enough sleep or could be suffering from a sleep disorder. I'm not tired because I take those naps. Without them I'd get tired after lunch.
On the other hand, excessive need for sleep during the day might be an early sign of incipient dementia or an indication of an increased risk of loss of mental capacity.
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I read that too. I have been having a nap daily since my puppy arrived as my body clock is out of order. Some nites I'll sleep for 8 even 9 hrs others barely 5. When he is moved from his pen to a bed and uses the doggie door for his business, then hoping my body clock returns to some form of normalcy.
 
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Richie said:
Before I was forced to seek professional help it was not unusual for me to not sleep until dawn. I was told this was due to a combination of acute sleep apnea a sleep disorder and stress. Stress due mainly to my not being able to conduct a working day without feeling fatiqued. I Tried a breathing face mask which was so invasive and noisy that it kept me awake. Finally I was told I needed to have lazer throat surgery to reduce the apnea from acute to minor. The surgery was successful but I needed morphine for four days post op to relieve the agonizing pain. While the apnea had indeed been reduced I still had occasional insomnia taking if needed a mild sedative or a herbal supplement for relief. Probably the fact I now wake earlier is due to age and is not morning insomnia as I call it. Who knows. What I do know is that I have been cursed with this inability to sleep for most of my adult life.
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I'm sorry to read that, Craig. It's not what people generally mean when they mention sleep problems, though. Yours is a medical issue while sleep disorders are a common phenomenon of older people that more or less naturally occurs.
 
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My eldest brother, step mother and a mate all have to wear those breathing sleep apnea masks for various reasons and with varying degrees of success adapting to the task. I'd find it hard for sure. My cheap solution is fresh air, a dark room and using an ~$5 Vic's nasal vapour stick. I've found them better than those mechanical like ways to physically open one's nostrils.

I tried having afternoon naps again Thomas 😴 with some success. It did help, even just 30 minutes on my recliner listening to soft music. Classical, soft Rock, Chill or Country with a Cat on the chair's arm. Some days get busy tho. My calender currently is filling up again but manageable.
 
Grier said:
I tried having afternoon naps again Thomas 😴 with some success. It did help, even just 30 minutes on my recliner listening to soft music. Classical, soft Rock, Chill or Country with a Cat on the chair's arm. Some days get busy tho. My calender currently is filling up again but manageable.
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Brilliant picture, Terry. ☺️ Exactly the same at my end. Not always successful but a power nap of 30 minutes does help me recharge the batteries. Sometimes I just have a lie-down and relax and feel refreshed afterwards. I've had craftsmen in my yard and garden for a week and will have for some days to come but I still lie down like clockwork even if they come in to use the toilet or ask me something.
 
So an arvo nap indicates emerging dementia. Then we three are starting to lose our marbles as I too have needed one since my puppy arrived. I took him for his first walkies yesterday, part dragging, part running. I suppose a partial success. The real test will be once I take him out on the local streets and how he reacts to traffic, other dogs, humans etc.
 
Richie said:
So an arvo nap indicates emerging dementia. Then we three are starting to lose our marbles as I too have needed one since my puppy arrived. I took him for his first walkies yesterday, part dragging, part running. I suppose a partial success. The real test will be once I take him out on the local streets and how he reacts to traffic, other dogs, humans etc.
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No, "excessive sleep" , i.e., needing more than 9 hours sleep might be an indication of that. Taking a nap is not.
 
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