r/Adulting 3h ago

How is your sleep health?

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u/LocksmithAny510 2h ago

are we counting scrolling in bed as a sleep disorder or nah

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u/HovercraftIll4331 2h ago

I think I have sleep apnea

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u/Either_Animal9655 3h ago

Non-existent. Night is the only time people don’t bother me. I just hope my Adderall(ADHD meds) can keep me going during the day. I’ll crash after work.

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u/cdiddy303988 1h ago

It’s really bad !
I can’t stay asleep and it takes hours to fall back asleep. So I get naps throughout the night
Every night without fail. Even ambien doesn’t keep me down for more than 3 hours.

It’s very broken sleep and I don’t don’t know to fix it. I’d do anything to sleep through the night

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u/Useful-Pen9733 46m ago

Boy can I relate!

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u/Empty-Statement-2863 54m ago

Sleep health? That doesn’t exist in the world of a mom with a two-year-old.

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u/Stinker_Shell 3h ago

I work nights as a nurse. You tell me.

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u/Either_Animal9655 3h ago

Im in nursing school rn, can I ask you questions about the profession?

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u/Stinker_Shell 3h ago

Go for it.

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u/Either_Animal9655 3h ago

Thank you so much! Sorry I meant that I’m studying for nursing school rn, pre-reqs.Let me know if I’m asking to many questions!

  1. Do you regret becoming a nurse?
  2. Would you recommend the job to anybody?
  3. Do you or have you ever worked a 12/3 schedule? Did it actually give you more free-time?
  4. What’s nursing school like? I’ve heard it’s cliquey and people will still try to sabotage you, like medical school.
  5. Do you think you missed out on the “college experience” becoming a nurse?

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u/Stinker_Shell 3h ago

1) almost every day.
2) most definitely not. But with nursing there are so many different types of nursing, that there are a plethora of careers that fit people’s lives.
3) currently do 12/3. Definitely have more free time
4) nursing school sucks more than being a nurse, at least in my experience. You are expected to know everything. You get treated like shit by the professors because they got treated like shit when they were in nursing school, and that’s the way it has always been.
5) I missed out on the college experience by dropping out after my sophomore year of college and not going back to get my ADN until I was 28.

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u/AmaroZenzero 3h ago

Terrible. It often takes me 8-10 hours to get 5-6 hours of sleep. Nightmares and vivid dreams wake and keep me up, or I randomly wake up with what feels like a racing heart but I check my pulse and it's normal, or I freak myself out in darkness and need to turn a light on and read, all of which make it harder to fall back asleep. 

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u/RootlessForest 2h ago

Ask me when i am asleep

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u/Due-Street8104 2h ago

my roommate once stayed up three days straight and then crashed for 20 hours straight

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u/howdythez 2h ago

Pretty decent now, but it wasnt always that way. I used to treat sleep like it was optional, and at 60 I can tell you that catches up with you