Living Life with PSP

Tag: #sleep

8 Hours Sleep. Yes, 8 Hours.

I don’t quite believe it myself. My Garmin sent me a badge for 8 hours sleep. My first ever. It happened, and I genuinely felt better for it. Not my leg, unfortunately. I went to bed with two hot water bottles and was still in terrible pain. But my head was better. I was brighter. […]

The Battery That Won’t Charge – (No) Sleep with PSP

I talk a lot about powering down. I should probably address powering up. I have used the analogy before of an old iPhone that suddenly loses charge, dying at 40%, shutting off without warning, no gradual fade. That is the powering down side. But there is another side to that analogy I have not spoken […]

Sleep – It’s Not Raining, Stop Talking and Snoring

Sleep has consistently been one of the hardest symptoms for me, not just because it is difficult, but because so much else depends on it. When sleep goes wrong, everything else seems to follow. That has been true for six years now, although since I no longer drive or travel, at least the risk to […]

8 hours – “What on earth happened”

I can hardly believe it myself – my Garmin flashed an 80 Sleep Score with the words: “You had a long, deep sleep. Sleep like this is critical for boosting your immune system and repairing your body.” Honestly, I expected it to say: “What on earth happened?” or “Have you sold me to someone else […]

Adapting to Retirement: Embracing the Siesta

I was speaking with an occupational therapist today about the challenge I’m facing as I transition into retirement: how to fill my time. I’ve been feeling increasingly bored, frustrated, and agitated as the day goes on, and I know I need to do something about it. Hypothesis – Try the Siesta! We went over all […]

I am doing my bit – sleep up and stress down

A short and basically positive update on the last 4 weeks – stress down, sleep up, body battery up! Garmin is not the be-all of science, but it is interesting. I decided this morning to look at the data from my Garmin watch over the last month*. You won’t need to be a statistician to […]

You Know You Have a Sleep Problem When…

  When you wake up at 11pm and start writing a post about having a sleep problem, you know it’s serious. For a very long time now—pretty much since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s—I’ve had a serious sleep problem. Until recently, it was just one of many issues on my list of priorities. Thanks to the […]