Oh, crap. Sleep apnea contributed to Carrie Fisher's death.

[Hekate]

33. I really have no idea. I just know I am chronically not well-rested and the FB reminding me...

...doesn't help. Some of it is not paying attention to bedtime (am a lifelong night owl), toss in some insomnia, a bit of this and that. I think there's a neurological component for some of us. I'm sure there's a reason all the sleep specialists I've met have been neurologists.

The doc who did my first sleep study talked about how hard it is to reset your habits when the normal feedback loop has been destroyed. Normal is: If I go to bed at a regular time I feel fit and refreshed when I wake up, so it's easy to remember to do. Sleep disorder is: No matter what time I get to bed I feel like crap when I wake up, so what's the point of going to bed early when there's no relationship between one and the other?

I do sleep better with the CPAP. It's not a cure; periodically I still get insomnia, and periodically some allergy will swell things up and cause me to dream I can't breathe. But at least I feel reassured that I'm getting enough oxygen to my brain the majority of the time.