Downloaded an app called Threads, which seems to be pretty popular these days.  Looks like they have a website as well as the app, just like Insta. I like how I can make voice posts at least from the app, but I don't think I'll use it very much. I’ll just stick to Bluesky for now, which is enough for me.

I slept better, but I didn’t the last couple of days. I haven’t had fragmented sleep as much, but I’m still kind of tired. I read that it’s very normal and it can often take three to six weeks for energy to be restored. I’m on day 10, and I noticed my REM sleep is down. I read that it’s common when you first start CPAP therapy, so hopefully - hopefully - I'm still not fighting for what I’m not going to get. But yeah, it could take time. If you had untreated sleep apnea for months or years, like I have, it can take time to pay off all that sleep debt.

After I crashed, I woke up a little over an hour later, aware of the air rushing through the thing. I had an earplug in, and you notice your bodily sounds more when your ear(s) are plugged. You can hear things like breathing and heartbeats better.

So I got up and was a little wound up waiting for the mowers. Finally, they came while I was up bitching about it to Tom. I took melatonin and then later a full clonazepam, and I’m probably just as tired now due to that as trying to adjust his treatment.

So my goal next time around is not to take anything before bed and see if my sleep is as fragmented. I did request a refill, though, of clonazepam, and also for the ciclopirox nail lacquer for nail fungus. 

Tom read that some people with nasal pillows deal with leaks by putting a headband snugly over their mouth if they don't like the chin strap, and others say that if you put your tongue at the roof of your mouth behind your upper teeth, it creates a vacuum seal. Yeah, but the headband would probably slip, and I don't see how I could keep my tongue in place while I was asleep.

Miss Tinkerbella is a naughty rat. She chewed part of the lamp cord in the living room, so she definitely has to be kicked out of there or very closely supervised.

Meanwhile, I still feel exhausted and hopeless, like I'm fighting for something I'm simply not meant to have no matter what.