So yesterday I had an introduction meeting at a very nice specialist hospital, which deals with mental health mainly, who are going to be looking at my sleep. In fact I secretly wanted to steal the artwork from the corridoors!
The appointment was at 11:30am which is a time that I know I'll be experiencing daytime sleepiness issues. True to form I had to be woken up in the waiting room to go through! Feeling fuzzy and not all awake I managed to get through it but wondered if I should have someone there to speak for me if the appointments fall around 12 or 3pm.
I did my third Epworth Sleepiness Scale and came out at 23, which means severly sleepy, there was yet another test for depression of which I couldn't calculate the score oweing to the sleepiness and another question sheet that I can't remember. I gave the background to the situation, explained that I had lost my job and was really having a tough time with this now and the consultant did everything she could to reassure me that I was now in the right place. I haven't up to now been seeing the right people, despite protesting and making a big deal of it, which I think you have to do to make progress.
The first thing I'll be doing will be wearing a watch that will monitor my brain waves throughout the day, and this may confirm the naps that I have every few hours. I don't know what to expect at this stage but it sounds more sleep related than anything I've done over the past 18 months, so that fills me with hope.
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