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azurelunatic) wrote2016-04-02 02:29 am
azurelunatic) wrote2016-04-02 02:29 am
Poking at a personal scale of sleep dep
Got linked to http://www.misstreated.org/blog/2016/3/24/five-reasons-fatigue-isnt-like-normal-tiredness-proving-most-people-dont-get-it via some of the usual suspects.
There's a fatigue scale at the destination; since it's an image I'll transcribe it here.
FATIGUE SCALE
10. Can barely move. Can't talk.
9. Can barely move. Can talk.
8. Can move, but can't do much more than watch TV.
7. Can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously.
6. Can do work on my computer lying in bed.
5. Can get around the house, but definitely couldn't go out.
4. Can run a light errand.
3. Can get in my 10,000 steps for the day, making my fitbit happy.
2. Can do three or more activities in a single day.
1. GOING CLUBBING!
From www.misstreated.org,![[twitter.com profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
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Reading that makes me think of some of my own struggles around sleep, which are not quite the same beastie. I have had problems with tiredness more than fatigue, specifically. The numbering system is a combination of severity and misery.
10. By all rights I should be asleep, but there is something chemically prohibiting me from reaching that state (caffeine poisoning, adrenaline spike). I am probably angry, miserable, nauseated, with a high likelihood of auditory and peripheral vision hallucinations. I am not functional.
9. I have been awakened in the middle of a sleep cycle. I am angry and possibly terrified. I may be hallucinating. If I am capable of speech, the words aren't likely to form coherent concepts even if they're intelligible. Memory writing is impaired; I am existing in a very bad dream state. I may or may not exhibit PTSD symptoms, and may or may not acquire new trauma. If I am functional, it is by accident. (Equivalent BAC 0.16-0.20)
8. There will be bad consequences if I cannot be awake for this thing, but I cannot safely drive. I can still sort of function if I take the bus or someone else drives me. Cognitive impairment, emotional fragility, nausea. I am unable to tell whether I actually experienced something, or whether I slipped into a dream state. I may not have the presence of mind to cancel my plans and go back to bed. (Equivalent BAC 0.08-0.20)
7. I have chosen to force myself awake/force myself to stay awake for this because there will be bad consequences if I do not. Cognitive impairment, emotional fragility, nausea. (Equivalent BAC 0.04-0.09)
6. I'm in bed. If I can sleep within the next 15 minutes, everything will be okay. Unfortunately, I know I won't be able to. Tomorrow's going to be a #7 or a #8, depending on how long it takes! Yay!!!
5. It is an appropriate time for sleep for NORMAL people and I am miserably exhausted, but if I go to sleep now I will get 3-5 hours of sleep and then I will be WIDE AWAKE and will have fucked up my sleep schedule for a week or more. I do not have to be functional, merely stay awake until an appropriate bedtime for my own sleep schedule.
4. Micronaps. (Not while driving. Micronaps while driving is a clear #8.)
3. I badly need to sleep and it is an appropriate time for my own sleep schedule, but the sequence of events to get myself actually into bed is not something that I have enough executive function to operate, even though I am sitting upright and reading/talking/typing/playing computer games. I may remain awake for another 0.5 to 4 hours attempting to get to bed to get to sleep. I may even produce useful work while in this state. Tomorrow will be a 2, a 7, or an 8, depending on when I have to be awake.
2. I guess I'm awake? (Equivalent BAC 0.02)
1. Awake, alert, and ready to function.
Before this past September, I rarely ever attained 1. I exist in 3, 5, and 6 regularly, even now.
All my jobs except for Virtual Hammer and the back-room stuff at Survey Hell had me in #7 pretty much every day (because I started later at those two, letting me sleep enough regularly). 2nd Thursday at Virtual Hammer was #7, pretty much always, although discovering the Quiet Room and taking a nap after the morning meeting let me reset to #2. Being within walking distance of Survey Hell as a phone goon let me go to work in a state of #8 pretty regularly, and I was still calling out sick enough to screw up my attendance record due to just not being able to function. 1996 was full of #9. I've only hit #10 a few times, but they were memorable.
There's a fatigue scale at the destination; since it's an image I'll transcribe it here.
FATIGUE SCALE
10. Can barely move. Can't talk.
9. Can barely move. Can talk.
8. Can move, but can't do much more than watch TV.
7. Can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously.
6. Can do work on my computer lying in bed.
5. Can get around the house, but definitely couldn't go out.
4. Can run a light errand.
3. Can get in my 10,000 steps for the day, making my fitbit happy.
2. Can do three or more activities in a single day.
1. GOING CLUBBING!
From www.misstreated.org,
Reading that makes me think of some of my own struggles around sleep, which are not quite the same beastie. I have had problems with tiredness more than fatigue, specifically. The numbering system is a combination of severity and misery.
10. By all rights I should be asleep, but there is something chemically prohibiting me from reaching that state (caffeine poisoning, adrenaline spike). I am probably angry, miserable, nauseated, with a high likelihood of auditory and peripheral vision hallucinations. I am not functional.
9. I have been awakened in the middle of a sleep cycle. I am angry and possibly terrified. I may be hallucinating. If I am capable of speech, the words aren't likely to form coherent concepts even if they're intelligible. Memory writing is impaired; I am existing in a very bad dream state. I may or may not exhibit PTSD symptoms, and may or may not acquire new trauma. If I am functional, it is by accident. (Equivalent BAC 0.16-0.20)
8. There will be bad consequences if I cannot be awake for this thing, but I cannot safely drive. I can still sort of function if I take the bus or someone else drives me. Cognitive impairment, emotional fragility, nausea. I am unable to tell whether I actually experienced something, or whether I slipped into a dream state. I may not have the presence of mind to cancel my plans and go back to bed. (Equivalent BAC 0.08-0.20)
7. I have chosen to force myself awake/force myself to stay awake for this because there will be bad consequences if I do not. Cognitive impairment, emotional fragility, nausea. (Equivalent BAC 0.04-0.09)
6. I'm in bed. If I can sleep within the next 15 minutes, everything will be okay. Unfortunately, I know I won't be able to. Tomorrow's going to be a #7 or a #8, depending on how long it takes! Yay!!!
5. It is an appropriate time for sleep for NORMAL people and I am miserably exhausted, but if I go to sleep now I will get 3-5 hours of sleep and then I will be WIDE AWAKE and will have fucked up my sleep schedule for a week or more. I do not have to be functional, merely stay awake until an appropriate bedtime for my own sleep schedule.
4. Micronaps. (Not while driving. Micronaps while driving is a clear #8.)
3. I badly need to sleep and it is an appropriate time for my own sleep schedule, but the sequence of events to get myself actually into bed is not something that I have enough executive function to operate, even though I am sitting upright and reading/talking/typing/playing computer games. I may remain awake for another 0.5 to 4 hours attempting to get to bed to get to sleep. I may even produce useful work while in this state. Tomorrow will be a 2, a 7, or an 8, depending on when I have to be awake.
2. I guess I'm awake? (Equivalent BAC 0.02)
1. Awake, alert, and ready to function.
Before this past September, I rarely ever attained 1. I exist in 3, 5, and 6 regularly, even now.
All my jobs except for Virtual Hammer and the back-room stuff at Survey Hell had me in #7 pretty much every day (because I started later at those two, letting me sleep enough regularly). 2nd Thursday at Virtual Hammer was #7, pretty much always, although discovering the Quiet Room and taking a nap after the morning meeting let me reset to #2. Being within walking distance of Survey Hell as a phone goon let me go to work in a state of #8 pretty regularly, and I was still calling out sick enough to screw up my attendance record due to just not being able to function. 1996 was full of #9. I've only hit #10 a few times, but they were memorable.
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