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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
random, Why are you usually up so late ? What are you doing ?
Research suggests that sleeping late is not good, especially for the brain injured. You should try to maintain the same sleep schedule and focus on quality sleep. The need to sleep so long suggests you are not getting good quality sleep with full cycling through the stages of sleep. A sleep specialist may be worth a consult. If you are not experiencing good REM and slow wave sleep, you will not be refreshing your brain.
A FitBit could provide some insights into your sleep.
MRI's rarely pick up the issues that are problematic. The resolution is not fine enough. The SWAN MRI uses special software to process the signal that allows it to show fine bleeding issues.
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I have always been a night owl (almost midnight while I post this). I have a hard time sleeping any time before Midnight or so. Something I need to work on regulating better. I do find that most nights I sleep quite sound, without tossing and turning. That said, I may not know if I'm not sleeping well. I also do find that when sleeping late 10:30-11AM after falling asleep at Midnight or so I do feel at least 25% better than if I get up at say 8 or 9AM. I struggle big time with chronic fatigue since the injury and some days a walking zombie in a heavy fog. I may need to look in to stepping up my vitamins to a higher dose based on your regime. That said, I have the luxury of chronic stomach issues along with PCS, which limit my tolerance for vitamins without getting nasty stomach pains. I can currently only tolerate chewables.
I think I have narrowed down a good (highly reviewed) Neuro Chiro near me. I am going to book an appointment tomorrow. I'm somewhat excited about this one, as he looks promising. Will have to keep you all posted.
@RollerCoaster
The appliance that I have is a plastic like material, sized by my dentists via impressions to assist in relieving pressure on the jaw/TMJ region by allowing enough space to avoid teeth being in direct contact and to help avoid any clenching. I can say that it has helped slightly, but nothing amazing. Yours sounds much more comprehensive. I really just didn't want to drop almost $3k on consulting/CT scans of the TMJ/appliance. It was excessive, none of it covered by benefits and the physician came off as very sleazy to me, or I would have considered more seriously. He didn't listen to a word I said and wanted me to book several expensive follow up appts and "long term" care. He wanted almost $1500 for the appliance alone, which looked verbatim to the one made by my dentist for $600. They took their time with impressions to make mine. May look around at more TMJ contacts after I give Neuro Chiro a go.