Hello there,

For the past two years I have had pretty poor quality sleep and thought I would come to this board for some feedback. Please note, I am not looking for a diagnoses and doing that online would be irresponsible. I am only looking for some possibilities on what I may be suffering from, if anything.

I should note this all started about two years ago, about the same time I got my bracers on. I am not saying my problems are caused by them; it was just around the same time.

I will list the symptoms I have had below:

Non-restorative sleep
Night sweats (occasionally)
Sleep paralysis (rarely, that I can remember)
Vivid dreaming every night
Stiff joints and generally sore in the morning
Cramps (serve during the night time only, in the claves only)
Mouth breathing at night (comfortably nose breathing during the day)
Anxiety
Depression
Irritability
Daytime sleepiness (never fall asleep randomly, deny myself fatigue)

I have also been using a sleep application on my phone for the last few weeks (the legitimacy of these I don’t know) and it shows I am getting between 33% and 57% deep sleep, with an average of 42%. I don’t know what the average amount of deep sleep for a good night’s sleep is but these graphs do peak 3 or so times a night indicating I do wake up and I can correlate with them.

I have also suffered from this anxiety and depression concurrently over the last two years and it feels like the chicken and the egg. What came first, poor quality sleep or anxiety and depression? More and more I feel like it is my sleep affecting my ability to operate and my mental health.
Any opinions or feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I do have an appointment with a sleep specialist coming up in the next few months but I wondering if I am pursuing the right path.

Thanks again!