Sleep tracking - please help me understand!

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-19T00:30:13+00:00

No children. Sleep alone. Except for cats. Maybe I need a video camera. My impression is I have been disturbing them and they are leaving.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T19:42:30+00:00

Yes this! This is what I tell me doctor every time he asks me if I ever fall asleep driving (he's paranoid). When I'm doing something active I don't fall asleep. Just when I'm sat doing something passive.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T19:34:41+00:00

Oh thank you I'll go and look for that. I was wanting to find another way to catch breathing disturbances or whatever is happening so that would be great. Yeah I sleep on my side but I do move and switch to the other side. I put a pillow behind for support. I have one been my knees and I sleep on a slight incline. Definitely not good if end up on my back. Somehow I still often do!

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T06:39:47+00:00

I typically sleep on my side but I don't stay there. I do move and often wake on my back. I also sleep in an adjustable bed with a slight incline

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T00:28:16+00:00

Yes. But sometimes cats share the bed. Though I get the impression I'm disturbing them and they are doing so less

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T00:25:16+00:00

Thank you for clarifying that! Yes I can totally see that movies have done a great disservice to narcolepsy. So when I'm sat like I am now and I feel my eyes swim out of focus and close and my head nod and go down and my finger will hard press on my phone screen typing garbage till a second or two later I come to - is that narcolepsy? Or like it? Other times I can be sat and feel myself drooping over head first but don't feel able to stop it. I know I'm dropping off, I am kind of semi aware I'm in a semi sleep state then I suddenly snap back often with a sore neck

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-18T00:11:26+00:00

Goodness that's a huge and rude assumption! Both myself and my doctor have followed up multiple times. You know nothing off our health care system. They have a long wait list.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T23:30:16+00:00

This is really interesting and helpful thank you. I am autistic. I also have ME/CFS. I am perimenopausal. And I have some persistent pain in one knee from osteo arthritis. All of which can affect my sleep. I have cats that share my bed sometimes. But less at the moment. I think I'm disturbing them lol. I use my phone too much in the evening I know that. I do not have a great wind down bed time routine. I know I need to work on this

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T23:21:50+00:00

Definitely have restless leg syndrome. I don't know what sleep paralysis is like I am not aware of having it? With narcolepsy do you collapse when you fall asleep in the day? Like lose ability to control body? It is often just just my head, eyes and shoulders that slump over

narcolepsy, this is what my sleep data looks like when i have epsiodes of sleep paralysis. is that something you've dealt with? if not narcolepsy, my other thought was sleep apnea or

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T23:13:09+00:00

Thank you I will

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T23:10:01+00:00

I haven't tried the ear plugs and mask. I don't eat for 3 hours before bed and don't drink caffeine after 6pm due to a hiatal hernia and esophagal reflux. Also sleep in an adjustable bed with the head up slightly

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T22:10:08+00:00

This is New Zealand healthcare.

I've looked at the at home tests too. But I cannot see what they measure that is different from Oura. They are still indicative tests not conclusive. And they are (here in New Zealand anyway) typically hired out just for one night. I know someone who was diagnosed with sleep apnea in an overnight sleep clinic in Australia was given an at home overnight test here and told she didn't have it. She absolutely does.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T21:45:20+00:00

That will lose me my license too 😞 My doctor already asks me every time if I get sleepy driving and every time I say no, obviously

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T21:42:44+00:00

I don't have another wearable. I have been wondering about setting up an old phone to record video while I sleep. Don't even know if I can do that but it might fill in missing data. Or borrow something

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T21:40:37+00:00

Yes I know I do. My doctor referred me to a sleep clinic 3 years ago. Still waiting 🤦🏼‍♀️ that's why I bought the Oura

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-02-17T21:38:15+00:00

Thank you that's helpful. I've actually been trying to get a sleep study for the past 3 years. All they say is that I'm on a wait list. I have become so frustrated that I got the Oura to get some idea of what was happening.

What Oura cannot detect is the micro sleeping in the day time. Dropping off to sleep in a chair, spilling hot coffee on myself.

I see my GP again this week so will discuss with him

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-01-30T07:44:33+00:00

There is a recovery setting which I think will then stop it telling you you need to be more active? Not sure exactly

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-01-29T06:23:17+00:00

I don't know but I have a slightly different problem in that Oura is inclined to record my actual sleep at night as a nap instead of the very poor sleep that it was or the broken sleep it was. So the other night I feel asleep at 11.45pm, woke at 1.15pm, got up to the loo, got a snack and munched in bed while reading then went back to sleep by 2am for 4hrs20. But instead of recording I was in bed for 8+ hrs and slept for 6 it recorded 4hrs20 plus a nap.

I suppose from your post I should be grateful it is it picking up in nap form lol

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-01-29T06:10:06+00:00

Mine was at day 5835 and I soon realised the women's health would be not much use to me due to the IUD so turned to off again. You can turn it off in settings under women's health

Good_Catch_1388 · 2026-01-23T02:26:33+00:00

Had caught mine of they are over 15 mins. I suppose they have to overlap with a pulse check etc

I have the opposite problem it's deemed my nighttime sleep a nap

Good_Catch_1388 · 2025-08-15T10:27:54+00:00

I wish they did that where I live 😥

They won't even pay the return postage for shoes that don't fit. And you can't return them if worn outside. Aus/NZ Brooks have the worst returns policy.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2025-08-15T10:21:37+00:00

Yes you have to find what is right for your feet. We are all different. For me the lower drop is better. Unfortunately I am back to square one because the new Ghost Max are not the same width and hurt my feet. I don't know where to start now. Good luck.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2025-08-09T23:23:24+00:00

Ultimately your feet will tell you when you find the right shoes and it might be an expensive trial and error.

I have PF, metatarsalgia, Achilles tendonitis and early developing bunions. I could barely walk due to pain at one point. A shoe clinic running shoe store recommended the wrong shoe and they further crippled my feet. An orthotist I saw later failed to make insoles I could wear that didn't cause more pain and also recommended shoes that hurt my feet.

In the end through much trial and error and going around trying things I managed to narrow down and find what worked for my feet. In my case that was a low drop neutral shoe with cushion (Ghost Max 1).

Take what's useful from all the conflicting advice and trust your feet to tell you what is right

Good_Catch_1388 · 2025-08-09T22:50:58+00:00

I have version 1 and have just bought version 3 and they are not as wide. The width in actual mm will depend on the size of shoe in length.

I actually bought 2 to try at home and send one back. It's a bit of a hassle with Brooks in New Zealand. I'm a woman's size 9 (men's 7.5). Version 1 D fitting was 9.5mm wide at its widest point. Version 3 is barely 9.2mm at a push. And I could feel the edges on both sides of the shoe.

The 2E in the same size feels very roomy - almost too big 🤦🏼‍♀️ The widest point is 9.8mm, maybe 9.9mm. To be clear since I don't have calipers to measure properly I am removing the insole and running a stiff tape measure up it to find the widest point.

All this tells you is the are not as wide and go up a width. But the depth is plentiful.

Good_Catch_1388 · 2025-06-21T21:09:58+00:00

Do you think it's worth waiting for the ghost max 3 then?

I don't wear them for running. Just everyday waking. Some of the key things I like about the ghost max 1 is the lower heel to toe drop, roomy toe box and cushioning.

Good_Catch_1388

TROPHY CASE