Thank you everyone for your replies! Please see the below and let me know what you think I should do next. My insomnia has been rougher lately and I would like to seek help soon. Should I still move forward with an Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset for Her?
I have been using the Oura Ring for 11 nights now and have posted my results in the following Imgur link in case that it is helpful. I understand that it is not accurate like a proper sleep study, but thought this data may provide additional insight. If it makes any difference, note that I only wear it at night, putting it on when I lay down to bed and taking if off when I get up.
https://imgur.com/a/SiVHnLw
Some additional comments per some points/questions in the recent posts:
1.) Obstructive sleep apnea runs in my family and both my parents have it and my mom is probably underweight for her height. She has been helped by a CPAP, but my dad refuses to use one, snores very loudly, and regularly gasps for air and stops breathing.
2.) When others are near me while I sleep, they often complain of loud snoring. I sometimes wake up during a nap and hear the tail end of a snore/feel it in my throat and nose.
3.) I do not normally take any sleep aid (Benadryl sometimes with a cold), but per my doctor have taken a set regimen of vitamin supplements for about 5 years. At bedtime, I take Calcium-Magnesium and Glycine. I use no caffeine nor alcohol and try to eat at least 2+ hours before bedtime.
4.) I usually wake up to urinate once almost every night, have tried restricting water intake in the evenings, but it doesn't seem to help.
5.) When I wake up to urinate, that is usually when I have trouble falling back to sleep.
6.) I am often restless at night and find myself waking up frequently then most of the time falling back to sleep.
7.) I do dream about 50 percent of nights.
8.) I have a diagnosis of Bipolar II, have been off of all pharmaceutical medications for it for about 13 years, and follow a 4:1 ketogenic diet therapy prescribed by my doctor. This seems to reduce my symptoms by about 90 percent. Some people with this diagnosis who are symptomatic, have sleeping problems with hypomania and depression, but this does not typically occur for me.
