without putting too much emphasis on this topic, i had a hypnopompic hallucination last nite/this morning that was kind of "Freudian" in that it was about a sleep lab--or rather my experience in a sleep lab. i only mention it because it was kind of weird.
as i've told you guys, i'm having a cpap retitration/MSLT test this Sunday nite/Monday, and last nite/this morning i dreamed that i went to my regular doctor and he unexpectedly sent me for a sleep test immediately at a different place, and in my dream, as in reality, it was 2 nights before the for-real sleep test. and i thought, does he know i'm having another one Sunday nite. and i thought, oh well, it's free, so why not? and then when i left this dream sleep lab, they gave me a bill for $700. and i intentionally stayed asleep longer because i had to figure out how i was going to get out of paying that. and i concluded that i didn't think i could, so i might have to pay them. obviously, i was bothered, especially because the for-real sleep test is practically free with my insurance, and it seemed like an unnecessary duplication of the for-real sleep test. i woke up upset, thinking that i was going to have to pay this unnecessary expense. it took me about 10 seconds before i realized that it had all been a bad dream, and it was not real. i was also relieved when i realized this.
i wouldn't take it too literally. i think the sleep lab was a metaphor for other things. in my life, yesterday was a real good news day. so i spent a good part of the day being "high" with relief. and then i couldn't find my sleep meds, which i didn't take the nite before either. and it was too hot in my room, so i was having trouble wearing my mask, which is kind of unusual for me these days. and it took me a long time before i figured out how to get the fan and the cpap machine going at the same time--don't ask why this was such a difficult leap for me. suffice it to say i was up several times during the nite.
but anyway, i just thought it was amusing that i had a "waking dream" about the sleep lab after the sleep doc surprised me by asking about this.
i guess i have a story for him...
caroline
