Caffeine timing, chamomile doses, the sleep stage behind anxiety, and a diagnosis almost no woman is offered. Plus one thing to do this weekend.
Four issues went out this week, and I did not plan the shape they made. Every one of them landed on something outside you, and not a single one asked you to try harder.
If you read nothing else before the weekend, read the four cards below. Each one is the piece worth keeping.
THE WEEK IN FOUR CARDS
MONDAY
The 2pm coffee is still in your bloodstream at midnight.
Set your last caffeine at 2pm and let a five to six hour half-life finish the job while you are still awake to notice.
Four separate subjects, and the same answer sitting under all of them. The fixing was never the hard part. Knowing what to fix was.
If you only do one thing, ask for the home apnea test. Nothing else here changes as much.
WEEKEND CHALLENGE
Two nights, two numbers, written down.
Saturday and Sunday, note the time of your last caffeine and how many times you surfaced in the night. Two numbers beat two years of guessing, and they give you something concrete to hand a doctor instead of a feeling.