[stylist] Off-topic: circadian cycles and poking the bear

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Peter,

You say, "If the study's not performed on blind people, it's dead on
arrival." What do you mean by this? Obviously you suffer from a
different type of sleep disturbance, but there are various reasons for
why people can't sleep, or their sleep pattern is broken. Many blind
people have proven to suffer, if this is the right word, from such an
issue- lack of sunlight to the eye, and they don't have other sleep
issues.

I'm not asking for you to go into detail about your personal trauma, but
I wasn't aware sleep apnea could result in anxiety or make one
experience so much trauma. Can you explain this and tell me common
symptoms? You mention "being haunted by your past," and again, I'm not
asking you to divulge your personal trauma, but how does sleep apnea
cause trauma that haunts?

Anyway, just because your sleep issue isn't related to a break in your
cicadian cycles doesn't mean others aren't experiencing this. The study
may have originally used sighted people, but the findings from this
study probably may researchers deduce that blind people could possibly
have similar issues. I've seen many studies seeking candidates to
research blind people and cicadian cycles in the last few years, so
regardless of who was studied first, research is now being conducted
with blind people.

I have to agree with Chris that science has done a lot- some bad, but a
lot good. Like I said, we shouldn't rush eagerly into participating in a
study, but we shouldn't discredit it without having more facts.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 19
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:11:32 -0500
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] off-topic, circadian cycles
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Hello Chris and everyone,

    If the study was not performed on blind people it's dead on arrival!

You're talking to someone whose life was rough due to the failure to 
properly diagnose a known sleep disorder for years. Many things happened
in 
my life that can be traced directly to this unfortunate situation. I'm
still 
haunted by flashbacks to situations in my past that had the sleep apnea
been 
diagnosed sooner, prior to 2001 for example, these events would have a
very 
different outcome hence all of this stuff is absolute rubbish!
Insolently I 
see light but still have sleepless nights. Praise God for CPAP as I
sleep 
much better than I once did thanks to the sleep apnea being properly 
diagnosed in 2002. I don't want to see other blind people have the same 
horrible life experiences I did prior to the sleep apnea being
diagnosed.

Peter Donahue