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“It should be standard practice in the medical profession to send a sickened very high altitude worker on a sleep study and put them onto high dose vitamin B12 injections for six months to see if they respond to it.”

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“In 2017 at the age of 47 I was diagnosed with a rare and disabling sleep disorder called Ideopathic Hypersomnia. I had noticed the onset of the condition during extreme night shift work from 2003 to 2006 on the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea. After a few years of doctors visits for insomnia, fatigue, sleepiness and falling asleep at work, it was initially diagnosed as Shift Work Sleep Disorder in 2009 before being correctly diagnosed by a Multiple Sleep Latency Test several years later.”

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“I was sent for a sleep study in 2015 and they found that I have 9.9 arousals per hour and I stop breathing 31.9 times per hour during sleeping. They diagnosed Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).”

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“A routine annual sleep study should really be required as part of their job description for astronomers and their nighttime support staff for early detection of sleep disorders and blood oxygenation issues.”

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“Astronomers do not disclose to their nighttime support staff that they are at significant risk of developing shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) and the associated range of other sleep disorders.”

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“I had noticed the onset of sickness that was consistent with sleep disorders and B12 deficiency during working extreme nights shifts at very high altitude atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”

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“It's two o'clock in the morning and I'm not sure I've slept.”

Sleep

Book:The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me

Source: The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me

“I am not sure I sleep, but I do dream.”

Dream Sleep Jude

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't.”

Science Sleep

Book:Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Source: Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

“Let me sleep at last. I've had misery enough in my life. You said there was nowhere to go to. There is death to go to. I've had misery enough in my life.”

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Book:The Black Prince

Source: The Black Prince

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