There are many conditions where friends and family encourage you wholeheartedly to take whatever treatment options are prescribed by health professionals. Illnesses like diabetes, multiple sclerosis, asthma, cancer.

There are some conditions, however, where people you know and love, and sometimes people you’ve barely even met, have a robust opinion on how you should look after your own health and wellbeing.

I’ve met some of these people.

The two classes of much-commented-upon conditions seem to be sleep disorders and mental health. You would think, if you asked the general populace, that all the specialists in these fields know less than your average Joe Bloggs walking down the street. All those decades of education and experience quite pointless. I respectfully disagree. All those specialists know an awful lot of really important stuff.

Managing my sleep disorders and mental health

I drew the lucky (unlucky?) straw and have issues with both sleep disorders and mental health. In my mind, it is possible they’re related. Or maybe they’re not – I don’t know – but either way, treating these conditions is important not just for the quality of my life, but for my very existence.

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