so i’ve been at baseline 5-6 for two years now. tried everything - good sleep, bad sleep, magnesium before bed, no screens, cool dark room. some nights i sleep solid, eight hours straight… wake up and still at a 5 or 6, sometimes a 7.
other nights i get four fragmented hours and… still at a 5 or 6. it’s like sleep doesn’t actually move the needle for me. i track everything in my logs, thinking if i could just figure out the magic combo (good sleep + x) my baseline would shift.
hasn’t happened… two months until pain clinic and i keep thinking if i nail the sleep part i’d at least have something to discuss besides “yeah, it still hurts.” i know sleep matters for flares - bad week of insomnia makes things worse. but for baseline pain? anyone else feel like sleep optimization didn’t change your pain level?