Do People Dream of Electric Sheep?

Per Philip K. Dick, androids certainly seem to dream of electric sheep. But what about people?

For the past few years, my sleep has been anything but restful — and seemingly dreamless. The few dreams I could remember were mere scraps, or simply ghosts.

My wife has told me for years that I snore horribly. 

Did I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? 

Sure, I'm overweight and have a tummy, but I don't look like your stereotypical person with OSA. I'm 6'6" and proportional. Unlike a lot of tall guys, I don't look like a piece of laffy taffy that's been pulled a little too thin.

But as I've previously discussed, it was around October 2025 that I started noticing changes — both in some of my relationships and in how my body was slowing down. 

Through it all, sleep stayed the same: restless, and often without dreams.

In January, I became really interested in paying attention to what I ate. I could see the direct correlation between my sodium intake and my blood pressure. And we're talking significant increases — going from textbook normotensive 120s/80s to 160s/90s-100s. 

It was NOT good.

But by tracking my macronutrients, and reducing my sodium intake, I got my blood pressure back to normal. It blew my mind. From working in healthcare, I knew you could do these things — but I was actually doing it.

My next project was to tackle my weight. I could not shed the fat. So I researched my basic daily caloric requirements and then focused on dramatically increasing my protein intake. I shoot for a gram per pound of my goal weight — 200 grams. And most days, I hit that. What's even crazier is that I'm doing it as a vegetarian.

My arms have gotten bigger, my quads thicker, my waist thinner — enough that friends and family started noticing. But the one thing, the last thing, was shedding that belly fat. Lately I've cut back on daily calories while keeping protein the same, and I've started to hit that goal too.

The last piece was the snoring. If I had OSA, that could certainly be interfering with my ability to lose weight — and, though I didn't think about it this way at the time, with my ability to dream.

So in May, I had two sleep studies. The first found I had severe OSA. The second was with a CPAP device. And it turns out, it helped.

Earlier this week, I finally got my CPAP. They say it takes a few weeks to notice a difference. I noticed it the first night.

There were two things I noticed.

The first: the bone-weary exhaustion that seemed to permeate my being was gone. Sure, I still get tired. But it's just different now.

The second, and the most interesting: I’m dreaming again. Every night since I first strapped that mask on, I've been dreaming. And not once, but multiple times per night.

It's wild. 

Truly. It blows my mind that one simple change can have such a profound effect.

My dreams have been interesting, too. Some nonsensical. Some out-of-context situations with coworkers. One in particular from last night was a scenario with a coworker I don't trust. And guess what? She showed me in the dream that I couldn't trust her. 😂

So it's been really interesting. I'm excited as I go down my own personal journey toward longevity and better health.

This has been a step-by-step, methodical approach I’ve been using to attain better mental and physical health. Sleep is the connective tissue and the foundation between the two.

So consider this an update — and a report: 

I'm dreaming again!

Stay frosty.