Thank you so much to everyone who has replied and also to those who have shared their own similar experiences.
I've dealt with the snoring husband - we separated last year. However, sleep has not improved. I'm lucky if I get four hours of sleep per night. I can't drop off until around 2am, sometimes even later, and am then awake again around 5.30 or 6am. I occupy myself with a little knitting, which helps make me tired, and then drop off until around 8.30am, unless I am wide awake in which case I watch TV in bed. Sometimes I fall asleep in the armchair downstairs for a short while during the day, or have a short nap in bed. However, the other day, I dropped off at the wheel
. Thank God I had my daughter and her partner in the car. I was literally unaware for all of a couple of seconds, but that was enough to make me start veering off course. I 'came to' in time to correct my path, and then pulled over off the road until I was 100% sure I was fully awake. It frightened the life out of me, as well as my daughter and her partner. I was only a couple of miles from home, and as neither of them drive, I had no option but to drive us home. Since then, I've not wanted to drive anywhere. When my husband was here, he done 95% of the driving. I had just started to build my confidence up about going out of my comfort zone, and was feeling pretty chuffed with myself. However now, I don't want to drive.
Thinking back, I'd had my usual slimfast shake with skimmed milk for breakfast, and a banana just before we went out. We went shopping, and afterwards, my daughter treated us to a carvery where I had just turkey, Yorkshire, peas, runner beans, carrots, cauliflower, 2 roast potatoes and a spoon full of mash with mint gravy. I've never been good remembering what foods are good/bad etc (I have adult Autism) so could it have been the meal or something in it that caused me to nod off momentarily? I've recently had my 6 monthly check up and blood test. The GP has put me on another tablet to take as well as my Metformin, although I've not started to take it yet, as only delivered today. She said my levels had gone up a bit. I put that down to not eating properly, as since my husband and I split, I tend to live on ready meals, as I am unable to manage cooking. I just feel like I've totally messed my life up. I long to get out of the house, but don't want to drive. None of my children who live nearby can drive, so I am caught between a rock and a hard place.