Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping

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Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping

Post by meister » Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:10 pm

Like LIAM, I put on all my gear. I am very tired, and it is late. I crawl
into bed and just lay there listening to my breathing. I don't fall asleep.
if a car goes by outside or the dog moves or the wind blows
during the next 7 hours I hear it until the alarm clock goes off. So I got ear plugs and I still lay there and never really go to sleep. So I got some
Ambien. Had five terrific nights where I didn't hear a thing until the
alarm clock went off. However, after 5 nights the Ambien seems to have
stopped working. Tolerance already? Now a week later I am back to getting
bags under my eyes again and total exhaustion. I experience APAP
actually working for me, and now I lost it somehow. Anybody go through
this? Have suggestions to getting back in the groove?

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Post by Liam1965 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:14 pm

I, obviously, have no suggestion. But I'm so stoked at being well enough known that I get referenced in threads I haven't even spoken in yet, that I had to say something.

Liam, whose EGO is probably what's blocking his airway at night.

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Post by lynn » Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:31 pm

Liam, you just absolutely crack me up! Just had to say that. This is my very first post, but I have been lurking and reading all this stuff with great interest (and some measure of trepidation?). My first slumber party at the hospital was January 24 when it was determined I have severe OSA.

Lynn, who is looking forward to her very first experience with CPAP (bi-level PAP titration study) tomorrow night at the hospital - wish me luck!

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Meister and Lynn

Post by LDuyer » Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:50 pm

Meister:
Sorry about the wakefullness. Are you feeling more awake during the day? I'm finding that I'm feeling so much more awake that I'm bad and go to bed far too late, and even then my mind is racing with thoughts instead of being tired. Kind of wierd. But boy, a far cry from how it was a few months ago. I'd much rather be a partial insomniac now and wide awake all day, then to be exhausted like I was. Still, I'm hoping for some normal sleep too.


Lynn:
Good luck with your testing. Be sure to get a copy of the report when it's available, and if you like, let us know about the results. You've seen how people here can be quite helpful, that's for sure.


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Post by happeegirlee » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:13 pm

good luck lynn. and yes Liam cracks me up too, especially his one liner endings!

and am also up all night, with or without mask.

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Post by SleepyGuy » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:29 pm

Most sleep medications are recommended for only occasional use.

I'm curious to hear what others have done to get used to the equipment. I would try to sleep for an hour. If I didn't get to sleep by then, I took it off. Finally after about a week I started falling asleep with the machine.

I still have a problem staying asleep. After three hours my nasal congestion gets so bad that my nose closes off, but I'm scheduled for a procedure this week to help open my nasal passages. Wish me luck.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Try for an hour. If it doesn't work, take it off. After you start falling asleep, try to sleep with it a little longer each night.

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Post by LarryJ » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:35 pm

SleepyGuy wrote:Most sleep medications are recommended for only occasional use.

I'm curious to hear what others have done to get used to the equipment. I would try to sleep for an hour. If I didn't get to sleep by then, I took it off. Finally after about a week I started falling asleep with the machine.

I still have a problem staying asleep. After three hours my nasal congestion gets so bad that my nose closes off, but I'm scheduled for a procedure this week to help open my nasal passages. Wish me luck.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Try for an hour. If it doesn't work, take it off. After you start falling asleep, try to sleep with it a little longer each night.
The surgery will help you, I've had it also. I can now smell ant shit from a mile away

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Re: Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping

Post by Poisson » Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:57 am

Hi Mister Meister,

During my sleep study, I felt like I was lying there thinking much of the night instead of sleeping. Much to my surprise, the data showed that I had been asleep 96% of the time in bed. (Fortunately, I was exhausted on the night of the sleep study; otherwise, I probably would not have slept that much.) Consequently, I suspect that I'm actually sleeping a lot more than I realize so I worry less when I happen to notice that I'm awake in bed.

Sometimes when I'm lying there listening to my breathing, I'm faintly reminded of using scuba. So I imagine myself in a tropical sea lazily touring a coral reef.

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meister wrote:Like LIAM, I put on all my gear. I am very tired, and it is late. I crawl
into bed and just lay there listening to my breathing. I don't fall asleep.
if a car goes by outside or the dog moves or the wind blows
during the next 7 hours I hear it until the alarm clock goes off. So I got ear plugs and I still lay there and never really go to sleep. <snip> Anybody go through this? Have suggestions to getting back in the groove?

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Re: Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping

Post by Liam1965 » Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:46 am

Poisson wrote:During my sleep study, I felt like I was lying there thinking much of the night instead of sleeping. Much to my surprise, the data showed that I had been asleep 96% of the time in bed.
Yeah, I'm a bit concerned about the validity of my sleep study, actually. They tell me that even though I only dozed, that nevertheless they got good data, but I'm not sure I understand how.

Liam, who wonders if getting BAD Data would be getting Lore. Then he wonders just how big of a geek he wants to advertise being.

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Post by snoozin' » Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:11 am

That's ok Liam. Most of my favorite people are geeks, and your post crack me up too.
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