Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping
Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping
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?
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?
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!
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!
Meister and Lynn
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.
Linda
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.
Linda
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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.
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 awaySleepyGuy 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.
Re: Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping
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.
--Bob
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.
--Bob
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?
Re: Just lay there breathing -- not sleeping
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.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.
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.