Other Sleep Issues

palerider wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:03 pm

Sleep2Dream wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:00 pm

palerider wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:13 pm

Sleep2Dream wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:50 pm

palerider wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:59 pm

The more spikes, the better.

Palerider, can you explain this, please? I can use a lot more information in order to understand all this. Thanks!

Rather than typing it all over again, I'll point you here: viewtopic/t158174/Dreamstation-pressure ... l#p1216670 and answer any questions you have after you read that.

Thanks, Palerider. I'll go through that stuff again. I get overwhelmed too easily by all this stuff--possibly I'm still in denial.

If you've got any questions, *please* ask, the fact that I didn't want to retype that again doesn't mean I don't want to help you understand.

Okay, so here's a very basic question. Let's say I went for a sleep study and the results were an AHI over under 5. Presumably, the docs would have decided that that meant that I don't have sleep apnea. So what else might have explained my tiredness (i.e., the reason I might've gone for a sleep study to begin with)? I am just trying to understand the complexities of sleep. For example, is there a way to see when/if/how long we are in REM sleep? Delta sleep? Etc. Is it possible to have no apneas/hypopneas/RERAs and still not be experiencing the full range of sleep waves we're supposed to experience? And, if so, how do we fix that?

If Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake books were right, then I should be doing great given all the cat purring I am exposed to during the night!

Sleep2Dream wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:18 pm

Okay, so here's a very basic question. Let's say I went for a sleep study and the results were an AHI over under 5. Presumably, the docs would have decided that that meant that I don't have sleep apnea. So what else might have explained my tiredness (i.e., the reason I might've gone for a sleep study to begin with)?

There are LOTS of things that could cause bad sleep, and many of us have more than one.

Some examples:
side effects of medication
caffeiene
restless leg syndrome
narcolepsy
noises
uncomfortable bed/pillow
too hot / too cold
insomnia
delayed sleep phase (especially if you still try to work normal schedule)
pain
cough / cold / allergies / asthma / etc
Many more issues

Just last year, I was having trouble falling asleep with restless leg syndrome far worse than I had ever experienced. And then I was waking up with what I thought was asthma, only my medication wasn't helping. It turned out that my iron was very low. The restless leg syndrome was a symptom. The "asthma" attacks were because my blood wasn't carrying enough oxygen. Once I started taking iron, those problems (and several others) went away.