Waking up exactly 30-35 minutes all night long

[Janknitz]

All bad cholesterol is high, good cholesterol is low and Triglycerides are high. A/G Ratio has been consistently high for months, but just a little. The T3's are low just a little, but below the minimum sliding scale number. Blood sugar after a 12-hour fast during my most recent blood work was about 200. Literally like 1 number above the highest number of the sliding normal scale, so of course it showed High because of one number.

High LDL, high Triglycerides and low HDL are signs of insulin resistance (and the low HDL and high triglycerides indicate high cardiovascular risk). (https://www.verywellhealth.com/high-blo ... rol-697781) That, coupled with a fasting BG of 200 (very high!!!) indicate metabolic dysfunction (diabetes in English). https://www.bloodsugar101.com/what-is-a ... lood-sugar

Normal Fasting Blood Sugar
Fasting blood sugar is usually measured first thing in the morning before you have eaten any food. A truly normal fasting blood sugar (which is also the blood sugar a normal person will see if they have not eaten for a few hours) is:

Between 70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) and 92 mg/dl (5.0 mmol/L) .

This is the finding of a considerable body of research. People whose blood sugar tests at this level do not develop diabetes over the next decade or longer. Those with supposedly normal blood sugars above 92 mg/dl often do. Nevertheless, most doctors consider any fasting blood sugar below 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L) as completely normal

Not sure if that is responsible for your sleep issues, but this absolutely needs to be addressed.

Check out that website above www.bloodsugar101.com Excellent info there.

[sephiro499]

I have a very similar thing happen to me. I strongly believe it is RLS/PLMD. Not only is it recorded in my sleep study but several sleeping clues reinforce this. For example I would take an antihistamine to counteract the congestion the cpap machine gives me but anti's contribute to RLS. Not taking the antihistamine results in fewer awakenings. I also noticed if I sleep without socks I wake up more often and can not sit still. So that got me to search 'feet socks RLS'.

Turns out in 2016 they made a discovery that if you apply pressure to your feet it sends a signal to your brain telling it to stop trying to move your feet. They sell a glorified neoprene thing with straps for 199 but it is FDA approved and has legit science. My plan was to try compression socks. Even if you don't have any sensations of RLS you could still have it. It's something cheap you could try at home with an ACE bandage.

[sephiro499]

What you describe in your second paragraph sounds totally like sleep paralysis. This happens to me all the time. I cannot speak to many of the other symptoms, but this one sounds very familiar.

Good luck on your next polysomnography. I hope you don't need cpap. If you do, well, you've got company here. If the graphs show some other determination, I hope you receive a therapy or protocol that will maximize healing and resolution.

Chris

One of my biggest symptoms is waking up and feeling like my heart is beating slower (as everyone's normally does when they sleep), but mine feelings like it is POUNDING hard while

I don't have any dreaming when I wake up and my mind is still asleep. I've had ear popping and felt awful and jittery. I wake up fully alert.

I had the same exact problem when I first started cpap. I'd wake up and my heart would be beating 'hard'. I remember it very specifically because I had to call the Dr on call at 2am and he wasn't a happy camper. I would awaken CONSTANTLY at night. They never did figure out why my heart was beating 'hard'. Went to the cardio did a stress test and PFT, all normal. Outside of tachy I don't think medicine has a framework to quantify such a thing.