lightheadedness

[handee3]

Does anyone or did anyone have alot of lightheadedness because of their apnea? I've been complaining about this for years to my Doctor and they have checked almost everything. The last thing they checked of course was a sleep study. Still have it, I'm wondering if it will go away eventually by using the cpap.Thanks

[OutaSync]

Do you have low blood pressure? And a lot of of stress in your life?

Ask your doctor to give you a salivary test for adrenal function if you have any of the other symptoms of adrenal fatigue. Google it for more information.

Bev

[RipVW]

I wouldn't think lightheadedness would be attributable to sleep apena, per se. But, I suppose that lack of restorative sleep could be a factor, especially since you said your doc checked nearly everything else. The positive effects of CPAP do take awhile for most of us, so hopefully this will improve with time.

[Captain_Midnight]

Handee - -

Yes, others have mentioned lightheadedness as a (potential) symptom of OSA.

Over the course of a few years, I collected SA symptoms (self-reported, so some won't be valid).

You can read the list at http://www.apneasupport.org/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

And look under neurological.

Please keep in mind that this is not a scientific study, it's just a collection of what OSA patients described as symptoms; and some will be not related to SA (but a surprising number will be.) I simply report them all without comment.

Also note that that although I'm "woof-man" on the ASAA site, that's different from "wulfman" herabouts.

The compendium needs to be updated, and I'll do that hopefully this summer.

Good luck

- - Tom

[Julie]

One thing I did notice (what a list!) is that a fair number of 'symptoms' are routinely attributed to thyroid problems. That means that either many OSA patients incidentally have thyroid trouble (with or without OSA), or that people reporting the symptoms need to have their thyroid tested, because if you read the list, see the symptoms and go away thinking that you have OSA (alone), you could be cheating yourself of proper treatment for thyroid problems - and possibly even realize (after treatment) that you don't have OSA at all.