It's not all in your head--or maybe it is!

Rebecca R wrote: I keep forgetting that pretty much everyone here understands what I am talking about. R

Sisters & Brothers of the Yahoo Hoserhood

It's good to know you're not alone.

Rebecca R wrote: PS has anyone tried this cute little sleep test? I keep failing miserably; http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/

Someone sent this link to the list a while back so I had to obsessively/compulsively attempt to get better since I was so bad when I first started doing the test.

This is my ongoing thread since my problems are ongoing and have been ongoing for a very long time and whatever...

viewtopic.php?t=41490#p392508

My latest sleep test showed my brain doesn't allow me to stay in REM sleep...I go into it and then my brain goes all crazy with activity. So it sounds like we could say my brain is ADHD. (It's be funnier if it didn't keep me exhausted). My sleep doctor is sending my on to a neurologist in Oct so we will see what he says. I can tell that you fit in very well here. A sense of humor is important when dealing with this sleep apnea business and all it's related 'stuff'.

mar

Sleepy - thank you for sharing this information.

I slogged through over 20 years of a military career with all of those problems. It wasn't until 8 months prior to my retirement that OSA was finally diagnosed. While my career was good and my accomplishments many, it is sad to think how much BETTER it COULD have been had I known about the OSA earlier.

Now, with thereapy life is completely different - and better.

Hey, on a similiar note: now that my brain is getting the much needed O2 at night and I'm sleeping better, I'm having the most vivid dreams ever. I'm talking dreams so vivid the details make it like being in a movie instead of watching one. Is this a side effect of the therapy? Anyone else experiencing this?

lfzguud wrote:Sleepy - thank you for sharing this information.

I slogged through over 20 years of a military career with all of those problems. It wasn't until 8 months prior to my retirement that OSA was finally diagnosed. While my career was good and my accomplishments many, it is sad to think how much BETTER it COULD have been had I known about the OSA earlier.

Now, with thereapy life is completely different - and better.

ifzguud,
it is sad knowing you could have suffered less if you had known earlier...but we can't go back! just glad you are so much better now.

t.

lfzguud wrote:...having the most vivid dreams ever. I'm talking dreams so vivid the details make it like being in a movie instead of watching one. Is this a side effect of the therapy? Anyone else experiencing this?

Yup, had extraordinarily vivid dreams as a child, lost 'em during undiagnosed apnea, came back a few months into CPAP therapy, lost 'em when started losing air via loose lips, just started recalling fragment of dreams into 3rd wk wearing Hybrid mask...progress!