Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Harley Quinn: What is the typical pattern of sleep disorder in (1) Insomnia, (2) narcolepsy, and (3) sleep apnea?

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Answer by Jayda S
(1) insomnia is a sleeping disorder where a person cant sleep no matter how hard they try (2) narcolepsy is when a person sleeps for no apparent reason anytime anywhere (3) sleep apnea is abnormal breathing when a person sleeps

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Question by Intense Gamer: Sleep apnea or insomnia? ?
Ok, so I went to a sleep doctor recently because it takes Mr hours to fall asleep at night. Rarely ever do I wake up, and when I do its usually to pee.
So I went to the doc and we did a sleep study which supposidly states that I stop breathing 5.3 times per hour. The normal for people is under five, so I’m just borderline of having sleep apnea. This however doesn’t explain why it takes Me forever to fall alseep, per was my original complaint. I don’t wake up that often and I’m never gasping for breath or anything so i don’t believe I have sleep apnea based off that .3 that the test said I have. And on that test, it was increadibly stressful and uncomfortable around my throught so that could be the relapse in the test results.
What do you think? I’m convinced I don’t have apnea because I have none of the signs for it, and I believe I have insomnia based off past history.

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Answer by thorpedo12
Just go get some valerian and chamomile….if that dont work get some trazadone, and its non addictive you can be on it for years low dose.

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Question by quall: Do i have insomnia or some other sleep disorder?
So i like sleep not so well. no matter what it almost allways takes me 1-3 hours to fall sleep. and i mean if i were to stay up till 6 am and wake up at 9 am, i would be not able to sleep for at least an hour. i can easily stay up 2 days in a row. and usually i got to bed between 10pm -1030pm. and it just totaly a bad feeling not being able to sleep. i somtimes take benadryl to make me drowsy. and when i dont take it i just am sooo awake for like 3 hours.

also im really tired like allllll day long and somtimes at like 9 i get all hyper and cant settle down. and 4 times i have been up all night trying to sleep.

i was also wondering, how long does it take for regular people to sleep????

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Answer by nickipettis
this could be the result of caffeine, but many of your symptoms also fit with sleep apnea + insomnia.

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Question by Alex: Is it possible to have sleep apnea and insomnia at the same time?
I have been suffering with sleep apnea for months now. After waiting three stressful weeks for the machine to arrive, I used it but only managed to get 3 hours of sleep. I also noticed, that before I had the machine my average time spent sleeping decreased. Tonight I am fully awake and I cannot sleep at all. Is it possible to have sleep apnea and insomnia together? I have serious depression already, so I think that this is a logical explanation. What do I do?

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Answer by Jane
go back and talk to your dr it could be related to Your depression
sleep disturbances are a symptoms of depression

if you are over weight lose some weight cos that will help the sleep apnoea
exercise will tire you out to a degree so that is a bonus and it help the depression

do some relaxing exercise before bed and drink a warm milky drink
best wishes

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Question by Anastasia Beaverhausen: Sleep apnea, little REM sleep, insomnia?
Hi there-
Recently diagnosed with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Also it has been stated that I am not staying in REM sleep for any useful length of time.
I usually sleep very little at night…always have been nocturnal.

I sleep best during the day. But the last 5 months have been rough.
I only stay asleep for a couple hours and then feel hyper and irritable when I get up.

New diagnosis of sleep apnea and very poor amount of REM Sleep.
I am doing a titration study tonight with c-pap machines to see what volume works for me.

I would like to hear from others on how if at all treatment has helped?
If your situation is similar to mine as far as minimal amounts of sleep with diagnosis of apnea?

What can I expect with treatment. Some have said they feel better right away. Others have said it takes awhile. I would like to hear anyone else’s experience with this.

Thank you.

PS…Do you ever adjust to life with that machine stuck on your nose?
And is there sex after c-pap even if your significant other doesn’t have a thing for Darth Vader breath sounds?

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Answer by george11262001
I have the same problem. I am on a cpap machine I use the full mask. If there is a problemu will feel better right away. I think that it is all linked to oxygen in the body. I pap machine is like a small humidifer which u breath in thru your nose. do u have sinus problems? If your nose is plugged all the time, a full mask will force u to breath thr your nose. The first night I slept 12 hrs. I never woke up. I found out that I was exhausted, maybe half dead and did not know it.

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