Wellness

[wagirl]

AHHHH---sleep!!! The bane of my existence!!! I am a horrible sleeper--always have been since I was little--mostly insomnia and if I get 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep ---I feel like I won the lotto!!!  that doesn't happen very often. Am taking Ativan to get me to sleep--have tried the other sleep aids--most have weird side effects---I've been told that a sleep study would not help with insomnia--I don't have apnea.  So I try all the other garbage that has been suggested--most have absolutely no effect on me. I do think magnesium does help and I take that before bed. Not eating hours before bed helps too---but mostly am tired all the time. and now am waking up at 3:30 a.m.---right on the second----why??? I have no idea--makes for a very long day. If I could nap , that would be great---grrrrrr!!!

[Travone]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@Scooby Doo wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@hopi wrote:

Do you exercise about a half hour a day and take vitamins like magnesium.

Qi jong is really easy and helps with breathing exercises.

If I tried a sleep study would be up all night worrying about it while it was going on.

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I do not exercise have physical disabilities, I take vitamin B and vitamin C. I am afraid of a sleep study due to my asthma

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I've had sleep studies done and I see no correlation between that and asthma.

You can start out with an oxygen finger tester that you wear overnight.  You really should be a pulmonologist.  The test is painless and paid for by medicare.

If your oxygen levels are low that could be the reason you wake up.  And if they are too low and you don't wake up you could die in your sleep.

I don't understand your hesitancy regarding this issue.

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I am claustrophobic and can not stand anything on my head

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@I am still oxox 

There is nothing even remotely claustrophobic with a sleep study.   The only thing on your head are a few electrodes.   I had one done years age 

[Jo1313]

I slept better when I had babies..

Now I pretty much "nap" on and off all night..Sometimes a short nap in the afternoon..not often.

DH has dementia and I'm afraid to sleep that I might not hear him wandering..

[PinkyPetunia]

I had a sleep study done 3 years ago at home. No electrodes.  I was given a device with several straps on it holding a small electronic box.  It fits around your head and nostrils.  

It is small and you turn it on when retiring.  It runs and shuts itself off.  I had to bring it to the doctor's office the next day.

[I am still oxox]

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@PinkyPetunia wrote:

I had a sleep study done 3 years ago at home. No electrodes.  I was given a device with several straps on it holding a small electronic box.  It fits around your head and nostrils.  

It is small and you turn it on when retiring.  It runs and shuts itself off.  I had to bring it to the doctor's office the next day.

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There is the issue I can not take any pressure on my head, I will see what my allergist says

[I am still oxox]

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@monicakm wrote:

@I am still oxox 

How long have  you been out of your house due to a remodel?

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Since April 21

[I am still oxox]

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@monicakm wrote:

@wagirl 

I take three of these every night.

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Thank you but that is not the the issue. I fall alseep, I never get deep sleep due to breathing issues

[haddon9]

Hopefully when you finally get settled back home this issue might get resolved. I can't imagine being away from home for over three months. That in itself has to be very stressful!