About once per week, for a couple of days, I am oversleeping. Last weekend I slept for 32 hours and had 25 to 30-some apnea events per hour. An apnea event is when one stops breathing in their sleep for at least 10 seconds. A normal number is 5 events or under and mine was in the 20's and 30's. The interruptions in breathing keep one from getting the deep REM sleep that is needed to feel rested. So there's that.
Then I have PTSD nightmares. That is where a memory or some other thing triggers me in my sleep and the resulting adrenaline rush causes disturbing and vivid nightmares. I take a medicine called Prazosin that helps a bit with that. Then I have the awful awakenings every two hours when I do sleep and some nights I can't get to sleep at all. Needless to say, the combination of these problems leave me feeling physically exhausted.
If you struggle with any of the disorders mentioned please share with me how you cope. What helps you to get to sleep and to stay asleep? Do you use a C-pap or Bi-pap machine? Is it helping you? How do you deal with mask leaks? Do you have disturbing anxiety dreams, ie; PTSD nightmares? If you do, how do you deal with those? Are there medications that you take for sleep? How is that working out? Do you struggle with insomnia? etc.
I think you get the idea...
Thanks in advance.
Then I have PTSD nightmares. That is where a memory or some other thing triggers me in my sleep and the resulting adrenaline rush causes disturbing and vivid nightmares. I take a medicine called Prazosin that helps a bit with that. Then I have the awful awakenings every two hours when I do sleep and some nights I can't get to sleep at all. Needless to say, the combination of these problems leave me feeling physically exhausted.
If you struggle with any of the disorders mentioned please share with me how you cope. What helps you to get to sleep and to stay asleep? Do you use a C-pap or Bi-pap machine? Is it helping you? How do you deal with mask leaks? Do you have disturbing anxiety dreams, ie; PTSD nightmares? If you do, how do you deal with those? Are there medications that you take for sleep? How is that working out? Do you struggle with insomnia? etc.
I think you get the idea...
Thanks in advance.