Parker'sSire on 27/1/2007 at 16:13
Good luck, NT.
Have had apnea problems for some time... I'm gonna have to go to a clinic also, soon.
Drinking relaxes too much.. sometimes makes the apnea worse.
I hope they can figure out a way to make your life more tolerable and healthy without the little pills.
do good... :thumb:
The_Raven on 27/1/2007 at 17:12
Quote Posted by The Night Terror
Firstly, I'm almost in shock, the doctor had a Canadian accent and he wasn't an ignorant asshole.
Canadians have accents, eh? :D
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When I'm in deep sleep, when my brain should only be outputing delta waves, but alpha waves, which should only happen when I'm waking up, are happening all throughout, so it's interrupting my deep sleep, which I have less of than normal.
The upside to this, is that it will make you immune to the brain spawn attack.
OrbWeaver on 27/1/2007 at 17:36
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Just curious if anyone heard of the disorder that acutally killed people? I dont want to scare anyone, and you shouldnt be because there are only like 10 people in the entire world with it, it was a genetic disease that came on in the 40's in this 1 family that eventually got to the point where nothing could make you sleep and eventually was fatal, pretty fucked up.
Dont remember what its called and about to head out to work, maybe someone will link it for me.
If you had it you would already know because the only family with it ever has had it for many generations.
It's called (
http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/68/6/774) familial fatal insomnia, and sounds like one of the worst ways to die imaginable.
paloalto on 27/1/2007 at 18:09
I have sleep apnia and require a machine to be able to sleep.There is a little flap in my throat that closes when asleep which stops me from breathing.The most cases are in people that are overweight.I'm not grossly overweight but do have a belly.Also a deviated septum doesn't help.
This can kill you because your heart muscles won't get oxygen and can deteriorate over time.
I wear a mask and the machine equalizes the pressure in my throat so the flap does not close.
Was a zombie before now I'm an alert or semi alert individual.
But I have a constant dry throat which some machines offset by having a humidifier.
The only thing funny about the sleep test was they expect you to fall asleep knowing their monitoring you with wires stuck to your body.
Gray on 27/1/2007 at 18:17
My dad has a similar machine, a (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-PAP) C-PAP. He has been
quite overweight, but has slimmed down a bit to just being outright fat. He says the machine helps him sleep a lot better, but it's a bit of a bother to not be able to sleep without it.
It would seem probable that my sleeping disorder would be the same as my dad's, but it isn't. I've been tested for that several times, last time a couple of weeks ago.
SubJeff on 27/1/2007 at 20:26
Wouldn't that be one of the first things you were tested for?
Good luck with the sleeping guys.
LesserFollies on 27/1/2007 at 20:44
Another life-long insomnia sufferer here. Just chiming in to note: alcohol helps me fall asleep, but it's on those drinking nights that I find myself wide awake at 3:00 a.m. with anxiety. It's a tradeoff, and not a good one. I've heard this from others as well. I suspect that alcohol is more of a hindrance to good sleep than a help.
SubJeff on 27/1/2007 at 20:58
I depends on your use of it. If you rarely drink it can aid sleep, but for those who drink on a regular basis it's actually a hindrance to sleep. Sure you can still sleep if you've been drinking, and if you have enough it will aid the initial getting to sleep - but your sleep is generally of poorer quality, and unless you've drunk enough to be blotto you're more likely to wake up earlier than normal.
Gray on 27/1/2007 at 21:07
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Wouldn't that be one of the first things you were tested for?
It was, many years ago, but I have requested to be tested for it several times since, in case it would have shown up with age, like for my dad. I'm not anywhere near as fat as he is (I'm 182cm, 88kg, he's 180cm and probably at least 30-40kg heavier). He has always had a horrible problem with snoring and apnea, I snore somewhat but not even close to his chainsaw-like noises. If I, with time, had acquired an apnea-related sleeping problem it would be hard to tell given how extreme my other sleeping problems are, but since it's a really big huge fat problem for my dad I'll keep requesting to be tested for it every odd year or so.
Kyloe on 27/1/2007 at 22:08
I was in Småland last summer and the long days and early mornings were messing up my sleep. I said it before, Gray (but I forgot your answer), don't you think it would help if you moved south?
