Posted by JimboOmega on April 28, 2006 at 19:42:41:

In Reply to: Re: Wanting to learn more... posted by airwalkrr on March 29, 2006 at 11:10:32:

Your symptoms, case, etc, sounds a lot like mine so do let me know how it goes. Same age, not obese, etc. I too have relatively low appetite, jerking while sleeping (but not in a repetitive way so it's probably not PLMD?), etc. I don't usually wake up breathless but I *do* wake up at very odd times for no good reason ), and I do also have the problem falling asleep at night (though thanks to Ambien, that time is less). I also always wake up with a dry mouth (I sorta thought that was normal, as I did feeling like crap when waking up)

They do say heartburn is related to sleep apnea (something about the pressure pulling up stomach acid). Got that too. I too took OTC medicine, (one with dinner every day) and that makes it better.

While finance isn't an issue for me, waiting for the doctor is (my appointment is still 10 days away). I'm somehow afraid that he won't order a sleep study. Primarily because while I do snore, it's rather soft, and not the jackhammer variety apnea seems to get. The mere possiblity of solving the problem, though, is more than enough to make me try. It just took so long to get teh appointment (center is very overloaded)... I don't want to lose the opportunity.

Plus, I've been on medication for ADD since the dawn of time (or so it seems), so I don't fall ASLEEP doing things often; I fear my ESS might be low, even though I'm always tired, can't concentrate, and have microsleeps *all the time*. I wonder if ADD is actually just a symptom, though, and the stimulant medication is really treating EDS.

One thing is for sure... it's terrible having never slept well ever, and I totally sympathize with the feeling. I spend way too much of my life worrying about sleep - trying to be sure to go to bed at the same time, get exercise, etc. I've tried thing after thing, and nothing really solves it. I've read every sleep hygiene site; avoided caffeine, alcohol, and adderall for months, made my sleep schedule consistent, kept the bedroom for sleeping, etc, etc, etc... my life isn't even that stressful. Yet still I hae to drag myself out of bed after 8 or 9 hours, tired and feeling miserable. At best on weekends, after 11 or 12 hours, I feel merely slow and lethargic getting out of bed.

Sometimes I get to sleep on time but wake up early, sometimes I can't sleep at night, sometimes neither happens but I'm tired anyway. Sometimes I have productive days. Other times, though, the sleep loss (or whatever it is) builds up until I'm a rambling wreck. I have to build my life around trying to get as much done as possible on the productive days and I fear it will catch up to me sooner or later. I'm so tired of it. Reading about Apnea and UARS I just got quite hopeful that it is what I have... since it is treatable.

I also, while we're doing symptoms, have significant retrognathia - that's what led me to discover apnea. I was visiting sites for orthognathic surgery, which I'm getting anyway to correct it, and I kept reading about how it's a treatment for sleep apnea.

I certainly wonder if it's related... My overbite/overjet is very severe and a source of struggle for dentists and orthodontists and me since at least second grade when I had huge buck teeth. I've had palette expanders, retainers, braces, and all sorts of other stuff, but that could only go so far in my case... which needs surgery to fully treat.

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