hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I’m sure it was as hectic as mine! I sure am glad it’s over lol.
Before the holidays I had a sleep study done. The study showed I have sleep apnea, in the 7 hours of testing I had 154 episodes of either full obstructive apnea for longer than 10 seconds or hypoxia where my oxygen dropped into the low 80s for over 1 minute. The study also showed I have no sleep cycle. I never enter into REM or deep sleep, it’s no wonder I feel so awful all the time. Needless to say I need a cpap. Really feeling hopeful this might be the missing piece of why my anxiety goes so up and down for no reason. I am severely sleep deprived and have been cautioned not to drive longer than 15 minutes at a time because my risk of accident or falling asleep at the wheel is too great until I begin treatment. I feel thankful my new psychiatrist listened to me and took the extra time to explore things that had never been explored before. She also ordered a new set of bloods to look at some things I haven’t had checked before…. Things my PCP should have been looking into but hasn’t. I feel so let down by doctors over the years. But onward and upward. I’m looking forward to having more energy, hopefully my mood stabilizing more and just overall getting my health back.
Now if my eyelid would just stop twitching lol
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I am so happy that you finally found this out and can now begin treatment. I hope it makes a major difference. I imagine it will. Please keep us posted.
I knew I snored some but didn't think it was a problem and wound up doing a sleep study and found out I needed a cpap pretty badly. I was amazed after I used it awhile at how much better I felt and I had more energy, I guess I was fatigued but it happened so slowly I didn't notice. The biggest problem with cpap is finding a mask that fits you, I tried a bunch of different ones and have ended up using a nasal pillow one. I also open my mouth at night when I am relaxed which is a problem with cpap so I tape my mouth shut and it works.
I’m hoping I’ll feel better as well. I had no idea. I thought everyone was tired all the time lol. I am also going to try the nasal pillow. I sleep on my side and move around quite a lot during the night, plus I feel like having everything covered will give me anxiety. Hopefully it’ll work for me as well. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, i'm a side sleeper also and have found the nasal pillow mask to work the best. I also got some fabric sleeve wraps that go on the side straps of the mask and help minimize the strap marks on my cheeks. I also use a chin strap to help keep my mouth closed when I sleep. It all is worth getting a good nights sleep.
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My Poem... After such a long time
Having a hard time 😢 - sorry this is really long
feeling the worst I have felt in a long time
I long for the time when the World was kinder.
Need somebody to talk with 
