Mari

This is way off base and going to sound odd. But when someone was
talking about grinding teeth. I wondered have you thought about something
like that.

Maybe going to a dentist to see if it could be a need for a mouth guard too.

Donna

I thought you didn't have trouble sleeping during the day?
Bobby

Pam,
It didn't occur to me that they might need to do this study twice!
At the moment I don't want the machine anyway.
We'll see.


Donna,
I do have a mouth guard from the dentist. It is working to protect my teeth.


Bobby,
I can fall asleep in the day as you say.
I can fall asleep at night too.
But I am fearful of sleeping at night -- so I do not go to bed.
I would rather be exhausted at work than go to bed at night.

M.

doesn't it sound pure psychological then?
bobby

Bobby,
I don't know.


My old tdoc said it was medical.
My old pdoc said it was psychological.
Neither one wanted to own the problem.

When I moved on to a new pdoc, I stopped talking about sleep.


Then with the new tdoc we focused on bed and sleep and have made a tiny bit of progress with going to bed. Last night I went to bed at 3:30 am and fell asleep within 7-8 minutes.
Before the progress I made with her, I would have gone to bed at 6:30 or even 7 or 8 am.


As far as the possible apnea, today I am thinking that the Klonopin is to blame. I'm guessing that a sleep study would reveal this.

Mari

It might not be apnea.
I've had 2 seperate sleep studies because every doctor I see is convinced its apnea.

Its not.

There has to be a missing link somewhere because my mom said I didn't even sleep as a baby. My dad doesn't sleep. My son doesn't sleep. And 2 of my brothers don't sleep.

But its not apnea.

By the way, there are some places that will set the study up in your home vs. having to go in and try to sleep in a strange bed. I didn't opt for this because my insurance was having kittens over it, but it might be an option.

Mari,

I feel for you as I feel the same way about not wanting the machine. I've also been told to have to sleep study done many years ago. I believe it is my sinuses draining thick mucus that closes up my breathing system. I don't mean to sound gross but to me that is better for me personally to think is wrong with me than to worry about what you are worrying about. I sometimes think we know more about our medical problems than the docs do. I've never discussed my theory with a doc which maybe I should. I do grind my teeth also at times but not too often. I never thought that it could be maybe my Ativan that does it. I hardly take mine.

Hugs to you,
befuddled2

Bobi,
My mom told me that I didn't sleep as a baby.
She kept checking the baby books because it seemed like I was not sleeping enough.

A few years ago when I last spoke to her about not sleeping much, she said something like, "But you never slept!"
And I was a night owl from the time I can remember.

A friend had the sleep study technicians in her home a few times. I feel that that would disrupt hubby's night -- he has some OCD and other anxieties and would not like people in the apt.


M.

Did your mom talk to my mom??
Thats pretty dang close to exactly what my mom says.
When I was right out of highschool I got a job working 5pm to 2am. To date this is the perfect schedule for me. I prefer to be up at night and sleep in the mornings.
Guess I should of thought about that before husband and 4 kids eh? lol. Ah well.

well I was so over the top last night I didn't sleep at all. Not sure what to think.

I just seem to have those kind of nights. I had good news and then the fact that I had the 4 special needs kids that had died the week before on my mind just kept me up.

So its odd, why is it when you can you do, when you can't you stay up.

LIfe just gives me cherries and cream.

Donna