My husband has a lot of trouble sleeping, and nothing we try helps him. He has to get up at 5am, and he tries to go to bed early. But if he sleeps early, he falls asleep for a short time, then wakes up and can’t go back to sleep for the rest of the night. And he keeps waking up in the middle of the night and often he can’t go back to sleep then, either.

He has tried three different medications: Ambien, Lunesta, and Rosarum, and none have helped. He has sleep apnea and has tried using a c-pap machine, and couldn’t tolerate it.

He has lowered his caffeine intake, but can’t eliminate it completely because he can’t wake up otherwise (waking up at 5am every day and not ever getting enough sleep).

Can anyone give us some advice on how he can get enough sleep?

Sometimes I’ll sleep for about 10-12 hours if I’m allowed to. Then when I’m in school I get an overpowering urge to fall asleep. By that I mean sometimes I’m fighting to stay awake and other times I’m listening to a lecture and suddenly it’s an hour later. Other sleep related conditions I have are Insomnia and Sleep Apnea.

Could I have hypersomnia? What are the exact symptoms of it? Is there a way to treat it?

1.Hershel is very active. He exercises every day. To determine what his caloric intake should be, Hershel needs to

A.know his body composition.
B.calculate his percentage of body fat.
C.know his activity level.
D.know his lean mass.
2.On which of the following does your daily caloric intake not depend?

A.Your BMR
B.The number of calories you need to digest food
C.Your activity level
D.Energy balance
3.Digestive problems can be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

A.overeating.
B.a specific disease.
C.a food intolerance.
D.a balanced diet
4.Which of the following is not a characteristic of a healthful diet?

A.Sound, well-balanced choices from a variety of foods
B.Following the guidelines of dietary recommendations
C.Over-the-counter diet medications
D.Eating a balanced breakfast
5.All of the following characteristics might indicate that a person is at risk for an eating disorder EXCEPT

A.an urge to throw up after eating.
B.a guilty feeling when eating sweet or fattening foods.
C.over-exercising to burn all the calories eaten.
D.liking chocolate.
6.Eating disorders

A.are usually minor and often go away by themselves.
B.often involve an unhealthy concern about body weight and shape.
C.are a normal part of growing up.
D.rarely cause serious health problems.
7.In which of the following ways are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa different?

A.Anorexia nervosa is considered an eating disorder; bulimia nervosa is not.
B.Anorexia nervosa affects mostly female teenagers; bulimia nervosa
affects mostly male teenagers.
C.Nutritional therapy is an effective treatment for anorexia nervosa; it is not effective for bulimia nervosa.
D.Anorexia nervosa involves self-starvation; bulimia nervosa involves binging and/or purging.
8.When the amount of food energy taken in equals the amount of energy you use, the result is

A.a high BMR.
B.a low BMR.
C.obesity.
D.energy balance
9.Being overweight can lead to all of the following EXCEPT

A.type 2 diabetes.
B.sleep apnea.
C.certain forms of cancer.
D.personal fitness.

i am just curious. i once was diagnosed with mono. i got it from someone coughing over me. since then i am always tired. i could sleep 10 hours and still be tired. i’ve also had dreams of being raped. i was wondering what are some sleep disorders. in which a person has violent dreams of being attacked. also sleep disorders involving, no matter how much i sleep i’m always tired. thanks.

I have tried all kinds of tricks and taken all i want in prescription weight loss. I have not lost anything, but gained.
Please read the question before you answer. In response to tricks { I have gone through weightloss programs…changed eating habits} weight is not coming off.

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I am concerned. I was previously diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I underwent surgery about 3.5 years ago. I was not the typical patient as I was only 29yo and not severely overweight. Apparently I had very large tonsels and a deviated septum that resulted in approx. 375 nightly arrousals. I used to get up 4-8 times a night to use the bathroom. The surgery seemed like a dream come true to me. My follow-up sleep study showed me to be cured and the night time bathroom trips went down to 1 or 2, which I could live with. I also lost a good amount of weight and my thinking and memory were much clearer. However, my sleeping has become not as restfull as it was and my nighttime bathroom visits have increased to 3 or 4, which is starting to scare me. My weight has also increased. Any thoughts as to what I should try? I wonder if the surgery helped but didnt completely treat the sleep apnea. The weight increase seemed to increase the bathroom visits. I am a 32yo male, athletic build, 5’6" 192lb (was down to 175lbs and feeling great). Will losing weight help reduce the symptoms? Why do I urinate so often? I was tested for diabetes isipidus and bladder volume etc, no problems. Any help is appreciated!!!

My father has Obstructive Sleep Apnea and will be going in for a sleep study soon so I am looking at CPAP Machines and doing research.

My father came across an add for this "Oral Appliance Therapy" thing and I am wondering if you have any info on if it works or if it is a scam.

Oral Appliance Therapy

http://www.tiredofcpap.com/

I’m looking at the CPAP Machines and if you could share your stories with me, I would greatly appreciate it!
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructive_Sleep_Apnea

I just started recently, in the last month it has happened about 3 times. I dont have insurrance that would cover this for going to the doctor so i want that to be a last resort. I am a heavier set male, and my first thought was diabites but i have not had any other symptoms. Also, i was diagonosed with sleep apnea, but i never was able to get the machine for it. I also have been dealing with alot of congestion and difficulty breathing during the day….like i said any suggestions with out having to see a doc. would be good. Thanks,
Tom
I do have insurance it just doesn’t cover things like this…

He snores, stops breathing, and then starts breathing a few seconds later after choking. It is really loud and he doesn’t get a good night sleep because of it. It’s awful trying to sleep anywhere near him because it is so loud. Any advice on OTC or natural options? What works the best? He will hopefully visit a doctor soon to take care of it, but we’re both in college right now and he doesn’t have a lot of spare time to find a doctor and get an appointment.

what is the disorder called it where you eat and immediately you have to sleep ?Not nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NS-RED) i have suffered from that.Like i said the person eats and then falls asleep.Thank you

ok 1st thing 1st my son from the time he popped outta me (feb.2 08) he screamed and screamed wouldnt eat we took him home all he did was scream he’d NEVER get up to eat! after 2 weeks at home all the screaming stopped…just when we thought he calmed down….when he was 2 months the screaming started up again so we took him to the dr.s she suggested xrays and catscans well when the xrays came back he had mulpitle fractures all in various stages of healing and a few already healed…well anyways right on the spot they arrested my hubby threw him in jail of feb this year our son is 2 now and after 2 whole years ive found out he has a weak heart asthma sleep apnea high liver muscle enzymes and other problems.
**the documents from the hospital said "these injurys for a 2month old is rather unusual and further medical treatment and investagation is neccesary"

so was my hubby falsely accused????

I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and have been using a cpap machine for about a year and a half. Since that time I have not slept longer than 7 hours a night and most nights I only sleep 5 or 6 hours. Is this normal for people most people using this type of therapy?

My problem arises 8 years ago, I seen many doctors in the Philippines but none of them could cure my snorring and sleep apnea. I have heard about doctors in Singapore that could cure such snorring, but I don;t know how much will it cost me. Is it expensive. Any body there who knows how much is the cost of medical treatment specifically snorring and sleep apnea in singapore?

medical history: anxiety, depression, and a car accident right before the throat condition developed which has lasted 2.5 years.

physical: in average shape with routine exercise. I dont drink enough liquids though

Tests done: sleep apnea test (results:negative)
x-ray (negative)
hernia test (negative)

Symptoms: It feels like i have something in my throat and its much worse at night when im sleeping. I constantly wake up with a super dry throat (not a sore throat). i need to drink water to clear it out yet ive never coughed anything up. Its getting to the point where its rather torturous in that i cant get a full nights sleep and no doctor seems to know what the issue is.

I have been told to see a chriopractor, a dentist, and drink more water yet Im wondering if anything can narrow the options for me

I was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea about a year ago. I was given a cpap machine and I tried to use it a couple of times, but gave up on it. If I start using it regularly, how much of a difference will I notice in my everyday life? Also, does anyone have any tips on how to get through the first couple of weeks using the machine?

I had sleep apnea when I was younger due to very large tonsils and adenoids. They were taken out when I was four years old. I am now 18 and have been having difficulties falling and staying asleep for around four or five years now. I was wondering if there is any connection.

I had one last weekend and I thought it sucked. I could barely sleep with the wires and the room was FREEZING. I told them 3 times that I was cold and they wouldn’t do anything about it. Then I had to stay all day and take naps.. I couldn’t sleep because I was frozen and the wires were irritating me. I have no clue if there’s even anything wrong with me. Did I just have a bad experience?

I have sleep apnea and use a air machine but the airflow is set too high and I want to decrease it

Last year May I was diag. with bacterial vaginosis and treated with a dose of 3 pills at one time. (I also had an abnormal pap & colposcopy which came out negative.) I did not feel right and went back recently. I was diag. with vaginosis again and was given Flagyl for 7 days. I saw my regular MD for the past month for other symptoms,after a urine test said I had a UTI and gave me a dose of Cipro (3 pills/3 days.) I have finished this dosing and still 2 weeks later know that I am not right. I am going to go back t the Gyn again for a 4th treatment. Before the summer I have never had anything like this not even a yeast infection.

I have been going to my MD for other symptoms such has palpitations, high blood pressure (145/100), dizzy spells, nausea spells, fatigue, headaches, ear infections, flushing, periods of low body temp (94 deg) and low pulse, night sweats, sleep apnea and brown spots on my back. Now Im just nervous that the bacterial vaginosis could be a sign something else??

I’m 13 years old and have been constantly tired for almost a year now. I’ve been tested and i don’t have anemia or any thyroid conditions. I don’t snore even though both of my parents do, and i was wondering if a sleep study would help me find out what’s wrong. Also, I would like to know what happens during a sleep study.
Thank you!

just wanted to know what sort of work was involved with having an 11 month old baby with hypotonia (low muscle tone) which they think has only affected her from her neck up to her throat,nose and ears and also sleep apnea…. she has a ct scan booked and is being admitted to hospital in a few days!!! also getting bloods tested for about 12 different things…just wanted to know what other mothers/fathers went through so i know what to expect in the next few weeks/months/years and dont completely break down….
thanks

I did a sleep study for my doctor because he thought I had sleep apnea. Well I did it, and the sleep apnea doctor called me back the same night after I did it, and told me I had Mild sleep apnea, but his concern was with my low oxygen levels. He said he wanted me to stay at my house and sleep with a cpap machine and check my oxygen levels for a night, and he said my doctor would call me back or the company that does the equipment, well low and behold noone calls me for over a month, so I called the office and they said they hadn’t received the results yet. So anyway I had to take my daughter to the same doctor today and while I was there I asked him if he received the results yet, and he told me to ask the office girls? (what a doctor) so I go out there and ask the office workers if they received them, well low and behold they had received them the day after I had it done, and the doctor I guess just doesn’t look at his patients info when it is faxed in. I guess the dumb office workers just glance at it and file. So anyways they gave me a copy of this fax and the sleep doctor has all this stuff he suggests that my doctor do like have done what he told me with the cpap machine, and also maybe look into surgury, and he suggested a pulmonary and cardiac evaluation since I’m only 30. I don’t understand why my doctor just doesn’t do anything about this, The sleep doctor said on this report my lowest saturation of sleep oxygen was reduced to 63.1%. I think that is pretty bad. I have trouble breathing when I try to go to sleep without taking something to sleep, because when I take something I don’t have to think about it, I just get zonked out. What should I do? I want to defiantly change doctors, but can he get in trouble for this, or since this doctor just suggested it would it not matter. I feel so uncared for at this doctors office, why have me do a sleep study and not even look at my results. Someone please give me info and advice I need so badly. If I change doctors and give them these results will the insurance still go by them and let my new doctor help me?

Over the past 3 weeks i haven’t been able to get a full nights rest,i always fall asleep and wake up about 10-30 minutes later then it takes me about 3 more hours to fall asleep again i have almost all the symptoms for it (Not obesity) Ive lost my interest in women my grandpa told me i snor when i sleep,im fucking horrible in school (worse than i was before) im sleepy all day,wake up early in the morning,and when i tell my dad i think i have it he just laughs and says "youll be fine" and when i wake up and go out in the living room he tells me to shutup and go to sleep. Im very scared because i read that this can kill you over time someone please help me someone even the slightest bit of info ill take.