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?

I suffer from severe apnea as well as insomnia, I have a cpap which I find difficult to use, I have also went thru the surgery that is supposed to help with apnea but that made it worse. I have tried to use traditional meds like lunesta, but I become immune quickly but in the meantime, I suffer from memory loss and the like.

I have had mood swings (not to serious) difficulty consentrating, insomnia at night, restless sleeping, really tired during the day, surges of energy every now and again what could this be I have looked up sleep apnea but not many of the symptoms apply I have ahd this for over a year on and off and never told my mom because it wasn’t to serious I am almost 13 if that matter and I have my period ( this was going on before I started my period) Sorry for the guys u should be used to that kind of talk by now!
Thanks I would like some websites to but if u can’t just telling me what u think it just as good ")
OH and temperary depression I usually eat my way out of depression also

*THIS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DIAGNOSED (I took a test online, it says i might have sleep apnea. I’m still gonna get it checked out by the doctor*

So, I think I might have sleep apnea. But, I also KNOW I have Insomnia. I know the two are related, but its not the usual. my problem isn’t that I wake up frequently during the night, my problems that I can’t frickin get to sleep till anywhere between 1-4 in the morning. This has been going on for the past year or so)
I definitely have experienced some of the symptoms of sleep apnea. Such as

# Waking up unrefreshed and having trouble staying awake during the day
# Waking up with headaches
# Waking up sweating
# Frequent trips to the bathroom during the night

I also seem to forget to breath sometimes when I’m awake.

But I don’t wake up frequently, and I definitely have Insomnia.Are the two related? Is it possible to have both?

HELP!

i’ve had insomnia for little more then 6 months, wasn’t bad enough to get the cpap machine, well i came down with sinusitus about 5 days ago, and ever sence i’ve had trouble sleeping, like either i sleep a little or i dont at all.. dr’s perscribed me Zolpidem to sleep but that only let me sleep for a good 3-4 hours, they also perscribed me antibiotics Omixicilin for infection, and Prednisone for my asthma, wich the prednisone kinda made my breathing a little better so i thought i’d sleep a little better ( wich i kinda do but not a whole lot) and i’ve been taking that in the morning cause i know it can make you stay up. but i think this is causing anxiety too.. cause i kinda freak out that i cant sleep so i get all worried and stuff.. and i’m really tired i just want to sleep.. i’m getting a sleep study done soon so i can get a machine.. but i wanted to know what i could do mean time. it’s really starting to get to me.

ok when i was younger i suffered from sleep apnea then i had my tonsils removed and eventhough i still have problems breathing at night it helped alot.

then a while ago i had insomnia and i didn’ sleep for about 6 days straight then i slept for about 5-6 hours then was up for another 4 days and after the fouth day i went to the doctor and got treatment for it.

now im having nightmares that are gorey and death related and night terrors all the time. and on the days i don’t deal with that i have sleep paralysis (old hag syndrome).

i have no idea why i have all these problems at such a young age and it so horrible that i’m scared to go to sleep i would just like any advice or if anyone has the same thing tell me what you do or if you know what i have tell me.

p.s im 15 and diabetic suffering from depression but dealing with it without medication.
ok i’m on meds for the depression but this has been going on way before i started taking it.

I have severe obstructive sleep apnea. And I’ve had two surgeries to try to correct this problem in the past year with little success. I’ve had my upper and lower jaw broken and moved forward, and my tonsils removed all within a year. I’m not overweight and I eat a very healthy diet with almost no caffeine. I’ve had no improvement with the CPAP machine (which in my opinion is always leaking and waking me up) and have tried 4 different masks so far. After my last surgery, while in the hospital recovering I had continued apnea episodes. Plus, having insomnia has got me so sleep deprived I can’t think straight. I’m scared of getting into relationships because of being tired all the time, and I even blame myself for missing out on most of my son’s life due to this. I’m depressed, can’t work anymore and don’t know what to do? My doctor will not prescribe a sleep medicine for me probably due to the apnea.

I always felt very tired during the day. Imagine you being the doctor and you were ask me question on how I felt I would respond by saying my symptoms. My symptoms are excessive sleepiness during the day, feeling fatigue very weak and drowsy, always feeling the need to sleep, when doing activity immediately felt fatigue, 8 hours of sleep ended up with unrefreshed sleep then immediately felt fatigue, felt slow downed and sluggish, depression and anxiety, have the narcolepsy gene, but don’t have it, was diagnosed with sleep apnea and have insomnia.
In addition if you asked me what is my healthy lifestyle I would respond by, I eat 3 times a day with healthy food of vegetables and fruit, I exercise daily consisting of 30mins to 1 hour, and always think positive. But during that activity I felt very fatigue and can’t complete it. I no longer could complete the activity. I wasn’t like this before I remember the symptoms started in the year 2000 and still progresses. It appears that it has gotten worse. I already saw my doctors and it appears they cannot find the source of the problem, they did mention it could be other problems but unsure what it is. I know live in a stress free environment and I should be doing better, however; I am not and very concern about it. Who knows it can probably make me even more ill and can probably be life threatening. Anyone know what specialist I should be seeing and what tests are needed to be done to fix this problem? You can email me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Also to mention I was givin a sleep apnea machine and been using it since June 2007 until now and haven’t felt any difference, it appears that I still have the sickness, I was also given Provigil and been taking it. I have never missed a dose of it. Although it doesn’t have any effect on me. I notice 1 hour from taking the Provigil I immediately felt very tired and need to sleep followed by fatigue. I felt I should mention this cause it can probably help me find out what it is and to take care of it.
Well I do have sleep apnea, but it only happen during the sleep lab because they make you wear this vest to monitor your breathing and that caused it, but normally I don’t have it I had my family monitor me while I sleep. Like I said even with the machine I never felt relieved I wish I was. I also had insomnia now you can still get apnea though. Once your insomnia goes away you go to sleep and still can get apnea however I was told I was breathing fine without the machine. I am also shocked Provigil didn’t work so this couldn’t be sleep apnea for sure!
I also noticed that when I sleep I do sleep 8 hours uniterrupted if I did get interrupted probably 1 or 2 times, but I do noticed I wake up really early like 5AM and I would get up exercise to get me active, but then again followed by fatigue and need to sleep. I felt so weak that I can’t do normal activites no more and my mom was asking me why I don’t clean the house anymore and I told her I felt weak and sleepy. I know it isn’t laziness cause I never let my tasks fall behind I try to push myself to doing the activities, but it gets harder and harder. I feel like I am completely burnt out….
I feel physically and mentally fatigue and not sure what to do. I did see many doctors to help me resolve this and no results yet. I hope sooner or later I get back up and running again.
Yes I do eat fruits and vegetables lots of it 3 times a day. I even eat whole grain wheat bread and some protein from meat especially from beef I try to avoid turkey and such cause of that special proten tritophan or something that makes you drowsy. I do drink water at least 6 -8 glasses a day and I exercise 30mins to 1 hour a day, and I live in a low stressful environment, but even with that I feel fatigue, because I did come from a high stress environment back then but now I don’t have that stress problem anymore. But still suffer greatly from behing very drowsy and very fatigue. Is this the Epstein Barr Virus or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Maybe major depression or lethargy possibly mononucleius. Well I really don’t know and wish to get to the bottom of this.
Like I said in the previous posts I do use a CPAP Machine! However the cpap machine doesn’t relieve my symptoms nor does it decrease it. I had it since June 2007 until now and still used it, but I still feel very drowsy and very fatigue. VERY VERY Fatigue I mean so weak I can’t even do my normal activities no more.
I should also mention this too it probably can help out. I am a 21 year old Male that goes to CSUN.
I also did 3 type of tests and 2 of them were at the sleep clinic. The two tests were polysmnograph and the multiple latency tests. In the polysmnograph they found Sleep Apnea and periodic movement disorder, and in the MLT they didn’t find anything pecular. The third tests was a blood test called narcolepsy panel and I was found to have a gene of narcolepsy, but not a diagnosis of narcolepsy. I also had another blood test to see if I was iron deficient, but it proved to be fine.

Unbalanced Dysfunctional Breathing disorder, asthma sleep apnea gerds and sleep insomnia I like to get more information about asthma symptom while sleeping and at work and while exercising. polease help about my disorder i have. i have allergy asthma, gerds acid reflex, sleep apnea and insomia. I have breathing problem and gag reflexes get hot flashes dizzy spells extream headaches pounding headache throbbing headache and dizzy spell once a month. headache every day. cough every day i don’t smoke or do any drugs. little over weight and have breathing problem while sleeping please help. i was thining about getting an oxygen machine and mask to sleep with. WHat about falling asleep with a nebulizer and meds please help me understand what Unbalanced Dysfunctional Breathing disorder is. I had a spell yester day morning after a shower i got a hot flash and dizzy spell with headhace dry hacking gaging cough with the burps. I sat down and felt fine. WIth exersice induce asthma can i useoxygen

I have has insomnia ( dr. diagnosed) for the past 6 years and have always had trouble sleeping prior to that when I was younger. I can’t beleive that after going to a doctor ( and seeing other doctor’s) for the past 5 years or so that NONE of them has ever reccomended a sleep clinic/study! I read another post where someone stated that the medical community in in the dark about sleep health issues. A warm glass of milk or doing light excersize before bed ain’t going to cut it buddy. This a Real Health issue for millions of people and is not something "all in your head". That’s the ignorance most people have about Insomnia. And no, It’s not always about being stressed or wondering thoughts. Sure all of those things can lead to insomnia but in my case, even if all is well, there is still nights that it takes me 3 hours to fall asleep if at all. My question is: If i spend the money ( insurance wont cover it) to go to a sleep clinic, What types of things will the study show?
By the way, My Insomnia is not caused by sleep apnea or RLS. It’s simply Insomnia.

I’m not referring to insomnia…however, I do believe this might be under the classification of a sleeping disorder. Anyway, the person cannot go to sleep. There is something physically preventing them from sleeping, and they never sleep. I know that it eventually leads to death, and that it’s rare. Forgive me if my details are a bit sketchy or not accurate; however, I don’t remember much about it, I just remember discussing it in one of my classes about a year or so ago. I put this in the Psychology section, because I learned about it in a Psychology class. Anyone know what i’m talking about, and could possibly give me the clinical name for it, so that I could read more about it? Thanks!

Well I've had medical problems for 4 years now, and it all started with sleep issues. Only 3 things have been actually diagnosed so far, and those are: hypoglycemia, mild obstructive sleep apnea, and general insomnia (idiopathic, basically they don't know the cause).

The only solutions they've offered over the years are pills and a few tests… The tests showed sleep problems and low blood sugar but the other blood tests came back okay. The urinalysis had 4 flagged parts but the doctor didn't say anything about it… weird.

Addiction runs in my family so I'm very against pills for that reason, and because I don't like being dependent on any chemical. I took sleeping pills for a while but abused them, and abused benzo's for anxiety, and stopped both. Now I take Adderall for ADD symptoms and fatigue (even though I never had attention problems as a kid) but I feel like it's too strong and hope to get off it soon.

Anyways, the symptoms are:

-Headaches everyday, usually dull but sometimes throbbing
-Insomnia, waking up at night, sleeping in 10-14 hours if I don't set the alarm, extreme difficulty waking up
-Fatigue; without Adderall I can barely function let alone get out of bed
-Joint pain in every joint, hypermobile joints (I've torn ligaments before and can bend most things very disgustingly)
-Somewhat fragile bones, I've broken many things from mild accidents
-Blood on the tissue when I blow my nose, and it's been getting more frequent and more blood recently
-Difficulty concentrating (I know I'm not ADHD, it just seems that way from being so tired)
-Ear aches, hearing a whining noise all the time, constant ear infections, pretty bad hearing
-Chronic sinus infections (every time I go see the doctor) and one side of my nose has been stuffed for a long time
-Getting sick all the time… And I really mean it, my friends say "dude you're ALWAYS sick with something"
-Heart palpitations (even when I'm not taking adderall)
-Stomach pain, and pain in other parts of the abdomen sometimes
-Blood in my stool
-I always feel like I have to pee, even after going to the bathroom
-Anxiety… but I did a pretty good job of counseling myself through this during my clonazepam withdrawals

So I went to my general practitioner a couple weeks ago, told him most of this stuff – and all he did was clean out my ears and refer me to a pediatric orthopedist… he thinks it's strange that I have pains all over (especially my back) and hypermobility, as well as many breaks and fractures. He mentioned a few diseases that you have from birth but don't show up until later in life, but said not to worry about it until the appointment….

The thing is, that orthopedist can definitely help with the joint stuff but EVERYTHING else will go untreated. I don't know what kind of doctor has experience in multiple fields…… Bottom line is, I'm sick of being so sick. I want things to go back to normal, and be healthy. I eat normally, try to stay on a good sleep cycle, exercise daily, take vitamins, and do whatever I can yet it's not too effective.

I'd also like to know if any of these symptoms could be from one thing, or just multiple coincidental things.

Sorry for the extremely long question but… this has been getting to me.

Thanks.

I've been officially diagnosed with sleep apnea in the mild to moderate range. I also suffer from depression (probably sleep deprivation induced) and insomnia (late to bed/early to rise). I sleep for between 3 to 5 hours a night. Obviously this isn't enough sleep.

I've tried CPAP, but can't get used to it, mainly due to my problems with insomnia (my mind has trouble being "quiet"). I have a hard time sleeping without the distraction of a CPAP, and WITH it…. it's impossible for me to sleep. I litterally just DON'T SLEEP with it on. I've been trying for 2 months (seriously).

I know there are dental devices that relocate your jaw and tounge, but I seem to have problems mainly with my "soft palette". I notice that if I breath through my mouth, it's impossible for it to close off. SO, I was wondering if anyone uses or knows of a dental device that would have holes in it to allow you to breath through your mouth at night? Something like a mouth guard with a tube coming out… THANKS!