Do You Have a Sleep Disorder?

Re: Do You Have a Sleep Disorder?

• [Deleted User] member

  

  December 2014 edited December 2014

  mrscomposer said:

  It takes me a ridiculously long time to fall asleep, too, but nothing serious.

  J has sleep apnea, and has a CPAP machine which has done absolute wonders for him being rested and actually able to function throughout the day.  Upsides?  No snoring with the mask on.  Downsides?  He snores until he puts it on (and there's a DEFINITE difference between healthy snoring and unhealthy snoring).  Nine times out of ten, this is our middle-of-the-night routine, spaced several minutes apart because he'll fall asleep again:

  *loving pat* "Babe, please put your mask on"
  *poke* "J, put your mask on"
  *punch* "J, put your damn mask on!"

  Your "routine" made me laugh.  My fiance doesn't have sleep apnea, but he does snore.  And he seems to roll right over to do it in my ear.  So our routine looks like this:
  
  *whisper* no snoring babe
  *whisper and gentle moving of head to face the other direction*  no snoring
  *grumpy / semi loud exclamation*  I said no snoring *shoves head away*
  
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• manillabar member

  

  December 2014 edited December 2014

  lc07 said: @ohannabelle that sounds horrible! When my brother was very young he would sleep walk and want to pee random places. Not sure which one is worse.
  @manillabar I don't notice my Sleep Paralysis changing with stress, though it absolutely is more likely to happen when I sleep on my back. It's almost a guarantee. It will also occasionally happen if I sleep on my side but never if I'm sleeping on my stomach. The waking up and feeling like you can't breathe part is the worst. That's happened to me several times when I had blankets on my face or once when I was snuggling a boyfriend and my face was buried in his back. Freaking terrifying. ETA: however, I had 0 instances of Sleep Paralysis the year that I was on anti depressants. If I take Xanax it doesn't happen either but I don't take either one anymore so it's back. ____________________________________________________________________
  @lc07 So as soon as I read this it reminded me that this is exactly why I don't sleep on my back! I almost forgot that part, but yeah whenever I fell asleep on my back or tossed and turned and ended up on my back this would happen.  So maybe it's less the stress thing and more like I learned to stay off my back lol

  
  

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• Inkdancer member

  

  December 2014

  I have insomnia and night terrors. Thanks, PTSD!
  

  

  

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