Have you ever felt so tired that you just want to put your head down on your desk and take a quick 3 hour nap? I feel like that every day. Some days are worse than others. There are times when I don’t even want to get out of bed. I was diagnosed with “Obstructive Sleep Apnea” back in November. Apparently, I’ve had this problem for most or all of my life. It explains why I slept away junior high and high school.
My problem stems from my tongue. It is apparently a bit large and has a tendency to obstruct my throat. The probelm intensifies when I fall asleep since my muscles relax. Thus, I end up with a “respitory disturbance” and my brain forces my body to wake up. This happens to me about 23-30 times an hour on average. Or did, until I had a tongue advancement to correct the problem. Now I don’t know the frequency of these occurences.
I had a sleep study here in town almost two months ago that indicated I was in the “normal” range (less than 5 per hour). I have a hard time believing that. So, I went to the experts at Stanford and had another study done. I should have the result in about 1 to 2 weeks. I expect that will indicate that I am still in the 23-30 range. If I am in the normal range, then there must be something else wrong with me.
In any event, as Ozzy Osbourne would say, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
“then there must be something else wrong with me”
Well, I am sure there are plenty of things wrong with you.
But yeah sleep problems do suck. I don’t have a large tongue as far as I know, but I do have real problem falling asleep or letting myself fall asleep. Take right now for instance. I don’t know what time it is but I know that tomrrow is going to be more rough than it should because I am many hours, that add up to a couple whole nights worth of sleep, behind this week.
I have no problems falling asleep. I successfully do it every day at work. I fall asleep in minutes at night. My problem is that I wake up like a billion times a night which means I don’t get a very restful sleep.
Jes, that is what I had gathered