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Sleep Study Results


LadyRose

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To my family and friends who've been following my progress here, I'm sorry for the long gap between my posts regarding my fatigue issues an reporting on my sleep study results. I had hoped to resolve sleeping problems before posting, but, that will most likely be yet another long while.

 

The good news is, the sleep study showed that I do NOT have many of the most common sleep disorders; I do not have sleep apnea, nor other intrinsic sleep disorder; no narcolepsy or idiopathic hyposomnia.

 

What the sleep study did show was that my sleep efficiency is poor. I apparently spend most of the night in a light sleep (no deep R.E.M.)and every few minutes I awaken for another few minutes(and I'm not even aware of it).

 

The problem, or reason, for this inefficient sleep is unknown. I started taking a sleeping medication to see if my sleep would improve, thereby, alleviating my daytime fatigue; I felt better for only a few days - so now I'm in the process of weaning off my anti-depressant because the one I take apparently is known to sometimes suppress REM sleep (crazy, huh?).

 

So the current status of my fatigue isn't any different from when I first started posting about it. :-(

 

I now have a personal theory but, forgive me please, I'm too tired right now to put it to text. I'll be back another time to share my thoughts.

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Rose, sorry the medicos are taking so long to find a solution to your problem. Sometimes medication can have strange side effects  so hopefully weaning yourself off one anti depressant and going onto another one may make a difference.  I hope it works, with summer approaching you need to be alert and ready for fun activities.

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Rose, for years my wife and I have used melatonin to get a good night's sleep. After her stroke, Dorothy continued using it and still does. She seems to sleep well. Melatonin is sold over the counter and is a hormone rather than a drug. Our bodies produce less and less of this hormone as we age. Don't know if it would work for you but thought I'd mention it. It's a good idea to start small--maybe 1 or 2 mg. per night. It can take a while to fully adjust.

Good luck.

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