How do I get rid of a sleeping disorder?
You should discuss this with your Primary Care Physician(PCP) and ask for a referral to a Sleep Specialist. The Doctor may very well try to put you off, by telling you that you are in a critical phase of your development and that in a year or two, you will have forgotten about it. (This could be true, it is typical of your age and sex, to have sleep disruption. Teenagers are notorious for staying up all night and sleeping all day.) This should all be covered by your National Health Insurance. If for some reason you don’t have a PCP, you should ask your parents to get you an appointment with a Sleep Specialist.However, you have multiple markers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Most PCPs are not well trained in picking up the symptoms of OSA. A sleep specialist can make a good diagnosis of OSA in a single exam, and will schedule you for a Sleep Study if it is a positive diagnosis. Don’t worry about the sleep study, it is mostly harmless, and will change your life for the better if it turns out you do have OSA.Thanks for the ask, and let me know how it turns out.
What is my sleep disorder?
I have always had sleep trouble. For the past couple of years I would have these parasomnias where I was like in a trance or something. I would be asleep but I was fully conscious of where I was (usually). For example, after a soccer game I would go to sleep normally and then wake in a parasomnia where I could see the whole room and think to some extent but I would see the whole soccer team in my room playing a game and I was afraid that if the coach saw me laying down then he wouldn't put me in the game, so I would just sit up. Another was when my room was completely dark and I thought that I was in some strange attic. I then starting screaming cause I couldn't find my way out. I remember both where I was in my room and where I was in that strange attic...sort of, it was very dark in that dream. But now I don't fall asleep until like 1 or 2 every night. then i wake up at 4 and fall asleep and then wake up at 6:30 for school. when i get up for school it is so hard that i just want to die! please help!! oh by the way my doctor said that it may be Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder after i mentioned the parasomnias.
Do I have a sleep disorder?
I have always been a night owl. I love the night. Everytime I try to go to sleep I can lay in bed for 20 minutes up to 2 hours. It takes a really long time for me to fall asleep. I don't sleep with a TV on, but I always have my fan and my radio on. My radio is always on low. Just enough to where there is background noise. I can't sleep without either of those things. When I get up in the mornings I always feel really tired. I have school and get really bad grades from not being able to focus. I can be watching TV or be on the computer and feel really tired, but when I go and lay in bed I just can't sleep. Is there any medicine I can take for this. Should I see a doctor? Thanks in advance!
I think i have a sleeping disorder...?
im just going to list some details incase needed. age: 15 sex: male weight: 55kg height: dont know, but comparing to others at school, average. Okay, so my problem is that: whenever i am at school in lessons, i am constantly falling asleep against my own will. i dont want to fall asleep, and try my best not to, but i cant help it. i dont know if this is REAL sleep only because the second someone says my name i wake up. (possibly cos im so embarased of falling asleep). i went to the doctor and told him i thought i had narcolepsy but he said i didnt because i didnt fall asleep while talking to him about it. my sleeping cycle is all over the place (HOWEVER, this is NOT the cause of my sleeping problem, my sleeping problem is causing it). i always sleep way to long (10-16) hours when given the chance, and STILL feel really tired when getting out of bed (more tired than when going to bed) after 16 hours sleep. i have 3 alarm clocks to wake me up for school and stuff, but that doesnt work, so i get my mum to pull me out of bed and stuff. when i wake up with an alarm or something, i fall asleep after like.. litteraly 2 seconds, and will completely sleep through my alarms. this has been going on for a few months now, and its affecting my grades badly, because of this i never do any homework, or revise for exams. and a lot of the time, dont go into school. i think my attendance is at like..60% or less now. also i feel very much awake at night, and on weekends, will stay up very late, or not go to bed at all for a night. Also i use caffiene to try and help. i am like 2 or 3 times over the max amount you should take for an adult (and im only 15) most of the time. i take caffiene tablets and drink loads of energy drinks, but i think i am now completely immune to caffiene (you build immunity overtime of taking too much caffiene). Basicly: i sleep to long, still feel tired. and fall asleep during day while on way too much caffiene. and am very awake at night. some interesting things: i have halicinated (sound and image, both at different times tho) , and have never tried any illegal drugs. i have fallen asleep in the shower for a very short time without falling over. and i fell asleep standing up, like 5 times, for a very short time, while straightening my hair 2 nights ago. please help, the doctor wont, your my only hope really.
How many in here have sleep disorders?
I know this is going to sound like a commercial but it is the truth. My husband had the worst trouble sleeping- he had sleep apnea, would snore terribly and would sleep for 8 hours and wake up feeling like he had not slept at all. He was about to start using the machine for sleep apnea but we investigated getting a new bed first. We bit the bullet and went with a Tempur-pedic bed- we have only had it a week but I am not kidding when I tell you the difference is drastic and immediate . I have not heard him snoring at all, I have not noticed him stop breathing in the night or chomping or grinding his teeth anymore and he is sleeping 6 hours and waking up feeling refreshed and energized. Yes the bed was pretty spendy but it is well worth the investment when you can get a productive, healing nights sleep.