NotCool
06-04-14, 13:23
Hello.
I've been writing about this already, and regarding health anxiety in general, I believe I started managing it better overall, or at least trying to. However, I still have serious sleep problems, and maybe someone can offer some input or an opinion regarding my situation, eventhough it's perfectly clear to me that nothing equals a proper medical diagnosis.
First of all, I believe I have developed central sleep apnea, and possibly had it for a time, with flaring up in the last months. Arguments: no matter how long i've been sleeping in the past, i've never really felt energized, same goes now, when situation is worse.
I keep waking every 2-3 hours, sometimes with shallow breathing, sometimes having to inhale deeply, and the feeling that there's too small amount of oxygen in my blood, leading me to fear of suffocating/experiencing heat failure in my sleep, since my heartbeat is either slow or fast - I frequently fall into the mild anxiety attack right there, when I wake up. Regarding heart problems, I don't think i have anything unusual, since I had an exam/stress test 2 months ago, and a holter 1 week ago (granted with no results).
I wake up frequently with dry mouth, I feel my sleep is very shallow, not restorative, don't even know if I properly reach the deep stage, I have extremely vivid and mostly negative dreams. Also, the thing that worries me the most are strange head sensations, sort of like buzzing/tingling (not the needles tingling, more mild) and strange pressure on top and back of my head - that happens ONLY when i'm just about to fall asleep - in the middle of wakefulness and sleep, and I feel that my head blood pressure raises at that point as well, because I start hearing the pulse in my ears.
One last bit of information: I've had nose injury 10+ years ago, resulting in my nose being crooked, and I read about deviated septum and possible problems, and I feel that my nostrils are too congested usually, but I never had problems before.
I guess my best bet is to just write this all down on a piece of paper and head to the doctor to take a sleep study. What do you guys think? Has anyone any experience with this? Thanks.
I've been writing about this already, and regarding health anxiety in general, I believe I started managing it better overall, or at least trying to. However, I still have serious sleep problems, and maybe someone can offer some input or an opinion regarding my situation, eventhough it's perfectly clear to me that nothing equals a proper medical diagnosis.
First of all, I believe I have developed central sleep apnea, and possibly had it for a time, with flaring up in the last months. Arguments: no matter how long i've been sleeping in the past, i've never really felt energized, same goes now, when situation is worse.
I keep waking every 2-3 hours, sometimes with shallow breathing, sometimes having to inhale deeply, and the feeling that there's too small amount of oxygen in my blood, leading me to fear of suffocating/experiencing heat failure in my sleep, since my heartbeat is either slow or fast - I frequently fall into the mild anxiety attack right there, when I wake up. Regarding heart problems, I don't think i have anything unusual, since I had an exam/stress test 2 months ago, and a holter 1 week ago (granted with no results).
I wake up frequently with dry mouth, I feel my sleep is very shallow, not restorative, don't even know if I properly reach the deep stage, I have extremely vivid and mostly negative dreams. Also, the thing that worries me the most are strange head sensations, sort of like buzzing/tingling (not the needles tingling, more mild) and strange pressure on top and back of my head - that happens ONLY when i'm just about to fall asleep - in the middle of wakefulness and sleep, and I feel that my head blood pressure raises at that point as well, because I start hearing the pulse in my ears.
One last bit of information: I've had nose injury 10+ years ago, resulting in my nose being crooked, and I read about deviated septum and possible problems, and I feel that my nostrils are too congested usually, but I never had problems before.
I guess my best bet is to just write this all down on a piece of paper and head to the doctor to take a sleep study. What do you guys think? Has anyone any experience with this? Thanks.