Posted on 02/28/2010 1:02:13 PM PST by cajuncow
Sleep is supposed to be a time of peace and relaxation. Most of us drift from our waking lives into predictable cycles of deep, non-rapid-eye-movement sleep, followed by dream-filled rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. But when the boundaries of these three phases of arousal get fuzzy, sleep can be downright scary. In fact, some sleep disorders seem more at home in horror films than in your bedroom.
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I’ve taken mine camping when I know there will be electrical hookups....my friends whine about the noise, until I try sleeping without it.
That’s how morning wood happens?
I used to do that, before CPAP. And I’d even dream I was up and awake and doing what ever it was I needed to do.
Nocturnal methanogenesis.
“I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming hysterically like the other people in his car.”
it would be worse if you pooped in someone else’s bed..
My dad has the CPAP..He had to get it or die..not to mention he was slamming my mom around in the bed all night long.
“Had sleep paralysis.”
I had it one time. Woke up, couldn’t move or speak, don’t know if I could breathe or not. I half expected some grays to float into view but they didn’t. It passed after what seemed like forever, then I went back to sleep. It’s never happened since.
I think my wife appreciates the CPAP the most.
Some people have problems with CPAP machines but I sure didn’t. It’s like a special blanket or pillow. Its needed! I bet if I were cured of Sleep Apnea it would take me a while to get to sleep not having the machine. It became that normal.
Get annoyed by the TV ad touting a new type of mask that isn’t a mask. Fine for those who simply cannot tolerate the regular CPAP. But the ad makes it sound as if those on CPAP are being tortured every night. I suspect some put off being tested after seeing that ad. With me and many, many others, nothing could be further from the truth. I go to sleep faster with it than before. Its a big “Ahhh...rest” when I hear that humm...
I feel extremely lucky that my surgery cured my sleep apnea.
I had a uvulectomy, tonsillectomy and a rhinoplasty about 9 years ago to open up my rather small nasal passages. It was weird learning to drink and not feeling like liquid was getting up into my sinuses.
When I was a young adult (early 20s) I was a traveling musician. There were times I would wake up flat on my back and not be able to move a single muscle save for my eyes. I always had this feeling someone was standing just out of my sight line looking at me.
It happened a lot then it just seemed to quit.
Never has happened since that I can remember.
I dreamed I ate a giant marshmallow. When I woke up, my pillow was missing.
It’s a really strange thing, especially the feeling like you’re not alone. No idea how to explain that. The first time it happened to me I thought I was having a seizure.
Yeah, I used to sleep with my eyes open, too. When I was camping as a Boy Scouts the other boys would think I was awake and would hand off fire-watch duty and hit the sack. I of course didn’t hear them because I was asleep.
The other odd thing is I would wake up and my arm would be sticking straight up in the air. I’d look at it puzzled, reach up with my other arm and feel it. Once I realized it was mine, I’d pull it down and go back to sleep.
I think this is what has happened to me a few times, though not for a while. Just at the instant of falling asleep I would have the sensation that a giant electric shock had passed through my head, accompanied by a loud noise. It's good to know there might be a name for it.
First couple of times it happened I suspected my band mates had slipped me something for a joke. (Traveling musicians are known for having a strange sense of humor.)
Then it happened when I was back home on hiatus.
Never did figure it out.
Reggie White, fearsome Philadelphia and Green Bay defensive end, member of the NFL’s 75th anniversary team, White was elected to the Pro Bowl a record 13 straight times 1986-98. He was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 1987 and 1998.
He died of sleep apnea triggered heart attack.
That’s pretty much how I would have described it. Yeah, I’m really pleased that this annoying and thankfully rare phenomenon has a name and I am not the only one who experiences it : I had no idea what google terms to use to search for answers about it.
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