That’s almost exactly what I told my doctor when he recommended a sleep study. I said I have had sleeping issues my whole life, from back when I was a kid and long before my weight was not ideal. I knew my weight issues was because of the sleep issue… A poor night’s sleep just makes me less active and need to snack more.
Statistically, 1 in 4 people have sleep apnea. It’s more common that I ever realized.
Whatever melatonin is supposed to do, it has zero effect on me. No sleepiness, no side-effects, nothing the next day. I’ve tried it many, many times, using different dosages and taking it at different times. The only thing it might do, is give me a slight headache if I take 10mg of it.
btw, that too is classic sleep apnea. The sweating is a hint to the suffocation that woke you up, but you won’t recall it. The dreams are your body attempting process the experience in a way that keeps you asleep, but it ultimately fails and you wake up sweating.
I do understand wanting to experiment on your own… One more thing you might try is a bottle of generic Flonase from Walmart. Take a few hits an hour before bed, and if you wake up more refreshed than usual, great. If not, it was cheap.
I’ve never heard of xylometazoline until now. Side effects include trouble sleeping, headache, etc. Probably not a good diagnostic tool since the side effects are similar to the issues you are trying to reduce. It’s also not recommended for more than 7 days use.
There’s multiple ways it might help. #1, maybe you are mildly alergic to the dust or mold in your pillow, and that is affecting you. #2, maybe you are mildly alergic to the detergent or fabric softener in the sheets. #3, maybe you do have sleep apnea, and the situation snow-balls into more and more inflammation in your sinuses/throat later in the night.
It doesn’t hurt to try it as far as I know. But I’m not a doctor.
I’m just saying I thought the same. If I had all the info years sooner, I would not have ruled it out so fast.
Please report back after you get to the bottom of your issues.
Maybe you can set up a video camera to record your sleep in infrared mode, plus sound. Then review the video to see if your breathing is interrupted periodically. Your very own home-brew sleep study.
I get 7 to 8 hours per night and I wake up feeling rested and alert. No need for coffee. I have noticed, though, that I have a bit of a breathing problem and snore if I sleep on my back. That is probably why I’ve been a side sleeper for the last decade or more.
For someone with a physical airway being obstructed, before going to cpap I would think that trying an oral appliance to adjust the jaw position would be an easy thing to try out.
I had some Zolpidem some years ago when I had trouble sleeping (went to bed at 23h, it was 6h without sleeping…) .
The first time I took one…I can tell that I took it, sometime after that, I fell asleep! Like a baby! For around 12hours or more.
Woke up with a sensation of lightweight on my mind and body. :laughing:
I didn’t take it a row for several days, to avoid eventual addiction and loss of effect.
Just took it 2 or 3 night in a row, I guess, to regulate my sleep and it helped.
Then, later on, I took it when I had some nights without sleeping. And it worked again.
It’s been some years since I took one as we need a prescription. Next time I have an appointment with my family doctor, I’l ask it, for SOS and to help on that “lightweight” sensation.