Guest guest Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hey all: I know I have been doing more asking than answering of late, and for that, I apologize. I am having trouble with my ISPs webmail, which is making it very difficult for me to read mail, as it is only loading like one email message every five-ten minutes. Anyway, I have another question. Before I ask, let me say that I have been tested for sleep apnea *four* times... Every time, I came out with a *definite* no. So, I don't have that. I know that a lot of us with Fibro have trouble getting enough stage IV sleep. Here's what happens to me. I will lie down and begin to go to sleep. I will start to drift off to sleep and be just conscious enough to realize, " Hey Dodge, you're drifting off to sleep. " I will usually think " good " or some other thought like that, and then... BAM!!! I will be back to full wakefulness. I never feel out of breath, short of breath, or like I'm not getting air... I just feel... Annoyed. This doesn't happen every night. In fact, oddly enough, it happens on the nights when I am most tired and feel like my body and mind both need restful sleep. I am a believer in sleep hygiene, so after about twenty minutes of this, I get up, waste time for up to an hour, and then try again. My questions are... Does anyone else go through what I have described? Did your doc put you on medication for it? What medications have you tried and what works best? My doc will pretty much give me whatever narcs I want, but is hesitant to prescribe *me* sleep meds. Perhaps because I take so many different narcotics. He did prescribe Zanaflex, which I don't like, either for sleep or for muscle relaxant. Before that, I was taking Soma for both, and that worked better. I'm going to ask him to switch back, as the Zanaflex in the doseage range he has allowed me either, a. does nothing, b. makes me drunk and does nothing, or c. makes me halucinate and does nothing. I know that this drifting-off-to-sleep-coming-awake-suddenly thing keeps me up, and that keeps Rod up and I feel guilty... -- Dodge A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it's a forgery. Read my blog at: http://jumpthis.wordpress.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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