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[AlexCanada]

I been constantly for many months feeling terrible upon waking up. And if I stay in bed and sleep some more it gets even worse.  It basically feels like strong intense hangovers. It's like I wake up feeling drunk even though I never drink. Plus my air ways and nose could be clear when going to bed but when I wake up it is extremely stuffy and not easy to breathe. Sometimes I have to open my mouth and breathe through there because hardly anything would be passing through my nasal passages at that point. 

 

When I wake it's a general dull hangover feeling, very withdrawn, more depressed than usual, very unmotivated and completely unrefreshed. 

 

 

What supplements might be able to help me?    Really need some serious help with this.

 

These days I been taking Zinc chelate 6mg a day, Brewer's Yeast 80mg a day, Modafinil 25mg a day, Cymbalta micro dosing 2mg, Valium 0.6mg (weening off of it).  

 

I generally suffer from extremely low testosterone, low cortisol, hypothyroid, hypoglycemia and low copper.  Generally have melancholic depression w neg symptoms of schizophrenia (low motivation, apathy, slow cognitive functioning). 

[joelcairo]

I don't think supplements are the answer. At best they will slightly mitigate the damage. Sleep apnea is a big deal, and you should deal with the underlying problem.

 

I can suggest two things:

(1) lose weight; this seems to improve sleep breathing

(2) there are devices you can buy that produce positive air pressure and prevent snoring/sleep apnea

 

You can also have yourself evaluated by a specialist and perhaps get a prescription for one of those devices and have insurance pay for it. I believe they are not too cheap.

[Junk Master]

I would highly encourage you to do a sleep study and be prescribed a CPAP machine!

 

I also have a prescription for a low dose of Clonazepam to help with sleep onset and restless leg syndrome, as well as to make the CPAP mask more tolerable.   Plus, if I am unable to sleep with my CPAP mask for more than two days I usually use 200 mg of Modafinil (and a sugar free Red Bull) to make the day more tolerable.

[niner]

Alex, at this point, we don't really know that apnea is to blame.  Your symptoms could be caused by an allergy to dust mites in your bedding, for example.  (Dust mites are one of the worlds most common allergens.)  There might be other possibilities as well, but it sounds like allergy to me.  You might want to see how you react to antihistamines and decongestants.  If these are helpful, that could be a sign that it's an allergy.  You should talk to your doctor about the symptoms.  If you sleep with another person, you could ask them if they notice choking sounds, as evidence of apnea.  Do you snore?  Are you overweight?  These are risk factors for apnea.   As far as testing goes, you could get a sleep study to evaluate apnea, and get a skin test from an allergist to see what if anything you're allergic to.  The allergist is easier and cheaper; sleep studies are a lot more trouble.

[yates9]

Not yet well researched enough and sounds ridiculous, but my snoring/mild apnea has improved significantly picking up trumpet lessons.

This sort of story.. http://www.medicalda...ep-apnea-329582

 

If you are in a frustrating not-serious-enough-to-treat type scenario, and don't mind learning an instrument, give it a try.

In any case personally I will try anything before an oxygen mask...

[AlexCanada]

Alex, at this point, we don't really know that apnea is to blame.  Your symptoms could be caused by an allergy to dust mites in your bedding, for example.  (Dust mites are one of the worlds most common allergens.)  There might be other possibilities as well, but it sounds like allergy to me.  You might want to see how you react to antihistamines and decongestants.  If these are helpful, that could be a sign that it's an allergy.  You should talk to your doctor about the symptoms.  If you sleep with another person, you could ask them if they notice choking sounds, as evidence of apnea.  Do you snore?  Are you overweight?  These are risk factors for apnea.   As far as testing goes, you could get a sleep study to evaluate apnea, and get a skin test from an allergist to see what if anything you're allergic to.  The allergist is easier and cheaper; sleep studies are a lot more trouble.

 

You are very right. I did more vacuuming today and changed the sheets earlier. I tried to dust a lot. It made a HUGE difference in how I felt when I woke up. Less hangover significantly. More restful and bit more refreshed sleep. I don't feel anywhere near 100% but it was a  very notable difference between waking up feeling like absolute dread. And I didn't have allergies and sniffles and clogged sinuses when laying in bed either. Sometimes it would start rapidly within 15 minutes of laying down, especially last several days.  But today was no sniffles, no clogged nose, no nothing! 

 

 

I don't know how to deal with this issue longterm. My room is a complete dust magnet. Dust everywhere all the time.  I have a so called air purifier but all it usually does is move the dust around and made me feel sick and weird whenever I used it in the past.  I just felt really off when it would be on for more than 15 minutes.  Would baking soda out in the open do anything?  

 

Allergist idea is a good one too.