Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I do not have sleep apnea but I did experience early morning distress. I was taking Toprol (still am) which I did not realize has a side effect for some of hellish nightmares. I would dream these hideous mind movies and wake up with my heart absolutely pounding itself out of my chest. I finally went to my internist, and he gave me a perscription for Zoloft which has helped tremendously. I still dream very detailed, sometimes awful nightmares, but they seem to be under control now. I certainly hope your family can get some relief soon from this morning ordeal. Becca (now in Clewiston, FL)hurts4_real <hurts4_real@...> wrote: Thanks to everyone who has responded to my message. We are dealing day by day with the help of thearpy and each other. WE just received a new possible contributor to my husbands early morning arythymias. He has been diagnosed with sever sleep apnea. During a sleep study, he actually stopped breathing a few times. The DR. thinks this could be putting strain on his heart (makes sense to us). The cardiologist and the EP, both rolled their eyes and said no way. Does anyone else have sleep apnea out there that may contribute to their heart condition. We are so desperate to find a cause (which we may never know), but every shock storm and pass out episode has always occured upon wakening in the morning. Needless to say, the AM in our house is very stressfull. Our 10 year old has also witnessed every episode because she has been with him for each one. How scary for her when the alarm goes off. None of us wants to get up for fear something will happen. The positive is we all agree. . . if not the ICD, he would not be here with us. BUT still VERY scary. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks for the support! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 You need to find a new cardiologist and EP. Studies show a correlation between sleep apnea and cardiac problems. I recently read something in the Journal of the American Medical Association about that. I forget which issue. Mike On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:13 PM, hurts4_real wrote: > Thanks to everyone who has responded to my message. We are dealing day > by day with the help of thearpy and each other. WE just received a new > possible contributor to my husbands early morning arythymias. He has > been diagnosed with sever sleep apnea. During a sleep study, he > actually stopped breathing a few times. The DR. thinks this could be > putting strain on his heart (makes sense to us). The cardiologist and > the EP, both rolled their eyes and said no way. Does anyone else have > sleep apnea out there that may contribute to their heart condition. We > are so desperate to find a cause (which we may never know), but every > shock storm and pass out episode has always occured upon wakening in > the morning. Needless to say, the AM in our house is very stressfull. > Our 10 year old has also witnessed every episode because she has been > with him for each one. How scary for her when the alarm goes off. > None of us wants to get up for fear something will happen. The > positive is we all agree. . . if not the ICD, he would not be here with > us. BUT still VERY scary. Look forward to hearing from you soon. > Thanks for the support! > > > > > > > Please visit the Zapper homepage at > http://www.ZapLife.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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