Re: am I the only one?????

[Guest guest]

hi addy,

i have noticed and mentioned to my dr that i don't wake up during the night

for trouble breathing nearly as much. maybe 1-2 times a month, instead of

nightly.

unfortunately, my sleep pattern is so wacky, with unknown origins. about 3-4

night a week, i wake up at 2 or 3AM, and do not fall back asleep. i've had a

sleep study done, which concluded that the few mild apnea episodes i

experienced were not the problem, and their shocker diagnosis was insomnia. i

was evaluated by a sleep pulmo, who ruled out medical issues, and i went through

multiple therapy sessions by a psychologist specializing in sleep disorders (i'm

not depressed or anxious either). he gave me some relaxation exercises to do -

they don't do anythign, but it gives me something to do at 3AM. we've tried

several meds too, but they didn't do anything.

at this point. the only thing i can do for my insomnia is call nick at night

and beg them to put something else on TV besides fresh prince of belair - LOL

at least if i have to be up at 3, i'm breathing easier!!!

heather

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask y'all this before?

For years I have been waking up several times a night. Xolair has cut

down the number of times I wake during the night (from an average of

say 9-10 to an average of 3-4). I assumed this was due to my asthma,

despite the fact that I didn't always wake up choking or congested or

anything. For a long time I had night sweats but those have gone away

since I started Xolair. I did read a study on medline or something

that even folks with well-controlled asthma have poor sleep patterns.

Most of the time when I wake up I have to have something to eat to get

back to sleep. Now I've learned that there's a relatively new

diagnosis of night eating syndrome.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Addy

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Whacky sleep as calls it has been a fact of

life for me since I was born say my mom. I had a lot

of insomnia and anxiety related to it and I took

rivatril for 18 months to relearn how to sleep. Now I

just wake up multiple times a night. Maybe sob 1-3 x a

month but usually having to pee since I am on ++

diuretics. I can usually fall back to sleep and have

mastered peeing and taking albuterol with my eyes

closed. (ahh the skills we learn!)

Apparently whacked sleep is a common feature of many

chronic illnesses. Why not? Something else to make

life " challening "

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

,

I think we'd make a good tag team -- I fall asleep each night at about 2am. I

wake up frequently but I usually have little trouble falling back asleep. Like

most asthmatics, I wake up in the morning feeling exhausted, even with the

improvement through Xolair.

heather <heaven1975@...> wrote:

hi addy,

i have noticed and mentioned to my dr that i don't wake up during the night

for trouble breathing nearly as much. maybe 1-2 times a month, instead of

nightly.

unfortunately, my sleep pattern is so wacky, with unknown origins. about 3-4

night a week, i wake up at 2 or 3AM, and do not fall back asleep. i've had a

sleep study done, which concluded that the few mild apnea episodes i

experienced were not the problem, and their shocker diagnosis was insomnia. i

was evaluated by a sleep pulmo, who ruled out medical issues, and i went through

multiple therapy sessions by a psychologist specializing in sleep disorders (i'm

not depressed or anxious either). he gave me some relaxation exercises to do -

they don't do anythign, but it gives me something to do at 3AM. we've tried

several meds too, but they didn't do anything.

at this point. the only thing i can do for my insomnia is call nick at night

and beg them to put something else on TV besides fresh prince of belair - LOL

at least if i have to be up at 3, i'm breathing easier!!!

heather

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask y'all this before?

For years I have been waking up several times a night. Xolair has cut

down the number of times I wake during the night (from an average of

say 9-10 to an average of 3-4). I assumed this was due to my asthma,

despite the fact that I didn't always wake up choking or congested or

anything. For a long time I had night sweats but those have gone away

since I started Xolair. I did read a study on medline or something

that even folks with well-controlled asthma have poor sleep patterns.

Most of the time when I wake up I have to have something to eat to get

back to sleep. Now I've learned that there's a relatively new

diagnosis of night eating syndrome.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Addy

[Guest guest]

I'm very glad to see it's not just me with the sleeping trouble. I'm not as

young as I once was and going to sleep around 1-2am every morning and then

waking up at 4:30 for unknown reason is getting to be hard when work starts

at 7:30.

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Behalf Of McLaughlin

Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:02 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] am I the only one?????

,

I think we'd make a good tag team -- I fall asleep each night at about

2am. I wake up frequently but I usually have little trouble falling back

asleep. Like most asthmatics, I wake up in the morning feeling exhausted,

even with the improvement through Xolair.

heather <heaven1975@...> wrote:

hi addy,

i have noticed and mentioned to my dr that i don't wake up during the

night for trouble breathing nearly as much. maybe 1-2 times a month, instead

of nightly.

unfortunately, my sleep pattern is so wacky, with unknown origins. about

3-4 night a week, i wake up at 2 or 3AM, and do not fall back asleep. i've

had a sleep study done, which concluded that the few mild apnea episodes i

experienced were not the problem, and their shocker diagnosis was insomnia.

i was evaluated by a sleep pulmo, who ruled out medical issues, and i went

through multiple therapy sessions by a psychologist specializing in sleep

disorders (i'm not depressed or anxious either). he gave me some relaxation

exercises to do - they don't do anythign, but it gives me something to do at

3AM. we've tried several meds too, but they didn't do anything.

at this point. the only thing i can do for my insomnia is call nick at

night and beg them to put something else on TV besides fresh prince of

belair - LOL

at least if i have to be up at 3, i'm breathing easier!!!

heather

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask y'all this before?

For years I have been waking up several times a night. Xolair has cut

down the number of times I wake during the night (from an average of

say 9-10 to an average of 3-4). I assumed this was due to my asthma,

despite the fact that I didn't always wake up choking or congested or

anything. For a long time I had night sweats but those have gone away

since I started Xolair. I did read a study on medline or something

that even folks with well-controlled asthma have poor sleep patterns.

Most of the time when I wake up I have to have something to eat to get

back to sleep. Now I've learned that there's a relatively new

diagnosis of night eating syndrome.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Addy

[Guest guest]

yeah sleep patterns have been weird for me - mostly on account of

asthma. I hadn't really paid attention to it before, but now that

you mention it, i also notice that when I don't get up due to

asthma, I need to get something to eat to go back to sleep. of late

this seems to happen on a regular basis.

so i guess, no you are not the only one:)

niti

>

> I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask y'all this before?

>

> For years I have been waking up several times a night. Xolair has

cut

> down the number of times I wake during the night (from an average

of

> say 9-10 to an average of 3-4). I assumed this was due to my

asthma,

> despite the fact that I didn't always wake up choking or congested

or

> anything. For a long time I had night sweats but those have gone

away

> since I started Xolair. I did read a study on medline or

something

> that even folks with well-controlled asthma have poor sleep

patterns.

>

> Most of the time when I wake up I have to have something to eat to

get

> back to sleep. Now I've learned that there's a relatively new

> diagnosis of night eating syndrome.

>

> Is this happening to anyone else?

>

> Addy

>