hyperventilation, thesis and birthday blah

[baratron]

I am getting sick of hyperventilating in my sleep. I go to sleep lying on my front, but somehow in the night I keep rolling onto my back, and my mouth drops open. Then I start breathing badly, take in far too much oxygen, and have very strange vivid nightmares, which means I wake up exhausted, confused and distressed. Blah. I can do all the

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[purpletigron]

Stay sane!

[polyfrog]

I have a birthday present I got for you a year ago, actually...I don't see you often enough.

[polyfrog]

Before the extent of my sleep apnea was known, it was suggested taht I could manage it by not sleeping on my back. Doctors suggested a few things to help that; the most intriging one was sewing a couple of tennins balls into the back of my pyjamas, up near the shoulders where they'd be uncomfortable if I was on my back, but not really noticable other times. Might be worth a shot...

[baratron]

I've heard about that, but it only works if you wear pyjamas to sleep in, which I only do in the winter. I'm not sure I could easily tape tennis balls to my back... More seriously, I roll around in the bed a hell of a lot when I'm getting comfortable before falling asleep, and this would interfere with that.

[hobbitbabe]

Ryk did that while he was waiting for his sleep test. He had two or three tennis balls in a stocking pinned to a t-shirt. It didn't seem very comfortable, but it did stop him from sleeping deeply on his back. A short term solution.

[nephrozym]

this is the point at which you should be given a ventilator to use overnight keep your breathing normal.

[nmg]

Good luck finishing off your thesis.

[ceno]

Seconded.