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Default Jul 02, 2020 at 04:05 PM
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So, I have been diagnosed with mild sleep apnea and am a segmented sleeper.

I have also noticed that when I don't get enough sleep, or am stressed out, I will talk in my sleep more than normal.

This morning I woke up around 5 a.m. laughing. I assume that was my sleep apnea happening. I'm relieved that my brain woke me up so I could breathe. That's probably thing only thing I don't like about living alone -- what if I died in my sleep, or had a stroke and was laying on my floor.

I know I advised someone to look at being alone as a positive: that marriage doesn't mean safety and security always. But, I admit it, sometimes, I can be a little too pedantic for my own good (yes, yes, I can hear you calling me a hypocrite and worse, thank you very much).

Supposedly, talking in your sleep is your body's way of warning you to wake up because you have:
  • Sleep Terrors
  • Sleepwalking
  • Confusional Arousals
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
  • REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
  • Psychiatric Disorders
  • Nocturnal Seizures
Sleep Talking - Sleep Foundation
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Default Jul 02, 2020 at 04:09 PM
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I won't use a CPAP machine either although I was told I would need one sooner than later. I read online, that people who use CPAPs have more lung infections, and develop bronchitis, pneumonia, and COPD from their CPAP machines. Plus you have to clean it as it can get a build up of bacteria in it. Yuck. No thanks. Plus it is loud and I can't sleep even with my window a/c unit on. Unless they make a CPAP machine that is silent, I know one won't help me. Blowing oxygen into my lungs for 8 hours a night? Ok, sure. Good in theory. But in practice? It could make me even worse than I already am.
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Thanks for posting this. I always wake up at least 2 or 3 times a night. But in my case it's because I have to go pee, & if I don't, I won't go back to sleep. So each time I wake up I drag myself out of bed & stumble down to the bathroom to relieve myself (which can be a bit of a challenge due to having had prostate surgery years ago.) My wife has told me I also stop breathing momentarily on occasion. And I know I snore.

Until recently it was a 50/50 proposition as to whether or not I'd go back to sleep once I was back in bed after getting up to go pee. Recently, though, I started taking Trazadone for sleep again. (I've taken it previously.) So now I still have to get up to go pee. But at least when I go back to bed I go back to sleep. I've also experienced episodes of sleep paralysis since I was at least in my teens... maybe even earlier. It's not possible to remember now. I only have them infrequently nowadays. I had them more regularly when I was young.

P.S. I would never use one of those CPAP contraptions either.

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Default Jul 03, 2020 at 04:15 PM
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Glad that the medication is helping you stay asleep. That's interesting that you have sleep paralysis episodes too. I had those a few times growing up but not since I got older.

I try not to drink any liquids about 2 hours before I know I'm going to fall asleep or I will be up peeing all night. Haha.

Thank you for agreeing with me that those CPAP machines are a bad idea. I think they just cause more problems than cure them. I'd have to get on a sleeping pill to wear a noisy CPAP and I don't want to take a sleeping pill because of the scary side effects and possible breathing depression that some sleeping pills can cause.
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Default Jul 05, 2020 at 08:49 PM
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My husband uses CPAP machine, he has sleep apnea that Is one of common symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome, which he has. I am extremely light sleeper but I am not bothered by it at all as it makes very little to no noise. It sounds like light whisper maybe? They make new machines now that make almost no noise. He never had bronchitis or pneumonia etc And it’s extremely easy to clean, it’s literally nothing. He spends like minutes on it. It takes no space either

Well in his case if not CPAP, he’d die. He stops breathing because his central nervous system simply doesn’t send the signal. He doesn’t snore, just doesn’t breathe. Scary stuff. I want him around so I am glad he is using it.

Not saying you have to use it. But it’s not as bad as it sounds
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Default Jul 06, 2020 at 11:26 AM
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Thanks for sharing your husband's story and your experience with his CPAP machine. I'll have to make the appointment to go visit the sleep clinic store that sells them that my insurance covers. I'll ask them to turn on the models so I can hear the noise level of each one. I'm 49, so I am a VERY light sleeper. My REM stage 1 sleep is dysfunctional for genetic or hormonal reasons and lasts twice as long as its supposed to. I can achieve the other stages of sleep ( all stage of sleep add up to one 90 minute cycle, then each stage repeats itself). I just take longer to get to stage 2 of sleep and fear that a CPAP will make it impossible for me to sleep. I live in a tiny studio apt so I every noise inside it is magnified by 10.
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Thanks for sharing your husband's story and your experience with his CPAP machine. I'll have to make the appointment to go visit the sleep clinic store that sells them that my insurance covers. I'll ask them to turn on the models so I can hear the noise level of each one. I'm 49, so I am a VERY light sleeper. My REM stage 1 sleep is dysfunctional for genetic or hormonal reasons and lasts twice as long as its supposed to. I can achieve the other stages of sleep ( all stage of sleep add up to one 90 minute cycle, then each stage repeats itself). I just take longer to get to stage 2 of sleep and fear that a CPAP will make it impossible for me to sleep. I live in a tiny studio apt so I every noise inside it is magnified by 10.
I hear you about being light sleeper. I am 54. I am extremely light sleeper and have always been. It’s a joke in my family. No one is allowed to do anything when I go to bed, it has to be quiet and dark. My daughter likes to tell stories when she still lived at home. One time I yelled from my bedroom to hers in the middle of the night: what are you doing??? Stop making noise. Poor girl. I woke her up. The only noise she made was turned around on her bed and it squeaked. Lol I was convinced she was out and about after bed time!

I actually worried that my husbands CPAP would keep me up. But somehow it doesn’t. Maybe because it’s so monotone I got used to it. I sleep rather poorly as it is so it’s not worse with CPAP.

Good idea to tell them to turn it on and see what you think of noise
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Hey @Motts thanks for this thread, I just saw it. I had to google parasomnia and i am so glad I did! I talk in my sleep, move, cry out and sometimes sleep walk. In my dreams I am aware I am dreaming and will actually tell myself to wake up. I then begin to call my husbands name and ask him to wake me up. Weird huh? Also I will have clear conversations that make no sense. Last month I woke my husband up by saying "yellow is a bad color for the fence". We are not painting a fence, no not even have a fence to paint and I like the color yellow. I had a sleep study a decade ago because of insomnia and it was noted how much I move in my sleep and had delayed sleep phase syndrome. The insomnia was more important to address. I went through my own sleep training because sleep meds can make parasomnia worse. Does anyone think I need a sleep doctor and a new study?

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Default Jul 11, 2020 at 11:10 PM
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Hi Sarahsweets.

Sounds like we both have the same issues with our sleep. I was going to do a home sleep study since COVID has closed down the sleep study centers. But then I found out I’d have to pay for it myself since my insurance doesn’t cover at home sleep studies, so I had to cancel it. I don’t have $850 to pay for the equipment.

Yeah an updated sleep study is always a good idea.
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