I'm Afraid To Sleep

[Jaime]

http://www.bedsbygeorge.com/

[dominicansoul]

[img]http://bedsbygeorge.com/safety/images/Cheryl%20reading%20to%20Steph%20small.jpg[/img]


that one looks pretty razzle dazzle........

[Jaime]

[quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1336182500' post='2427279']
[img]http://bedsbygeorge.com/safety/images/Cheryl%20reading%20to%20Steph%20small.jpg[/img]


that one looks pretty razzle dazzle........
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That's my buddy's company. He makes beds for all sorts of folks with sleep disorders. The website used to be a lot better. It kind of stinks now.

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1336169845' post='2427178']
Anyone that thinks brown recluses and black widows are large spiders really is scared of spiders or likes hyperbole.

I've had to sleep in houses known harbor cuddly critters like this.
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That was just the big ones, then there were these
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That was just in Puerto Rico, I lived in Texas where thay had similar crawlies but added the benefit of introducing these into the house invading cuddly beasty repertoire
[spoiler][img]http://citybugs.tamu.edu/files/2012/01/Centruroides-vittatus-dorsal.jpg[/img][/spoiler]
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Thank you, Lord, for freezing cold winters that kill creepy crawlies.

[Tony]

I am not saying this to subsitute medical advice at all but. Ask your Guardian Angel to look after you while you're sleeping. That's what he's there for about 2-3 times a year I wake up choking (acid reflux I'm thinking and I'm very thankful I have a Guardian Angel looking over me. Prayers and hope you can get your problems fixed

Edited May 5, 2012 by Tony

[AnneLine]

See what you can do to get to a doctor.... in the long run, it will be less expensive that developing something more serious by ignoring it. You have enough symptoms that it should be checked out. Will hold you in prayer....

[missionseeker]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336170356' post='2427186']
We've figured out a way to do it as I have gone in the past, but I just don't want to make my dad owe anymore money.
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Have you even mentioned this to your parents?

[jumpfrog]

I wonder if you could get free consultation if there is a university hosptial with a sleep clinic near you. They might be interested in your case for research purposes. Do a web search for sleep specialists, and email them for help in getting treatment.

[brianthephysicist]

[quote name='brianthephysicist' timestamp='1336160297' post='2427110']
Sleep without a pillow.
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[PhuturePriest]

Jeez, I leave for the night and I have forty-one notifications! I can't really answer everyone's questions and talk about suggestions, but I'll try my best.

The beds are an interesting idea, but we couldn't really afford to buy one, what with my sister's wedding and her graduating from college.

Sleeping without a pillow won't really help the situation any. I can still roll without one, unfortunately. Plus, I heard if you don't use one it can mess up your neck. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but it's what I heard.

I talked about it with my dad yesterday. He said "We'll have to think about that." I'm not sure what that means, but okay.

Wearing the backpack on my chest will have several plausible outcomes. One is that it weighs like, nine thousand pounds so I'll die by not being able to breath which is contradictory to the point, and the more plausible one is that it might work. I worry that it may hurt my chest after a while, but it's worth a shot. I think for now I'll stick with the floor and a chair until we figure out something else.

Prayers are both encouraged and appreciated.

[Archaeology cat]

You have the prayers.

[brianthephysicist]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336249883' post='2427421']
Sleeping without a pillow won't really help the situation any. I can still roll without one, unfortunately. Plus, I heard if you don't use one it can mess up your neck. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but it's what I heard.
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Yes, depending on how you sleep it could mess up your neck. Try it out for one or two nights in a row to see what it does for you.

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336249883' post='2427421']
Wearing the backpack on my chest will have several plausible outcomes. One is that it weighs like, nine thousand pounds so I'll die by not being able to breath which is contradictory to the point, and the more plausible one is that it might work. I worry that it may hurt my chest after a while, but it's worth a shot. I think for now I'll stick with the floor and a chair until we figure out something else.
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The backpack doesn't need to weigh over nine thousand pounds, it just has to make it so that 1 it's awkward for you to roll over and 2 if you do manage to roll over, your face isn't buried in your pillow. Stuff a backpack with a pillow or two, should do the trick for ya

[BG45]

[quote name='zabbazooey' timestamp='1336175708' post='2427230']
He'd have to get a sleep study done to confirm it's apnea then they would write a script. Just had a sleep study done last month.
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This.

My sleep study doc was hilarious...he had coffee in his hand every time we met, which was half a dozen studies worth of time to satisfy my insurance requirements. He acknowledged the irony as well, that a man specializing in medical conditions related to sleep relied on coffee to stay awake.

In my case, there was an initial study to determine I had sleep apnea. I forget how many times I stopped breathing, but it was in the hundreds of times over two to three hours before they forced me to use a CPAP the first time. The second time, it was with a CPAP machine, and that reduced it to around a dozen times and they wrote a prescription. I never realized until that night I had never had a good night's sleep in my life! (This was only about six years ago.)

Then I finally got my tonsils and uvula out. Went back for a follow up study and the doc said it was up to me to use the machine or not, just work on losing the weight. So I still stop breathing sometimes, but not as much as I did. If there's any way to get your dad a study, FP, I'd think it would be well worth it.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='BG45' timestamp='1336318945' post='2427650']


This.

My sleep study doc was hilarious...he had coffee in his hand every time we met, which was half a dozen studies worth of time to satisfy my insurance requirements. He acknowledged the irony as well, that a man specializing in medical conditions related to sleep relied on coffee to stay awake.

In my case, there was an initial study to determine I had sleep apnea. I forget how many times I stopped breathing, but it was in the hundreds of times over two to three hours before they forced me to use a CPAP the first time. The second time, it was with a CPAP machine, and that reduced it to around a dozen times and they wrote a prescription. I never realized until that night I had never had a good night's sleep in my life! (This was only about six years ago.)

Then I finally got my tonsils and uvula out. Went back for a follow up study and the doc said it was up to me to use the machine or not, just work on losing the weight. So I still stop breathing sometimes, but not as much as I did. If there's any way to get your dad a study, FP, I'd think it would be well worth it.
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He does complain a lot about feeling tired all of the time. I would hope this machine isn't loud, though, as my mother will shoot it in the night if it is.

[BG45]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336363296' post='2427922']
He does complain a lot about feeling tired all of the time. I would hope this machine isn't loud, though, as my mother will shoot it in the night if it is.
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Oh they're loud, at least I thought so. When mom was briefly on one prior to weight loss, dad started sleeping on the couch so he could fall asleep. But the slightest noise wakes him up.