Trouble with sleep

[kjs]

Hi all,

I have found I am feeling much happier lately. Study is going well, work is going well, and I am back to riding my horse! It is just a struggle to try and do them sometimes because of how tired I am all the time. 

I usually go to bed about 7.30 and sleep until about 6.30 but I wake up constantly throughout the night and sometimes it takes me a few hours to get to sleep. I also nap during the day a lot. Sometimes up to 2 hours. My Mum says I get too much sleep and that is making me tired, could this be possible? If so, is there anyone who knows how I can fix this. Any advice on how to get a good night sleep is 100% welcome!!! It is getting worse 😞    Thank you in advance. Kelly 

[white knight]

Hi Kelly,

Go to your doctor and tell him/her of the problem. The doctor is likely to advise you to undertake a sleep study. You'll stay overnight at a place where you'll have wires attached to you to monitor your breathing among other things to determine why you are waking up.

In my case I had sleep apnoea a condition that meant I stopped breathing several times within every hour. That meant I was causing all sorts of medical conditions and eventually had to have a breathing mask called a CPAP. Without this machine that helps me breath continuously I could have a shorter life span.

I cant diagnose your condition and it might purely mean you have growth spirts happening etc but your doctor should be consulted.

It is important you do this.

Tony WK 

[kjs]

Hi white knight,

Thank you for your reply. I was thinking about telling my psychiatrist or psychologist but never got around to it when I was there last week. It was especially horrible when I woke the other night almost gasping for air which made me quite scared. I will talk with them about it when I see them next week. I think it is quite common with anxiety disorders so didn't think it was necessary to bring up. 

Thank you again