What’s wrong with me?

[Anonymous]

I am discussing with my physician and it is taking long to getting the tests done.

Last year or so I have experienced tiredness. A lot of it. I am 46 otherwise healthy and active woman. I know I snore really loudly because it bothers my partner to the extend he has to sleep in another room. I did at-home 24 sleep study and it was negative for apnea. However. I am costs y tired and at 3-4 o clock crash- needing a taking a nap. I take a nap every day, if I’d don’t I can’t function.

Doctors dismiss it, at least mine. At night I don’t sleep well because I take a nap and it is really hard. Every day every afternoon I find myself in the couch talking a nap. Is it sleep apnea?

[Anonymous]

don't take nap, cut out caffeine, don't drink alcohol, be more active

[Anonymous]

No alcohol at all, I am trying to work out every other day. But becuase of being tired every day it si difficult. I dont know - I am really cocnerned now becuase I am scared something is wrong. People with sleep apnea, could this be it? I am signed up for the sleep study but it is nto until october.

[Anonymous]

Perimenopause, maybe some weight gain?

[Anonymous]

You definitely need an in lab sleep study. Have you had labs for thyroid, Vit D, B12, anemia? How is your diet? Protein intake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perimenopause, maybe some weight gain?

I experienced this in peri, sans weight gain. I was evaluated for sleep apnea and cleared.

[Anonymous]

Thyroid?

I know my body changed and I can drink any caffeine at all after about 10 am if I want to sleep.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like peri. Late 40s? Check. Exhaustion? Check. Broken sleep? Check. Doctor dismissing it? Check.

Do you have any cognitive symptoms? When I had undiagnosed sleep apnea it got to where I literally wasn't safe to drive. I remember one day I opened the passenger side door of my car, climbed in, and couldn't understand what was wrong as I tried to figure out how to drive away. Got my cpap, and all of that was fixed. I also woke up with headaches most days. There tend to be symptoms that come with sleep apnea beyond the fatigue.

[Anonymous]

Did you ever have Covid? Long Covid? I think you need to fight through NOT napping to break that cycle because the naps are ruining your night sleep

[Anonymous]

Op here. Apologize for the typos, I was typing on my phone. So, definitely peri is here. In addition, I experience terrible brain fog, mood swings depending where I am on my cycle, exhaustion and demotivation. I am also on Luvox for GAD and health OCD and I my PCP thinks Luvox makes me tired. However, I have been on it for 4 years and did not happen to me then. I still think it is unresrful sleep that causes it because very often I wake up already tired even if I slept all night. Last night, I could hear myself snoring and it woke me up. My husband says once a night, I grasp for a breath. Just once not often.

[Anonymous]

There are other causes of snoring besides sleep apnea. You're likely getting a really poor quality of sleep every night with how you describe your snoring. I would keep looking around for another sleep study place.

[Anonymous]

Can you sleep on your left side?

If you must be on your back. Do you use a thin flat pillow so your neck is not bent forward?

Try these,

[Anonymous]

They make strips to help you snore less, try those. If your test didn’t show sleep apnea, look for other medical causes, but the daily nap has to go. Take a walk instead. How’s your diet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No alcohol at all, I am trying to work out every other day. But becuase of being tired every day it si difficult. I dont know - I am really cocnerned now becuase I am scared something is wrong. People with sleep apnea, could this be it? I am signed up for the sleep study but it is nto until october.

Most likely it’s sleep apnea.Also do a complete bloodwork.

[Anonymous]

Get a complete iron panel (not just hemoglobin). Anemia can cause tiredness.