insomnia?

I am glad your sweetie has found relief. I tried melatonin and it made me feel really odd so I didn’t take it again. I am seriously thinking of looking into rozerem (sp)…ambien gave me a headache. Right now I take an OTC sleep aid (nothing more than an antihistamine and I have found that most name brand sleep aids are more $$ than plain ol benedryl. But doxylamine succinate works better). Anyhow, the sensations i have while trying to drift off is the same if I take something or I don’t and they are troubling. Last night my hubby woke me and asked if I was okay. I’m alseep and being rudely awakened is not what ya want to do to me because I get a little fiesty. I told him rather snippy that of course I was okay why the heck would you wake me up to ask that?! He said it sounded like I was having trouble breathing or something. I have tried the breathe right thingies, snore stop spray, and a new pillow. Yes sometimes I do feel I am not breathing properly when I start to fall asleep, but I have no clue if it is GBS related or not or if I should be seriously concerned. I’ve never experienced sleep apnea before and have shared a bed/room with this man for several years…he has never once questioned my breathing or whatever until now. The breathing thing feels as if my timing is off or something, like I have to think about breathing or it feels like I am not taking a breath at the right time or whatever. Does that make sense?

When I was sick, I had slight problems with breathing. Yes I should have been in the hospital but that is another story. I would ask hubby to work late or play his pc games and keep an eye on me….was afraid to tell him why for some reason. Finally did a couple of months ago and he got upset that I didnt fill him in way back then. And I had problems swallowing…it took more effort to do so but I never choked on anything. I still feel like I cant swallow like I used to and I assume that is where the snoring comes in. All of this scares me because I am afraid my auto switch wont work and I will just stop breathing while I sleep. Which sets up anxiety, which makes it hard to go to sleep on top of already having problems. And there is nothing decent on tv late at night/early in the morning. I am getting tired (HA!) of not being up with my 3 kids in the morning to see them off to school. Thankfully they are old enough to get themselves ready and whatnot, but that doesnt make me feel any less guilty.

Lack of sleep…proper rest…leads to residuals being yucky, which also leads to exhaustion, and grumpiness. I feel as if I am not functioning 100% and not carrying my weight around here. A huge guilt trip let me tell ya!

Argh!

[QUOTE=greasemonkeyfred]I also had trouble sleeping ,it has been that way since i started getting my first systoms.It has been 16 months since my dx and i have had to use sleep aids to got to sleep at 10pm and then wake up at 1am but now this month i am sleeping better without any aid .The only thing thats differnt is i started taking Lyrica .[/QUOTE]

You are only a couple of months behind me as far as onset! I got hit in July of 06 and still find it hard to believe it was THAT long ago. I am on wellbutrin…low dose…and was told it would help with sleeping but it doesnt. Maybe I need to look into something else. Lyrica would help with the tingling and pain at night as well right? It hasnt made ya feel like a zombie or anything has it?

Thanks all, I am learning so much about what is “new” post GBS. I dont like attributing every thing to it of course, but when something that wasnt there before is now a part of my life I kinda lean towards the wackiness of communication within me…or lack there of 🙂

*yawn* thanks a bunch and here’s wishing a good nites sleep and sweet dreams to us all 😉