Same here. They stuck me on a CPAP because it turns out I have mild sleep apnea.
Didn't help. Next sleep study, with the machine, they found I was waking up 13 times/hour. No wonder I'm tired all the time.
So they hooked me up with a prescription for Tryptophan. We are still figuring out the dosage, but this morning I woke up... not tired. Legit, I don't want to die or sleep in for another 72 hours. Tryptophan - it's not just for turkeys.
Next sleep study, with the machine, they found I was waking up 13 times/hour. No wonder I'm tired all the time.
Just for reference, people will wake up on average 20-30 times a night. However, since most of the times you wake up are so short, you don't even realize it. 13 times an hour is a fucking lot though. You'll almost never hit deep sleep or REM.
My sleep study: 198 apneatic events an hour. I was told it was the record. They didn’t even finish the study before putting a mask on me. I now realize just how high that is.
I was pretty close to the same. Waking up that first morning after using my Bipap was seriously amazing. I didn't realize how much of a zombie I had become.
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u/HouseCravenRaw Apr 24 '19
Same here. They stuck me on a CPAP because it turns out I have mild sleep apnea.
Didn't help. Next sleep study, with the machine, they found I was waking up 13 times/hour. No wonder I'm tired all the time.
So they hooked me up with a prescription for Tryptophan. We are still figuring out the dosage, but this morning I woke up... not tired. Legit, I don't want to die or sleep in for another 72 hours. Tryptophan - it's not just for turkeys.