Anyone else in this boat with me?
I've been suffering for about 10 years (didn't know that's what it was until recently) and starting about two years ago I have been trying different methods to improve it but I don't seem to be able to.
I've been seeing a sleep doctor, a nose/throat specialist as well as my family doctor but things just don't seem to be improving much and I think they are running out of things to suggest.
Things I've tried:
- CPAP machine, I tried this for 3 months straight but couldn't keep it on, some how in the middle of the night in a half awake state I would remove the mask and turn the machine off. I'd wake up with no knowledge of doing this. I tried full face mask, nose pillows as well as varying the pressure but never seemed to get it right
- I've gone through a full Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (had to google that one!), horribly painful and I wouldn't recommend that
- lost 25lbs (put a decent amount back on recently due to poor eating and lethargy)
- blood test to see if anything was weird (nothing came back)
- recording my snoring and trying to note any triggers- definitely has improved since my surgery but still stopping breathing
Things keep getting worse and I'm finding I'm absolutely dead at the end of the week. I crave carbs all the time, I think due a lot to the fatigue. Things got so bad at one point I was on two energy drinks a day + coffee just to function at work. I'm trying to get back into physical activity again but don't know how long I can sustain this.
I've now found my overtiredness is manifesting itself as insomnia fairly regularly.
Anyone in the same boat that has found something worth trying? Or a doctor to talk to?