SCI thingy or just me?

Liz321 · 11-24-2006, 08:40 AM

Not sure if it's an SCI thing or not. Every so often I believe I stop breathing during sleep. I wake up my heart is pounding and I dream I cannot breathe. Trying to awaken mysef in my dreams. It happened last night @ 3 times.

I am a mouth breather.

kkmay · 11-24-2006, 08:55 AM

I don't have those dreams but I am also a mouth breather. I try throughout the day to do so with just my nose but I feel as though I'm not getting enough oxygen. Still doing those breathing exercises, well kind of to not really.

In the wind · 11-24-2006, 09:00 AM

Sleep apnea?

Jeff B · 11-24-2006, 12:11 PM

Does it feel like/or do you dream that you are choking on something (like when your swallow a hard candy by accident? That is how my sleep apnea often felt.

rfbdorf · 11-24-2006, 12:19 PM

Do you snore? If so, then it might be obstructive sleep apnea. Do you tend to fall asleep during the day?
- Richard

SCI-Nurse · 11-24-2006, 01:01 PM

Most people with sleep apnea are unaware that they have it & don't typically wake fully up but that doesn't mean it is not sleep apnea.
You could have some one watch your breathing while you sleep for a while. Have them look at depth, count # of respirations & timing of respirations. Look for patterns.They can write it down as it happens & review it later.
You should be worked up for sleep apnea if you feel this is happening which requires video recoriidng etc.. overnight or longer at a sleep center.

CWO

lynnifer · 11-24-2006, 09:40 PM

I've been off anti-depressants for five weeks now and I get that way ... almost a clautrophobic feeling. Tiny panic attacks. Had your thyroid checked lately?

smokey · 11-24-2006, 10:21 PM

Sleep apnea I'd guess. Go to a sleep clinic and get tested.....or better yet, go to your doctor and tell him the symptoms

Liz321 · 11-26-2006, 01:36 PM

Thank you, when I am able to I shall get thee to a dr.

Sue Pendleton · 11-27-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Liz321

Not sure if it's an SCI thing or not. Every so often I believe I stop breathing during sleep. I wake up my heart is pounding and I dream I cannot breathe. Trying to awaken mysef in my dreams. It happened last night @ 3 times.

I am a mouth breather.

This happens to me too Liz. The dreams that go with are terrifying. I literally am gasping when I do wake up. I found it is caused by one thing with me--stomach sleeping. I always sleep on one of my sides but my hip joints were getting tight a few years back so I tried to sleep on my stomach with my head to one side. No matter which way I placed my head and arms I'd wake to feeling like I could not suck in air no matter what. Since I went back to my sides I haven't had a problem. Good luck finding your cause quickly.

11-24-2006, 08:40 AM	#1
Liz321 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NY Posts: 5,582	SCI thingy or just me? Not sure if it's an SCI thing or not. Every so often I believe I stop breathing during sleep. I wake up my heart is pounding and I dream I cannot breathe. Trying to awaken mysef in my dreams. It happened last night @ 3 times. I am a mouth breather. __________________ Get involved in politics as if your life depended on it, because it does. -- Justin Dart I shall not tolerate ignorance or hate speech on this site.

11-24-2006, 08:55 AM	#2
kkmay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your nightmares Posts: 1,704	I don't have those dreams but I am also a mouth breather. I try throughout the day to do so with just my nose but I feel as though I'm not getting enough oxygen. Still doing those breathing exercises, well kind of to not really. __________________ "No one knows what it means, but it's provocative."

11-24-2006, 09:40 PM	#7
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,310	I've been off anti-depressants for five weeks now and I get that way ... almost a clautrophobic feeling. Tiny panic attacks. Had your thyroid checked lately? __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

11-26-2006, 01:36 PM	#9
Liz321 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NY Posts: 5,582	Thank you, when I am able to I shall get thee to a dr. __________________ Get involved in politics as if your life depended on it, because it does. -- Justin Dart I shall not tolerate ignorance or hate speech on this site.

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11-24-2006, 09:00 AM	#3
In the wind Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 274	Sleep apnea?

11-24-2006, 12:11 PM	#4
Jeff B Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,257	Does it feel like/or do you dream that you are choking on something (like when your swallow a hard candy by accident? That is how my sleep apnea often felt.

11-24-2006, 12:19 PM	#5
rfbdorf Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,715	Do you snore? If so, then it might be obstructive sleep apnea. Do you tend to fall asleep during the day? - Richard

11-24-2006, 01:01 PM	#6
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,335	Most people with sleep apnea are unaware that they have it & don't typically wake fully up but that doesn't mean it is not sleep apnea. You could have some one watch your breathing while you sleep for a while. Have them look at depth, count # of respirations & timing of respirations. Look for patterns.They can write it down as it happens & review it later. You should be worked up for sleep apnea if you feel this is happening which requires video recoriidng etc.. overnight or longer at a sleep center. CWO

11-24-2006, 10:21 PM	#8
smokey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 1,865	Sleep apnea I'd guess. Go to a sleep clinic and get tested.....or better yet, go to your doctor and tell him the symptoms

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