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5th July 2018 01:51
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Re: Help with debilitating insomnia
Hi AngelFire - OK.. then it's Sleep Apnea.. I don't think you want to use sleep inducers with airway obstruction. Still best thing is to see what your awake and sleeping oxygen levels are.. That will let you know about lung function, possibly one can see what happens allergy-wise with having some gluten consumed possibly hidden in foods.. (or other allergy causing components)..
That you mention Gluten being an issue is understood as one of those triggering items.. I can induce sleep apnea here with me with overdoing it on late night cheese/nachos (chock full of gluten) and I suffer fitfully with snoring.. I can solve it with a proper anti-histamine and bronchial dilator.. pain in the butt for having pigged out late nite on junkfoods..
I mentioned also a mouth appliance which moves the lower jaw forward:
https://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/ma...nt-device.html - - ( http://www.dentalartslab.com/product...pliances/tap3/ )
This is a picture of one of those appliances, which holds the lower jaw infront of the upper...
One can try moving your lower jaw forward, while lying down, on one's favorite pillow, and see if moving the lower jaw forward (by yourself) has you breathing better and actually feeling better after a few minutes... (it helps me when I am feeling congested)..
There are other things to check as the other members have mentioned, my gut feeling based on experience (and your feedback) still is sleep apnea.. What induced it originally should be addressed..
Some say a lower jaw appliance is much better than being tethered to a CPAP machine..
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5th July 2018 04:00
Link to Post #42