The night before last was eventful. It makes me wonder why I can't do this sort of stuff at the sleep lab. Maybe it's performance anxiety?
The verdict is out whether it's truly REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) or something else, but boy, whatever it is, it makes me believe I am more active asleep than awake.
About ten o'clock, almost two hours after I went to bed, I dismantled my CPAP. By dismantle I mean dismantle. I didn't just whip the mask off my face. I evidently sat up, reached over, grabbed the hose that was firmly attached to the humdifier and yanked it out.
I woke up with no air, the hose in my hand, and my husband in the doorway saying, "What are you doing?" I tried hooking my hose back up, half asleep, but I was having trouble locating the humidifer outlet. (Most likely the half asleep thing was causing difficulties with this). Mr. Sleepy Chick put it all back together for me.
Then, some time during the night, I evidently fell out of bed. Don't remember hitting the floor. Don't remember anything, until my husband said, "Get back in bed." Then I remember looking up and saying all puzzled, "But I'm on the floor."
They say RBD doesn't cause fatigue. Uh huh.
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About sleepychick
I'm a 34 year old woman with multiple sleep disorders (sigh). Sleeping's been a lifelong sort of love hate thing for me. I had my first polysomnography in 2001, and I was told I was "fine." Turns out, from my history and the muscle tone that the PSG returned, I showed signs of REM Behavior Disorder.
Fast forward three years, where my neurologist, on hearing my reports of ungodly fatigue (more like someone turned up the gravity) and daily headaches, declared I needed a sleep study.
That time they found moderate obstructive apnea.
Did my CPAP titration, wear it dutifully. But I was still so tired. I mean, tired like I was smote from on high. So two weeks ago, I had a re-titration.
They discovered (this time) I needed my CPAP turned up and I have Periodic Limb Movement in Sleep Disorder. I also have an extremely abnormal sleep architecture.
What I wouldn't give to sleep through the night!
