Posted by johnj on October 30, 2003, at 17:41:16
In reply to Re: Hello Larry » johnj, posted by JLx on October 30, 2003, at 9:21:28
Hi JLx:
I remember you too and want to thank you for your kind reply and sharing what you have found.
To answer your first question I did not see the alternative medicine clinic at the local university yet, but have found some interesting things since we last exchanged information.
As you remembered I had a robust response to the mangesium the first 10 days and then my sleep became shortened and I started to have lots of anxiety. I had a similiar response to fish oil too. But, I was recently given another clue to my problem. I had terrible insomnia in the spring and was just barely able to function at work. Some was stress, but I have never been that easily stressed.
I broke down and took some old remeron to get some sleep. I went from my old dose of 30 to 15 and things were pretty good. I was even sleeping more sound and felt more drugged after two months. Almost as if I didn't need the benzo's and AD's. Have you ever had that feeling like you were doing so well that the meds seemed unneccesary?
Well....I started falling back again and was at a total loss until I went to see my dentist. Not too long after starting the remeron again I started using an old mouth guard since I grind my teeth. The dentist noticed I was griding my teeth and causing damage and....I had lost the mouth guard about a month before i went to the dentist(that is when I started to go downhill). I was going to a pulmonogist due to a cough that would not go away and it just so happens he is a sleep specialist at the sleep clinic too. He checked me out and then noticed my jaw and teeth grinding. He asked me a lot of questions and then asked me if I would do a sleep study since he thinks I might have sleep apnea. I am guessing that the mouth guard I was using was limiting my tongue movement and thus letting air in better and thus allowing my brain to heal(totally a hypothesis at the moment).But, it does make sense. Two years ago when I started to relapse it was due to insomnia. I didn't feel anxious or depressed at the time just wasn't refreshed in the morning. I became more anxious when I wasn't sleeping and began a two year vicious cycle. I can't do the study until December so I have to gut it out. I have a new mouth guard, but it only covers my two front teeth so it allows my tongue to move freely, and I haven't been getting good sleep.
I really hope we have stumbled upon something here. This may also explain my problem with excercising. I can't or it really messes up my sleep no matter what time of day I do it. This would create more demand on my body and thus make my sleep worse.
That is my story to date.......I don't want to hope too much it is a breathing problem, but that mouth guard was helping me, that I am sure of. I just need to hang on. Any comments?
My wife is going through hormonal changes and they are rough. I have never had ups and downs like the last two years and it all depends on how I sleep.Hope things are going well for you and the magnesium holds. It is good to try new things. Larry gave me great advice and that was to add things one at a time so you can gauge how it works. What are you trying?
Take care and lets keep in touch. :)
johnj
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