sleep apnea isn't even unique to fat people and has plenty to do with genetics and windpipe shape but in my opinion, being "overweight" and bringing it up in disability spaces can be a really good litmus test for how fatphobic and slimy someone actually is and where their disability advocacy begins and ends
the leftism leaving disability advocates' bodies when fat people have a disorder ppl characterize as their fault etc
i know this sounds like I'm making up a guy but other ppl who are "Overweight" and have sleep apnea will get it. people treat us like shit lol
Do you have difficulty falling asleep? Do you have a known sleep disorder?
Yes, I struggle to fall asleep; I have a known sleep disorder
Yes, I struggle to fall asleep; I suspect I may have a sleep disorder
Yes, I struggle to fall asleep; I do not have any known sleep disorders
No, I don't struggle to fall asleep; I have a known sleep disorder
No, I don't struggle to fall asleep; I suspect I may have a sleep disorder
No, I don't struggle to fall asleep; no known sleep disorders
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Sleep disorders include things like insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, etc. Diagnosis status doesn't matter here; if you're certain you have a sleep disorder, vote accordingly. "Suspected sleep disorder" is meant as "I think something's going on but I don't know exactly what."
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i'm attempting to stop taking beta blockers and not immediately get floored from POTS symptoms because they're making my asthma worse, right? well i took my meds a bit ago, sans beta blocker, and noticed my asthma start getting worse in a way Really Similar to when i take beta blockers. however this week i made handful of other medication changes, including adding melatonin to my meds for the week (bc 3 day weekend means i caught up on sleep and now i need to fix my sleep schedule). the other changes involved meds ive never had bad reactions to.
i have consistently had weird vaguely shitty reactions to melatonin - mainly being extremely dehydrated (more so than normal), and it just generally not actually helping me sleep sometimes, so i suspected it was maybe the culprit. and yesterday upon googling to see if my suspicion of sleep deprivation making asthma worse was founded (it is), i realized that non-24 might actually be part of why my asthma is getting worse. i'm forcing myself to operate on a 9-5 type schedule to go to classes for college 9 months of the year, which means i'm sleep deprived for most of that time. so given exogenous melatonin barely works for me, i googled to see if there's a connection between melatonin and asthma.
Asthma sufferers generally find their condition gets worse at night. Now researchers may understand why. Melatonin, a sleep hormone that is
melatonin conclusively makes asthma worse. well, shit. no wonder it doesn't fucking work, it's making my breathing worse which also makes it harder to sleep.
and no one fucking thought to tell me that you're not supposed to take melatonin with: beta blockers, corticosteroids, antidepressants, or immunosepressants? ALL OF WHICH I TAKE OR HAVE TAKEN IN THE PAST? i was on fludrocortisone AND betaxolol and when i was directed to take melatonin by a sleep specialist! what the hell!
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(Y/n) has been struggling with sleep disorders almost her entire life; it’s been everything from sleepwalking to insomnia to nightmares and everything in between. She always thought she’d grow out of it like all the doctors told her, but it never really went away, not completely. Sure she rarely sleepwalked anymore, she didn’t struggle falling asleep as much anymore, the one thing she still struggled with every so often was the nightmares.
After (Y/n) began dating Sunghoon, the nightmares has both become better yet also worse. They’re not as frequent but once she gets a nightmare, it’s bad. It sometimes becomes paralyzing in the sense that she just can’t move, she can’t think, she’s just frozen, she can’t seem to relax again.
(Y/n)’s spent a few nights over at Sunghoon’s place just as he has slept over at hers. So far, she hasn’t had a nightmare during these nights. This night, however, was different. Sunghoon came over to her place as a surprise as they haven’t been able to spend a lot of time together lately. They ordered food, watched a few movies as they cuddled on the couch, and then finally they got ready for bed.
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Sunghoon hung over her back as they brushed their teeth, she smiled and laughed at the silly faces he made in the mirror. She loved this Sunghoon, the one only she got to see. The head over heels in love, silly, sweet guy.
Once they laid down in bed, Sunghoon fell asleep quickly, (Y/n) however laid still, watching the roof. The night before she had a terrible nightmare, and now it seemed to have awakened her insomnia. No matter what she tried, she just couldn’t fall asleep. Not even cuddling closer to her boyfriend could help.
After two hours of no success, she sighed and gave up. She got out of bed and went out to the kitchen, in the dim lights she sat down by the kitchen table with a newly brewed cup of tea. She sipped it a few times, the taste turning more and more bitter with each one. She looked back toward the bedroom door, she really wanted to go back there, curl into her boyfriends arms, lay her head on his chest and fall asleep listening to his heart beat. But she couldn’t. And it sucked.
She turned back to her tea, staring at it as if it was the tea’s fault she couldn’t sleep. A few more minutes passed by, her cup still almost full and growing cold. Her thoughts so loud that she didn’t hear the bedroom door opening or her boyfriend calling her name.
“(Y/n)?” “Hey? You okay?” It wasn’t until he sat down beside her that she noticed him. “Oh, Honnie, I’m sorry, did I wake you?” Sunghoon looked at her both tired and concerned. “No, I just got thirsty so I woke up and then I saw that you were gone,” He paused and looked at her cup then back at her. “Having trouble sleeping?” (Y/n) looked down, feeling a little ashamed. Adults aren’t supposed to have nightmares and sleep disorders, and she’s not a child, not anymore.
Sunghoon understood that something was wrong, he didn’t know exactly what but he knew, there was something she tried to hide. “It’s okay if you do, there’s nothing wrong with having troubles sometimes,”
“It’s just-“ Sunghoon grabbed her hand, gently running his thumb across it. An encouragement for her to continue. “I’ve struggled with different sleep disorders my whole life. I used to walk in my sleep, it was so bad I literally had to be restrained, I’ve had insomnia to the point where I had to pass out to actually fall asleep, and I’ve had nightmares so bad that I’m scared of sleeping,” She paused for a second before she continued.
“I don’t sleepwalk anymore, I haven’t for almost ten years, the insomnia kind of comes and goes every now and then, the nightmares however, have been persistent, at least one every week. And I just had a really bad one yesterday so it’s hard to fall asleep today,” “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I could have tried to help you” “My parents always told me that ‘it was time to grow up’ anytime my sleep disorders flared up, it only got worse the older I got. They were ashamed of me and I guess I adapted this mindset myself, feeling childish and like a failure for not overcoming my troubles,”
Sunghoon felt his heart clench at the sad look on (Y/n)’s face, he squeezed her hand a little harder, but she pulled away and got up from her seat. (Y/n) brought her cup over to the sink, pouring out the cold tea, her shoulders feeling heavy.
She knew that Sunghoon wasn’t one to judge people for things they can’t help, but she couldn’t come pass her own shame. Sunghoon followed her, gently wrapping his arms around her body, whispering gently. “Come on, let’s go back to bed, I’ll help you fall asleep, and if you can’t sleep then we’ll stay up all night, we can pretend we’re kids again and staying up passed our bedtime,” (Y/n) chuckled at Sunghoon’s joke, leaning into his embrace. His warmth finally feeling soothing again. (Y/n) nodded, turning around in his arms, returning his hug.
The couple soon after returned to bed, Sunghoon laid down first, opening his arms, gesturing for (Y/n) to lay down in his embrace, which she did. She rested her head on his chest, settling down in his arms. Sunghoon put one hand on her head, gently carding through her hair, hoping to sooth her mind, then he quietly began singing a song.
“What are you doing?” (Y/n) questioned, a bit confused yet happy. “I’m helping you fall asleep of course, is it not helping?” (Y/n) looked up at Sunghoon, a silly-tired smile on her lips, Sunghoon couldn’t resist the urge to lean down and kiss her, so he did just that. “It’s helping a lot, thank you, I really do love you,” She settled back down with her head on his chest, his hand in her hair, and his warm loving voice slowly lulling her to sleep.
A few minutes later, Sunghoon stopped singing, his hand still carding through her hair, but now he listened to her breathing and even the light snoring, happy that he could help her fall asleep. To find peace. “I’ll always come and protect you from the nightmares, I love you,” He whispered before he gently moved down so he too could sleep, happy to have his arms wrapped around his lovely girlfriend.
Exploding head syndrome (EHS) anon here. It is a parasomnia (sleep disorder) that is classified by hearing loud noises, like crashes, banging, and explosions. They are auditory hallucinations. The disorder is harmless as in it causes no physical harm and it is not a sign of a serious underlying condition like strokes. But because they cause no physical damage they aren’t treated seriously. EHS is often caused by stress, exhaustion or caffeine. When I tell a doctor that I struggle with it, I am given the basic “cut out caffeine, consistent sleep schedule, remove stress” advice which is unhelpful. I am exhausted to the point I don’t trust myself to drive, I zone out more, and just other sleep deprivation issues. Because I’m exhausted the EHS keeps happening which makes me more exhausted which then worsens the EHS. While doctors are right it’s harmless, I wish they didn’t take that to mean it can’t cause any problems
OHHHH. That's the ableism. I'm sorry for the confusion anon!
