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Sleep deprivation

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WhiteVans · 03/04/2024 05:17

AIBU to feel on the brink of a complete breakdown through horrific sleep deprivation.
I'm desperate to sleep. Feel like I'd do anything to be able to sleep. I snore SO LOUDLY that I wake myself up multiple times an hour, every hour, all night.
Tonight I've counted each time my horrific snoring has woken me up and so far I've got to 72 times. The noise is unbelievably loud inside of me and I don't even know where the noise is coming from exactly. It's SO LOUD it's unbelievable. I even think my neighbours must hear me through the wall.
I can't go on like this. I have to go to work in 2.5 hours and I've woken up 72 times. Irx like this every night and I can't cope, I'm crying, it's like torture.
My friends have invited me for a night in an air b and b house for a birthday celebration in July, we'd have to share bedrooms, a couple of us per bedroom, and I'd absolutely love to go, but I've had to make up an excuse and say no because of my phenomenally absurdly loud snoring, I would keep the friend I'd be sharing with awake all night and probably friends in other rooms too.
My DH can't sleep with me, he sleeps in another room to get away from the noise and he STILL gets woken up by my noise from a different room.
I've got no quality of life. I feel ill with exhaustion all the time. My immune system is shot to pieces. I look ill every day from exhaustion. I spend every day feeling like I'm on a different planet from sheer sleep deprivation.
I actually can't go on like this, I'm dying to sleep. I'd give anything.
I don't drink alcohol.
I don't smoke.
I'm not overweight.
What is wring with me???

OP posts:
Noyesnoyes · 03/04/2024 05:26

Sleep apnea get tested!

Sometimes due to the shape of your neck, so not smoking, drinking, weight etc won't stop it.

Mumof1andacat · 03/04/2024 05:29

Sounds like sleep apnea. Make an appointment with you gp and start your treatment pathway

WhiteVans · 03/04/2024 05:31

Noyesnoyes · 03/04/2024 05:26

Sleep apnea get tested!

Sometimes due to the shape of your neck, so not smoking, drinking, weight etc won't stop it.

But why is it I don't make these horrific noises like a pneumatic drill when I'm awake?
Why does it only happen when I'm asleep?
I can lay down whilst awake and make no noise.
The second I fall asleep I'm making noises that not only wake me up but that make my heart pound against my chest and I have a feeling of fear and panic. It's so strange. I can't even mimic the noises when I'm awake, I literally can't make the noises that I make whilst asleep.
Why is this?!

OP posts:
Noyesnoyes · 03/04/2024 05:34

@WhiteVans because you stop breathing when you sleep, hence the noise.

Go to your GP!

GlitterBall91 · 03/04/2024 05:43

WhiteVans · 03/04/2024 05:31

But why is it I don't make these horrific noises like a pneumatic drill when I'm awake?
Why does it only happen when I'm asleep?
I can lay down whilst awake and make no noise.
The second I fall asleep I'm making noises that not only wake me up but that make my heart pound against my chest and I have a feeling of fear and panic. It's so strange. I can't even mimic the noises when I'm awake, I literally can't make the noises that I make whilst asleep.
Why is this?!

Because when you’re asleep the airways relax and become narrow causing an obstruction. This doesn’t happen when you’re awake.

Sharptonguedwoman · 03/04/2024 08:25

Sleep clinic and a CPAP machine would be my uneducated advice. If you can afford it, go private and see someone ASAP. CPAP machines are life changing.

jeaux90 · 03/04/2024 08:32

Get tested. Cpap saved my sisters marriage. The BIL law was the same, when he used to stay it was like someone was sawing logs in my house.

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