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Originally Posted by marantz1935  Hi Beth, and thanks for your post on SA. |
You're welcome! Thank you for reading it,
. Wish more people would do so considering about 1/2 of us with hypertension have it.
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... I identified immediately with some of the symptoms listed. They were: waking up with a headache, waking up during the night with a choking sensation, waking up gasping for air and perspiring during the night. While the aforementioned has happened only occasionally - they have still happened. If I mention this discovery to my GP, he'll just dismiss it as usual (sigh!).Marantz,
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Marantz, I am so very glad that you mentioned this for several reasons...first of all, these are CLASSIC signs...classic...so I will add them to the list along with anxiety and panic as these symptoms often accompany the ones you describe (I didn't experience any of these symptoms so I forgot to put them on the list, sorrrry!).
Second, these things don't happen all the time....and often when they do happen, we just don't notice (or if they happen at night we don't remember them when we wake up). The fact that you've experienced these symptoms ONCE is a sign that it needs to be investigated.
Thirdly, although apnea is relatively easy to treat (treatment can be 100 percent effective and med free), untreated apnea can be
deadly for some...so you need to find a doctor who is better versed (or at least willing to listen) than your present doctor! And I would recommend doing so right away (it can take several months to get in to see a specialist.)
My sleep specialist told me that most of his referrals come from heart specialists (I was the exception,
) ..if it were me, and I had problems getting a referral I would:
1. Put together info with a sleep log/diary, self tests, and other reasons why I thought I had a sleep problem. I would presesnt this to my primary doctor, who should then give a referral.
2. If my primary wouldn't give me a referral, I would call my insurance company and ask for the names and contact info for the sleep specialists in my area. I would then call the offices of those sleep specialists and tell them that I was having a problem getting a referral from my doctor and ask them what they would recommend...or I would ask for the names of the primary (or other)doctors that gave them referrals and get an appointment to see one of them for the purpose of getting a referral.
Thank goodness, I didn't have to fight that battle...but I did switch sleep specialists before I had my sleep study done...I may have made a mistake there, but that's another story.
Good luck, Marantz...do let us know how you fare.
Bethsheba
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