embarrasing sleeping problem!! - Sleep Disorders Message Board

bluetooth · 06-15-2004, 01:29 PM

FIRST: ever went to sleep and when you wake up theres a big wet patch on the pillow next to your mouth?

thats me! i tend to drool when i sleep and this is all the time!! , i dont mean too its just when i lie in any position the saliva pours out

any ideas of what causes it and how it can be reduce

SECOND: Im so tired during the day! the morning is fine i can cope and im able to concentrate on studying but during the afternoon about 2-3-4 oclock the tiredness hits me so hard and i feel like sleeping on the floor if im walking somewhere! Im a vegetarian and i take daily vitamins but i cant understand this period during the day that can cause me to sleep for hours!
i try and go to bed early and get 8 hrs sleep a day and rarely wake up in the night...
very unexplainable!!! help !

Lostdog · 06-15-2004, 01:43 PM

Do you live alone or with other people? Reason I ask is, it sounds like you are mouth breathing which makes me think you may be a snorer.If you are ,it's possible you have sleep apnea.This would cause you to fatigue in the daytime.If you live alone you may not realize you snore or if you do, you may not realize how bad it is.Buy a tape recorder if you are alone & check it out.There is treatment for sleep apnea.Just a thought.Hope you find some help soon.

bluetooth · 06-15-2004, 02:01 PM

With other people
I do snore lol my friends tell me i do! Ill do some research on this and see what i can do to avoid it!
any medication i can take?
thnx for the help

Lostdog · 06-15-2004, 02:43 PM

I would have it checked at a sleep clinic if you think this could be sleep apnea.Sleep apnea causes people to stop breathing during their sleep (they may not even realize it).Their bodies are constatly waking them (to protect itself).This is why they are tired in the day.You may wake with a headache too,from lack of O2 in the night.My hubby's treatment was to get a CPAP machine.It forces air into your airway.It helps him alot.His sleep study showed his breathing was stopping 90 times an hour.No wonder he was falling asleep in the day.

bluetooth · 06-15-2004, 04:34 PM

is this something that can affect teenagers?? I can wake up at points during the night but i dont know if thats from stress or this sleep apnea?