artluvr09 Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 This morning and tonight I noticed that when I am trying to fall asleep I feel like I cant breath. I don't know what it is. Its frustrating because it is 1 am and whenever I lay down I feel like I cant breath when I start to fall asleep. It's really random. I don't usually get this. Do you guys get these symptoms? It's scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 My chesy just gets heavy like I have to think about breathing. I bet a cpap or similar would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjensen Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yes, I have had similar symptoms. Fortunately, I have note experienced this in some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looneymom Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Does it help if you sleep in a recliner? I have done this a few times with my son. This does not happen very often with him. He seems to have more trouble with this when is really wore out physically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friedbrain Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I posted about this a month ago, had a very bad episode (have had minor ones in the past). My abdomen felt funny, too, like it was also heavy. I was afraid it was related to my heart, as the symptoms matched congestive heart failure (my Bp was also very very low - 78/52)I have trouble sleeping on top of it because I jerk awake frequently (I suspect it's an adrenaline response to low Bp or oxygen because I am trembling and my heart is racing when I jerk awake). I went to the doc and surprisingly she wants me to rule out reflux with an endoscopy. I read that it can present that way but I don't think that's it. I had this again earlier this week, at night, after an intense workout that evening. I was urinating a lot that night, which may or may not be relevant. I recently saw a new endocrinologist who mentioned that cortisol helps regulate water retention, and I have adrenal insufficiency. Now I'm wondering if I'm having some minor episodes of adrenal crisis after working out, am flushing water resulting in low Bp at night. Even tho I was having to get up all night to urinate, I tried to drink water to replace what I was losing. I have urine strips (from amazon) that can assess many variables. Since I sometimes produce NO urine and at other times can't stop urinating, I'm trying to see what's going on. I wish others did the same so that I could compare notes! I'm now trying to track concentration (specific gravity), ph and leukocytes (protein and ketones are also often positive but maybe falsely so? Not sure). Strangely, I have been sporadically leukocyte positive over the years so gave been often tested for bladder infections-always neg. this week after the bad breathing ep, I felt bad and was briefly leuk positive. I have been leuk pos w my urine strips, too, for windows of time and then nothing. Doc hasn't cared since it's not a bladder infection...(?!) I don't know if/how it could be related but I'm tracking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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