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    #1

    Apnea and Bac

    So anyone find a workaround for this (for those that suffer from it)?

    It drives me up a wall. I snored when I drank hard. No surprise there.

    Now I have something closer to apnea and I swear it's from the baclofen.

    :upset:
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    #2
    Apnea and Bac

    Not sure if I have this, as what I can tell about sleep apnea people who suffer from it don't know they have it. They just wake up tired and don't know why. I think I have something closer to sleep anxiety or something, but I do feel like I can't breathe--or at least like I need to remember to, and concentrate on, breathing.

    My workaround is keeping some kind of sugar/carb snack and a pack of smokes on the nightstand. That way when I wake in a terrible panic my meds are right there.

    Not helpful at all, as far as advice goes, but it's what I've got.

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      #3
      Apnea and Bac

      Yeah, I've had the anxiety thing. This is more like snoring but with a touch of not getting a breath or making a ton of noise. Even when I am not breathing through my mouth.

      Smokes probably would not help. My wife would be less than happy with that one, also. I am more of a cigar smoker.

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        #4
        Apnea and Bac

        Interestingly, I think i have sleep apnea exacerbated by the bac. In fact, I'm doing a sleep study in a couple weeks to determine. As many of you know, I'm having a devil of a time with bac these days. If I' ain't gettin oxygen enuff to my brain while sleeping, that could be making matters even worse!
        Indifference 350 on 9/20/11. Titrated down to 180 got the cravings. Titrated back up to mid-300's and all Hades broke loose. Hope to get better.

        "if i can't dance, it's not my revolution - sister Emma Goldman

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          #5
          Apnea and Bac

          Well, it's an established SE of baclofen that it exacerbates sleep apnea.
          Now if I could just find a ways around it.

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            #6
            Apnea and Bac

            you have to sleep with one of those contraptions that fit over your face, right?
            Indifference 350 on 9/20/11. Titrated down to 180 got the cravings. Titrated back up to mid-300's and all Hades broke loose. Hope to get better.

            "if i can't dance, it's not my revolution - sister Emma Goldman

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              #7
              Apnea and Bac

              It sure would be nice if they could invent something more "user friendly" for sleep apnea.


              "I like people too much or not at all."               Sylvia Plath

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                #8
                Apnea and Bac

                COSGringo;1365645 wrote: Yeah, I've had the anxiety thing. This is more like snoring but with a touch of not getting a breath or making a ton of noise. Even when I am not breathing through my mouth.

                Smokes probably would not help. My wife would be less than happy with that one, also. I am more of a cigar smoker.
                I have noticed in past times taking Bac that I feel like I stop breathing and wake myself up with a huge snort! I found it frightening. Never did figure out how to stop it.

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                  #9
                  Apnea and Bac

                  No contraptions for me. I was fine before the bac.

                  I do get the symptom like Phin above.

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                    #10
                    Apnea and Bac

                    I have a problem when I am trying to get to sleep where I will feel like I am suffocating just before falling asleep and get snapped back into consiousness. it passes after finally falling asleep
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                      #11
                      Apnea and Bac

                      Yes, I had that in my ealier stages.

                      Once I got past that mess, you have what I have now.

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                        #12
                        Apnea and Bac

                        cos, how much bac are you taking?
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                          #13
                          Apnea and Bac

                          Back up to 220 right now. Probably stay here. Maybe 230 which was my original switch.
                          Finding myself having a drink or 2 now and then. Nothing bad and that's where I wanted to be.
                          However, I would rather not even care at all for it again.

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                            #14
                            Apnea and Bac

                            COS,re: sleep apnea

                            Apparently the good ol' Mirta could be quite helpful again:
                            http://www.journalsleep.org/Articles/300105.pdf

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                              #15
                              Apnea and Bac

                              Whoa, ok I will read through that.

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