Thanks Sasha, I like your "Fine, thank you" it does make me laugh. I've said it so often to people, if they only knew !
Thanks - I thought it summed up our whole situation nicely!
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Thanks Sasha, I like your "Fine, thank you" it does make me laugh. I've said it so often to people, if they only knew !
Hello,
I never let myself take naps because of how terrible I feel after it, I feel so awful if I felt it at any other time I would be worried something is seriously wrong. I just unintentionally fell asleep and was woken by my dad coming home from work and felt horrendous after, feel completely out of it, so sick and dizzy, plus I sometimes get a pain in my stomach which may be because of stress or stomach problems and that is hurting. I was wondering two things, one, why does this happen? And secondly I have realised for quite some time that when I feel at my complete worst it is when I wake up in the middle of the night feeling so sick it is ridiculous, and was wondering if the feeling is being caused by the sensation I get after having a nap, although I do wake up every night pretty much without fail and when it is linked to being awful my stomach has normally had some discomfort the day or two leading up to it and it is quite rare when I feel really awful, maybe every few weeks? But I still don't feel great when I just wkae up at night.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Ps. My nap was about 20 mins which I thought was a good amount time for a nap.
Yes definitely to do with autonomic dysfunction as mine got worse with the autonomic neuropathy.There always the OI thing for some people. If you get supine just long enough for your body to adjust to that position and then get upright again so that blood sinks to your feet suddenly, you will feel like hell. Not everyone passes out. Piercing headaches, dizziness, nausea, and pounding heart are common.
I certainly recognise that being unable-to-eat-until-several-hours-after-waking feeling. It's a real hum-dinger of an issue this sleep disturbance. Screws up everything else if you ask me.
Am not convinced it's OI related I think there could be several things occurring at once. Am interested in the sleep research that is now beginning to come on-line; and they might through observation and further study be able to link this with specific bodily systems but I don't think they are there yet in respect of 'the disease'.
They're only just 'waking up' to it at an individual level
Gods alone know what kind of treatments there might be. Sleeping pills are out that's for sure - been there done that - makes me feel even worse!!
It's the falling asleep during the day that is the problem for me.
I've always had my bed raised at the head, since being sick, stuck a pillow under mattress, had to do this as light-headedness, dizziness was too bad, sinus, sore head problems required raised bed at head.
Could be overly sensitive to that sleep cycle you mention jeffrez ? might be a cause
I have also experienced these same symptoms after taking certain painkiller tablets, their is one brand of Panadol that I cannot take, the original brand is fine . It has happened 3 times to me and now stick to what I know is ok.
It's your blood pressure going too high (hypertension) when you're lying flat (supine).
Do you have orthostatic intolerance, and/or are you pushing your physical limits? In either case you might need to lie down, but if you wait too long to do it you're going to feel pretty bad for a while. Hence it might help to have preventative lie-downs (not necessarily sleeping) two or three times per day. And sitting with your feet up as often as possible might help too.I feel horrible in the afternoon whether or not I nap, but worse if I take a nap. But if I nap I feel better later. If I nap late morning or early evening I don't feel horrible.