Posted by laima on December 27, 2006, at 16:05:50
In reply to Alpha wave intrusion - sleep meds?, posted by Jimmyboy on December 27, 2006, at 15:22:51
Sounds like a problem I'd been having, though somewhat improved now. I had a couple sleep studies which said I was low on the deep wave sleep, though I slept a lot. I've been very tired during the day. The sleep doctor's official conclusion was "idiopathic hypersomnia", or, "we don't know why you are sleepy". Official recommendation was, "Stimulants!"I've got to say, I do feel I am sleeping better lately, off klonopin, which I'd been using at night for a long time. (Eventually, I learned that a lot of sleep meds as well as benzos diminish the deep-wave sleep.) I also am absolutely positive that I sleep much better and deeper during times that I excercise more.
Still not a super-duper full of energy during the day though, and I'm not exactly on high dose of stimulant either. I'll be very interested to hear if anyone knows any other ways to improve deep sleep.
> Does anone know what the treatment would be for alpha wave intrusion problem, basically getting "unrefreshing sleep". I wake up all night long and don;t get deep sleep. But I have no trouble falling asleep and sleeping a long *ss time. But I always wake up exhausted and puffy huge black circle under my eyes and have all the symptoms of sleep deprivation.
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> Basically what I was wondering- is there any medicine that gets you into deep , stage 4 delta sleep ? I think Xyrem does, but wonder what else would increase this type of sleep?
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> Exercise? Trazodone?
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> If anyone knows anything about this I would really appreciate some info. I have an appt w/ a sleep doc soon, but would like to be informed going in . Thanks
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> JB
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