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I sleep a lot, often at least nine or ten hours while I watch others get by on six or seven hrs of sleep. Even then I'm tired during the day, and often feel the need for naps. I did a sleep study, and all they found was that I was not entering rem sleep. Do you think this is Lyme related? The doctor did t know what to do except give me a Cpap machine which hasn't helped. I can't fall asleep with it, and I don't have sleep apnea anyways. I wonder if not entering rem sleep could cause fatigue or memory problems, or muscle pain in itself.
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My son slept 12 hours a day during the first few months on IV antibiotics.
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I sleep a lot too, and naps are a must at certain times. If you look at Dr. Buhner's guidelines, he says that sleep is difficult with Lyme, and it's important to stay away from caffeine, etc. that will interfere with sleep, and to take naps.
I take 2 Benadryl with my nightly meds, and I sleep pretty good, waking up several times a night with Babs flashes of nuclear hot flashes, but fall back asleep pretty good after that.
The Benadryl helps with any headaches I have when going to bed too.
Melatonin along with the Benadryl knocks me out so that I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to wake up if necessary until 8 hours is up.
I don't always nap in the daytime, but during my flares, I do.
Taking magnesium and epsom salt baths before bed help a lot too. Good luck!
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This happened to me a lot at the beginning of lyme before I sought treatment. It morphed into problems with cortisol which is manufactured in the adrenal glands. You might want to check hormone levels to make sure that lyme isn't messing with hormones--which lyme likes to do.
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crawgirl- you said, "with babs flashes of nuclear hot flashes"
That is the best description I've read so far to describe the babs night sweats. It gave me a good chuckle.
Tonight when I wake up drenched and self-combusting, I'll remember your phrase
During the week I sleep about 6 hours at night. Interrupted lots with the nuclear sweats (thanks, crawgirl!), or with the chills.
Seems the best sleep quality for me is between 3am-9am on the weekends.
During the week I have to get up at 5am, so it is very hard to get up as it is in the middle of that deep sleep period.
On the days I am too tired or too sore to get out of bed, and when I phone in sick, I sleep around 14 hours total.
I am sure if I could sleep 14 hours a day, everyday, I would heal from lyme and co much quicker and less painfully.
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Both my sister and I (in our 50's, must have been bitten when we were young, because we have lived in different states for over 30 years) have different sleep patterns - she wants to sleep all the time, i can't sleep....at least not as well as i used to....she however had co-infections that i tested negative for....magnesium helps with my sleep...but still not 6-7 straight without interruption
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I usually take between 1 or 2 naps a day. I feel pretty good otherwise. I suspect some of the supplements and abx I take contribute to sleepiness.
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Seems like I'm sleeping a lot more than usual now. I go to ned.about 9-10 and sleep at least until 9. Course I wake up numerous times and then have to go pee sometimes twice so its kinda up and down.
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I can sleep for well over 12 hours. And I am sleepy all the time. My chronic fatigue is not a general weakness but rather a constant sleepiness.
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Huh. No. I had extreme insomnia when the Lyme became late-stage and still have insomnia. Never had anything like it until I contracted Lyme. Mine affects me neurologically +.
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