Gail, If your health insurance will cover it, I highly recommend having the sleep study done. I had similar symptoms to yours 10 or more years ago and a sleep study revealed I had severe sleep apnea. I was prescribed a BiPAP machine and I have used it faithfully every night since I got it. The results were overwhelmingly positive. I can't imagine going a night without it. It's my understanding that sleep apnea is very common in quads, especially high injury levels. At the very least a sleep study would confirm or rule this out.
Best of luck to you… Steve - C4, 27 years On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Gail Overton <[email protected]> wrote: > For the past 3 months I cannot sleep at night. I’m wide awake at 10 pm and > simply can’t sleep. Stopped taking sleeping pills altogether because they > work for about a week and then stop working. I cannot get comfortable, have > anxiety, but then during the day I am frequently tired and falling asleep > in therapy. My caregiver is about ready to put me in a home. Doctor has > suggested a sleep study. Has anyone else experienced this with > quadriplegia? I am an incomplete C3 nearly two years post-injury. >
