have you any other symptoms to suggest you are developing an infection? here in sx I was surprised how cold it was outside last night, yet the humidifier used so much less water than normal. Take care of yourself and put your feet up, or plug yourself in during the day for a hour.

Like you I was up at 2-00am, but blamed it to my overactive brain, some time they will develop brain transplants, I will gladly have one from a rabbit eat sleep and fornacate.

Nm37, I do hope it has nothing to do with the garlic. When I have a sore throat I gargle with salt water, usually the top of the liquid I use in the neti pot The surgeons at sea always recommended dissolving a soluble asprin in about an inch of hot water in a glass and using that as a gargle. I quite like this, but the salt water is "more on hand" with me Ken

nm37, how are you developing? I hope you are not having any complications? get well and prosper fella.

It must be catching. Thursday morning, I went to the loo at 2.30 a.m. and hardly slept afterwards, Last night (Sunday morning) after the loo visit at 4.30 (colour of strong tea) my mind was racing around for the rest of the night. You are not the only one, but it is a while since I went through one of these phases, I must have something on my mind
Hope you are well soon. Ken

Take a good hefty dram and go back to bed.

Bet you sleep

nm how long is it now you have had the infection although you started the antibiotics today?
Do I take it you have cough or is it the soreness of the throat that is still the worse, to manage? Drinking warm honey, with a soluble aspirin to gargle can haelp sooth things, if or when the cough develops, watch out for other expectations, but warm honey and lemon drinks will help, I also would advice try and keep sat up, as that type of condition being so low of the upper respiratory tract, also has the nasty habit of spreading and devloping itself lower down in the bronchials.

Look after yourself nm, keep warm and try NOT to lay down flat.

watch out for the stomach upset, it has a nasty skill of increasing nausea, along with other gastric irritation, although taking it with food often helps greatly. usualy within 3 days yo will start to feel much more settled, but take the course to be certain.

Garlic may be too rich for your tender gut after all a couple of weeks ago you mentioned gastric reflux, sad as it sounds that may also have had an influence with the present problems, although I am sure the antibiotics will help greatly.

You arn't half going through it this year. in many ways, keep smiling, you never know when it will be our turn.

Nm
Hope you are improving. Thanks for the info, it will get used eventually. My head is all over the place at the moment, and my sleep, like yours seems to be disturbed. My sister has roped me into a concert, and although I like it in general, it is next weekend, and remembering the lyrics is not my forte...at the moment I have difficulty with the colours of Joseph's coat and a small selection from Oliver, where I have to stand in as Fagin, in a matinée...never mind it will all be over in a weeks time, but we all get a buzz from it (at times) Ken

Hi Nm......Unfortunately there is only "Food Glorious food" between the opening number and my bit in the matinée (Pick a pocket or two) This afternoon is full dress rehearsal...I should be glad that the kids are all on stage in this number, don't want the PC brigade catching me changing Hope no one is in the invalid toilet nr the stage
In a few nights time I hope you are sleeping like a baby, with or without the garlic. All the best Ken

paint bedroom! now that is torture, I will not make an excuse for my savings of cpap energy, other than need to have a brain transplant!

Paul I don't think there is any quick answer, other than to get your body clock to reverse it self, i.e. don't take that rest mid afternoon, prepare for bed in normal ways, and try and ask yourself if you have any worries that plague your mind when you are resting. When you wake, by all means get up and make a drink, along with divert your attention from any thing that plays your mind, reduce the amount of caffeine, but go back to bed, even if for only that 1 hour, although yes you will wake feeling crap, you still need to remind your body clock the ??? your normal sleep habit. Search things like caucadian clock, wikepedia has a fair article, you will see it can have far reaching affects in the longer term, even start to antgonise our endocrine system.

It is very normal for us all to get up and or have bad nights, if they persist, you may need to ask if there is something else bothering you, as loss of sleep, or change of sleeping pattern often raises other health issues. Anxiety, depression and various other physical health issues, can be behind it, or even cause it.

I have a leaflet on healthy sleep patterns it is written from my psychie days, but will email it to you, so as to encourage non use of hypnotics, and other such habit forming drugs. Do not take any offence, I am not suggesting anything, just hope it can give some help. Also it may still be an affect of osa, and getting stabilised on cpap, although by now I would seriously doubt it, but a question to ask yourself, has your sleep pattern this last few months even before the bad bights, become lighter, than it was say 6 months ago? when I say lighter, do you hear more noises than before, become more alert to certain boises?

Hi, can't believe that even tho you're going thru such a bad time at the moment, you're still taking the time to offer me advice with my newbie probs, thank you so much. Hope you have a better day today, and a better night tonight. Best wishes, Sue.

Paul, I rembered your family issues, why I mentioned worry, essentialy don't allow your mind to rumatate with what if's, if you get into that frame of mind, especialy when it's idle, divert it's attention, and or write your thoughts/feelings down, and then close the story, but set aside time and space during day to look at them read tghemn again add where possible, and after a week see if you can change them to a more positive outlook, so as to have an achievment structure to them.

we are all allowed to have bad days, some get very few, some get quite a few together, I still am a firm believer we all can offer something, no matter what, it at times may be radical, but heck a new thought never does anybody any harm, as long as we respect each others views.

Morning all, I'd never taken part in forum discussions before this one, and about such an important thing, and yes, the support is amazing. Shared experiences, constructive advice, friendly messages, it makes adapting to a very different lifestyle much easier to cope with, or that's how I'm finding it anyway. Am only a couple of weeks in to cpap and feel lucky that I'm managing so far, but I find it a massive help to come here and read what other people have to say.
Hope you all had a decent night, Sue.