Are there any natural therapies that have
been known, or that anyone hsa tried to
help sleep apnea?
Homeopathy? Naturopathy? Chinese herbs?
Natural supplements(meds?)
anything
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Ruby of the Water
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Michigan
Natural Sleep Aids Posted: 07-22-04 07:06am
Hello purple,
i have used soft classical music playing
via the radio all night long. Seems to
work for me!
I take a large dose of calcium (1200 mg)
within an hour after dinner and that puts
me to sleep.
I have obstructive sleep apnea so I use my
machine faithfully or my brain does not
get enough oxygen and well that's not a
pretty sight!
A hot bath in the pm seems to wake me up
instead of putting me to sleep but I have
heard that a cold shower has the opposite
effect. I have not tried it.
Hve u heard it's all about gaining good
sleep habits? I struggle, but am sure we
all have to adapt to our own mind and
body.
I get 6-7 hours of uninterupted sleep
currently which is a great improvement
for me!
Ruby
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Gianluca
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Ohio
Re: Sleep Apnea Posted: 01-09-05 20:30pm
Hey purple,
i don't believe there is a fix from
anything you mentioned, except for cpap,
and maybe weightloss. However, my cpap
recently went out and as a result, the
only way I could sleep (and not have any
apnea episodes, at least not as
frequently) was to sleep on the recliner,
without my legs propped, having your head
leaned back with a pillow. Now i'm not a
doctor and because it works for me, it may
not work for you. But it is surely worth
a try. However, I absolutely love being
on cpap, the quality of sleep compared to
what it was pre-cpap, is undescribable.
So I would not rule it out (if in fact you
or anyone you know is going to). What I
mentioned above I only do when cpap isn't
an option.
Thanks,
gianluca
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Ruby of the Water
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Michigan
Sleep Habits Posted: 01-20-05 18:23pm
Purple,
I have had a life of poor sleep
habits too. I have gone to doctors to
get better ideas and I said the other
day...Perhaps I am one of the people who
will have to take a benadryl (allergy pill
that causes sleepiness) or sleeping pill
everynight because eventually I end up
with depression due to sleep
deprivation.
A big help would be if I did not drink
os much coffee but I have tried and keep
trying to stop drinking it to no
avail...
Ruby
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 01-20-05 19:02pm
I just keep telling myself that when I die
I will sleep. Have you tried the half
d-caff and half regular coffee. I used
to drink a lot of coffee, after you drink
it for so long the caffeine does not do
much or it did not for me. Heck, I am
lucky if I get 5 hours sleep per night
with the pain and with my jobs.
Good luck!
Sandy
