I have recently been diagnosed with sleep apnea, I am 43 y/o female. I do not snore or neither am I overweight. I have been using the cpap machine for 3 months and see a difference within me, I no longer have headaches in the morning or am I fatigued. I also have restless leg syndrome. Currently taking mirapex 0.125 mg. Before I go to bed. When I am sleeping I experience muscle spasms that hurt so badly I can't move my arm. It lasts for 45min. Or so. It wakes me up, have others experienced this. I do have a major problem that has been misdiagnosed and hopefully someone could help me. I have burning sensations in my brain, nose, lips, ears, eyes, mouth, arms, legs, hands and complete torso. The burning is incredibly painful. Currently taking pain management drugs to stop the pain. And many times it is a penny dropped in a bucket, meaning they do nothing for me. I have suffered with this problem for 7 years or so. Can these sensations be tied in with the sleep apnea problem I have? Can someone assist me in this group?
Alot of people that have restless leg syndrome have burning sensations in their legs and feet. I have been misdiagnosed with neuropathy and I don't have this. Sleep plays a big part in our lives and it is taken for granted. So many people die from cardavascular, heart, diabetes, obesity problems cause of the sleep apnea. Before learning that I had sleep apnea I use to go to the bathroom so many times at night it was annoying, even tho I drank nothing prior to sleeping. Our hormones are tied with all this. I could never explain why and I wanted to share this with the group.