Author Topic: Sleep Anxiety. Serious Thread (Read 12691 times)

The_Leafy_Bug · « **on:** January 31, 2011, 06:24:40 PM »

You guys ever experience this? Usually it happens during contest prep from the stress of upcoming shoes and being wired on caffeine but i just recently had my first offseason attack. It is slightly sleep apnea related i think. As i fall asleep, right before sleeping into unconsciousness i stop breathing and wake up gasping. This episode happens for 5 hours straight and i start to go insane. The inside of my head feels like the way TV static looks. I panic and freak out how im not going to be able to function at work the next day. Then about 2 hours before i have to go to work ill sleep like a baby until the alarm clock goes off.

While im trying to fall asleep my brain is searching for any possible thing that could have caused me to end up in the current state. I woke up at about 3 am last night and threw up my 342784735874350730 gram protein shake and then eventually fell asleep. I had a hell of a day today. The only thing i can link to this is consuming a high protein meal before bed which i have read can decrease REM sleep. I don't know... im just taking a guess here. Anyone else ever had this problem. This stuff scares me soo bad i literally start to DREAD my contest prep. In years past it wasn't too bad of an issue. I have had years where i diet down and slept like a baby every night. My first diet i had problems. The diet i did last year i had MAJOR problems. It makes me want to quit bodybuilding

benchmstr · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:25:43 PM »

you will likely die soon....PIP...

bench

Emmortal · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:26:23 PM »

Why not get a CPAP machine and be done with it?

Nirvana · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:27:04 PM »

my dad has sleep apnea,

I thinhk they can treat it. if not certain death

flexingtonsteele · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:28:04 PM »

how much trenbolona u on?

and also go to the doc and get tested for sleep apnea.

Spike · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:28:24 PM »

yes

you get it from taking too much testasterona -

I HAVE to take xanax that I am prescribed to sleep or I wake up

I can take ambien and lunesta and I still will wake up due to anxiety

she(my Dr) told me to take them for sleep so I have been for 3 months now

The_Leafy_Bug · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:29:02 PM »

Quote from: Emmortal on January 31, 2011, 06:26:23 PM

Why not get a CPAP machine and be done with it?

CPAP is extremely hard to sleep with. I've read the face masks for jaw alignment are best but this isn't totally sleep apnea related. I sleep on my side so breathing shut off shouldn't be a problem. It is just wear i stop breathing period. It isn't an every night occurrence. This one last night was really unexpected. The first one i've had while not dieting. I will more then likely sleep like a baby tonight.

225for70 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:29:09 PM »

Take something to help you fall asleep...Valium, tylenol pm, Melotonin

disturbia · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:29:43 PM »

happens to me all the time, except the throwing up part. I wake up like a shot thinking I have stopped breathing or on the opposite end of the scale that my heart is going 200 bpm. Difference now is I am so experienced with it I just laugh it off and am fast asleep 1 minute later. I know it wont kill me, and even if it does so be it. I found it happened the most when I was dehydrated. It rarely if ever happens when I have drank enough water

flexingtonsteele · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:30:11 PM »

Quote from: Spike on January 31, 2011, 06:28:24 PM

yes

you get it from taking too much testasterona -

I HAVE to take xanax that I am prescribed to sleep or I wake up

I can take ambien and lunesta and I still will wake up due to anxiety

she(my Dr) told me to take them for sleep so I have been for 3 months now

just out of curiosity.

why take more drugs to null the side effects from other drugs?

lunesta, ambien, and xanax are all very powerful drugs. moreso then most people think.

just respect the drugs and be careful bro!

Firemuscle · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:30:42 PM »

Quote from: 225for70 on January 31, 2011, 06:29:09 PM

Take something to help you fall asleep...Valium, tylenol pm, Melotonin

Smoking weed is better than all that shit.

Valium is pretty awesome actually. Tylenol PM is shit. Melatonin makes you fall asleep well, but it doesn't get you high, so it's not all that great.

The_Leafy_Bug · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:31:05 PM »

Quote from: 225for70 on January 31, 2011, 06:29:09 PM

Take something to help you fall asleep...Valium, tylenol pm, Melotonin

I don't want a chemical solution if i can avoid it

disturbia · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:31:38 PM »

i love your description of your head feeling the way tv static looks. For years I have tried to put that feeling into words, and you absolutely nailed it with that. Good job.

The_Leafy_Bug · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:32:02 PM »

Quote from: BlackFlagRedStar on January 31, 2011, 06:30:42 PM

Smoking weed is better than all that shit.

Valium is pretty awesome actually. Tylenol PM is shit. Melatonin makes you fall asleep well, but it doesn't get you high, so it's not all that great.

Smoking marijuana increases anxiety in the long run. Refuse to touch it. Never have touched it. Probably never will.

225for70 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:32:41 PM »

Quote from: The_Leafy_Bug on January 31, 2011, 06:31:05 PM

I don't want a chemical solution if i can avoid it

Bodybuilding is all chemicals if you didn't know already..

disturbia · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:32:53 PM »

Quote from: BlackFlagRedStar on January 31, 2011, 06:30:42 PM

Smoking weed is better than all that shit.

Valium is pretty awesome actually. Tylenol PM is shit. Melatonin makes you fall asleep well, but it doesn't get you high, so it's not all that great.

epic failed attempt at trying to look cool because you do drugs

ooooo drugs are soooooo cool

loser

che · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:33:41 PM »

Watch baseball (America's favorite nap time) ,you'll sleep like a baby.

The_Leafy_Bug · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:34:40 PM »

Quote from: disturbia on January 31, 2011, 06:31:38 PM

i love your description of your head feeling the way tv static looks. For years I have tried to put that feeling into words, and you absolutely nailed it with that. Good job.

Indeed... its as if the synapses are firing 1000 mph. I jump from one thought to the next trying to figure out what the hell is going on. It is almost like i can hear the popping and it drives me nuts. I feel like if the problem were to go on for a week id probably end up shooting myself. Obviously id seek some kind of help from a doctor before making a decision like that but the pain of confusion and pressure is unbearable.

Firemuscle · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:35:26 PM »

Quote from: disturbia on January 31, 2011, 06:32:53 PM

epic failed attempt at trying to look cool because you do drugs

ooooo drugs are soooooo cool

loser

Doing drugs IS cool. That's a fact.

Bragging about doing drugs is perfectly alright. It is brag-worthy.

You just don't know what's up son.

Van_Bilderass · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:35:33 PM »

It's the hormones. But Leafy won't talk about that.

Leafy, I'm curious if you have acid reflux?

alpmaster · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:36:59 PM »

WEED + CAPTAIN CRUNCH or CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH + YOUTUBE = Very good sleep

Sleep well

225for70 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:37:07 PM »

Quote from: Van_Bilderass on January 31, 2011, 06:35:33 PM

It's the hormones. But Leafy won't talk about that.

Leafy, I'm curious if you have acid reflux?

Maybe he has the clenbuterol/ephedrine dosage to high...

flexingtonsteele · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:37:29 PM »

Quote from: Van_Bilderass on January 31, 2011, 06:35:33 PM

It's the hormones. But Leafy won't talk about that.

Leafy, I'm curious if you have acid reflux?

trenbolona is the likely culprit.

take that out and he'll sleep like a man who has just had a 1000 orgasms.

che · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:39:12 PM »

Quote from: flexingtonsteele on January 31, 2011, 06:37:29 PM

trenbolona is the likely culprit.

take that out and he'll sleep like a man who has just had a 1000 orgasms.

I thought you were natural

disturbia · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:40:47 PM »

Quote from: The_Leafy_Bug on January 31, 2011, 06:34:40 PM

Indeed... its as if the synapses are firing 1000 mph. I jump from one thought to the next trying to figure out what the hell is going on. It is almost like i can hear the popping and it drives me nuts. I feel like if the problem were to go on for a week id probably end up shooting myself. Obviously id seek some kind of help from a doctor before making a decision like that but the pain of confusion and pressure is unbearable.

Been there, cept I was there for 4 months straight, 17 hours a day 7 dyas a week. Only slept when I got loaded up by the doctors with anything that could make me sleep. I used to live in fear of it, and it would happen every so often. Then I just quit caring if it happened, and lo and behold that was it. I'll tell you one thing though, steroids have 100% had something to do with this happening to you, I was juicing when it happened to me and I am not a recreational drug user at all. I dont care what anyone says, steroids contribute to this as it alters your whole chemistry balance. I fail to see how bodybuilding is worth going nuts in the head.