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Sleep apnea and migraines
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| jacque1in@yahoo.com 2005-09-24, 1:22 pm |
| Today I had my routine check up with the doctor I see about my sleep
apnea and he asked how my migraines were before scolding me for not
passing on my sleep apnea diagnosis of this spring to my neurologist.
(Ooops!) I explained that I hadn't mentioned it to her because I didn't
really connect the two things in my mind, but he said they are, indeed,
connected, in that sleep disorders can have an influence on the
frequency and severity of migraines. This was news to me, although it
makes perfect sense.
Anyone else have the two things in common or heard about connections
between the two? I hadn't really noticed a connection between my sleep
and my migraine patterns unless I was seriously sleep deprived for some
other reason, but then I never thought to look for a link, either.
Jacque1in
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| friendlytxtech 2005-09-24, 1:22 pm |
| I've heard about it and I know some people on this group have problems with
it. I'm a terrible insomniac, but then I'm a night owl living in a daytime
world. I could stay up all night, sometimes I'm pretty prone to being up
till 1 or 2 am and getting up at 6 am. It's hard on me and I guess I never
really pay attention to it either. I'll have to watch it and see.
Hope you're feeling okay. Don't you love how the doctors scold us :-)
Michelle
<jacque1in@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126575085.379227.295570@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Today I had my routine check up with the doctor I see about my sleep
> apnea and he asked how my migraines were before scolding me for not
> passing on my sleep apnea diagnosis of this spring to my neurologist.
> (Ooops!) I explained that I hadn't mentioned it to her because I didn't
> really connect the two things in my mind, but he said they are, indeed,
> connected, in that sleep disorders can have an influence on the
> frequency and severity of migraines. This was news to me, although it
> makes perfect sense.
>
> Anyone else have the two things in common or heard about connections
> between the two? I hadn't really noticed a connection between my sleep
> and my migraine patterns unless I was seriously sleep deprived for some
> other reason, but then I never thought to look for a link, either.
>
> Jacque1in
>
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| Teri Robert 2005-09-24, 1:22 pm |
| Absolutely. I had sleep apnea, and it was playing a role in my Migraines. It
was definitely contributing to my wake-up-in-hell Migraines that were there
when I woke up and kept me flat in bed all day. I actually had two sleep
disorders. One is now controlled with medication. In my case, surgery worked
for the sleep apnea, but that only works about 50% of the time. Anyway, with
the sleep disorders controlled waking up with a Migraine because far less
common for me.
Teri
<jacque1in@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126575085.379227.295570@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Today I had my routine check up with the doctor I see about my sleep
> apnea and he asked how my migraines were before scolding me for not
> passing on my sleep apnea diagnosis of this spring to my neurologist.
> (Ooops!) I explained that I hadn't mentioned it to her because I didn't
> really connect the two things in my mind, but he said they are, indeed,
> connected, in that sleep disorders can have an influence on the
> frequency and severity of migraines. This was news to me, although it
> makes perfect sense.
>
> Anyone else have the two things in common or heard about connections
> between the two? I hadn't really noticed a connection between my sleep
> and my migraine patterns unless I was seriously sleep deprived for some
> other reason, but then I never thought to look for a link, either.
>
> Jacque1in
>
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| Yep, I have both "complicated transformed migraine" and obstructive
sleep apnea. My mother also suffered from classic migraine and
obstructive sleep apnea. Mom was luckier than I, after being set up
with a CPAP machine her migraines were cut to almost a non-issue, down
to one or two a year from one or two a month. After I got set up with
mine , AND finally got use to using it , I did get a very good
reduction of the headaches that use to wake me up in the full blown
stage during the night, but I'm still plagued by the ones that come on
during the day.
Bear
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| hmmmmm
I don't have that, but my husband has a tough time sleeping all the time. I
usually can sleep through his restlessness once I fall asleep, but the last
few nights I have not slept well, and I have woken to a migraine the last
three days. So though it is not a sleep disorder you suppose the disrupted
sleep is the culprit? Do we need separate rooms?  (he won't go for
that!)
mk
(today's 'headache' did not feel migrainey but they often disintegrate into
that. However, I think I have licked it with Advil and coffee. I perhaps
need to look into some milder pain reliever with caffeine for these times?)
"Teri Robert" <teri@msteri.com> wrote in message
news:C_rVe.5376$Ma.1868@fe07.lga...
> Absolutely. I had sleep apnea, and it was playing a role in my Migraines.
> It was definitely contributing to my wake-up-in-hell Migraines that were
> there when I woke up and kept me flat in bed all day. I actually had two
> sleep disorders. One is now controlled with medication. In my case,
> surgery worked for the sleep apnea, but that only works about 50% of the
> time. Anyway, with the sleep disorders controlled waking up with a
> Migraine because far less common for me.
>
> Teri
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| Michael Meissner 2005-09-24, 1:23 pm |
| "jacque1in@yahoo.com" <jacque1in@yahoo.com> writes:
> Today I had my routine check up with the doctor I see about my sleep
> apnea and he asked how my migraines were before scolding me for not
> passing on my sleep apnea diagnosis of this spring to my neurologist.
> (Ooops!) I explained that I hadn't mentioned it to her because I didn't
> really connect the two things in my mind, but he said they are, indeed,
> connected, in that sleep disorders can have an influence on the
> frequency and severity of migraines. This was news to me, although it
> makes perfect sense.
>
> Anyone else have the two things in common or heard about connections
> between the two? I hadn't really noticed a connection between my sleep
> and my migraine patterns unless I was seriously sleep deprived for some
> other reason, but then I never thought to look for a link, either.
Yes, I have both.
--
Michael Meissner
email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org
http://www.the-meissners.org
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| Jacque1in,
Sleep is one of the big factors in migraines. Ever hear of the "2nd waking"
headache? This happens when you wake up at your regular time for work
automatically but then roll over to catch a few more z's (like 1-2 hours
extra). For me this is the only migraine trigger that I have been able to
truly identify. For years I thought the trigger was the release of stress,
since it happened under calm conditions and my job is very stressful. Turns
out I just have to keep the same sleep schedule on weekends and vacation to
avoid them. This is a very well documented effect. The hyperactive region of
your brain responsible for migraine initiation only recharges during deep
stage 4 sleep, which you may never get to with sleep apnea.
Good luck,
QE2
<jacque1in@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126575085.379227.295570@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Today I had my routine check up with the doctor I see about my sleep
> apnea and he asked how my migraines were before scolding me for not
> passing on my sleep apnea diagnosis of this spring to my neurologist.
> (Ooops!) I explained that I hadn't mentioned it to her because I didn't
> really connect the two things in my mind, but he said they are, indeed,
> connected, in that sleep disorders can have an influence on the
> frequency and severity of migraines. This was news to me, although it
> makes perfect sense.
>
> Anyone else have the two things in common or heard about connections
> between the two? I hadn't really noticed a connection between my sleep
> and my migraine patterns unless I was seriously sleep deprived for some
> other reason, but then I never thought to look for a link, either.
>
> Jacque1in
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