Opps, anyway, a year went by and symptoms worsened. I awoke one morning barely able to function! Severe fog, aching down my spine, heavy legs, along with neck pain. My doctor THEN informed me that I had mild sleep apnea (a year after the diagnosis!) I now have a cpap machine which is helping (amazingly) with morning neck and head pain. It took 7 years to get this help! Cervical mri in a week.
Just wanted to share this sequence of events. Hope this helps someone get the right help (sooner than I did!)
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Had the first sleep study shortly after this post. Was not informed by my doctor that I had mild sleep apnea, because nothing is done for mild! This is after being dismissed by my neurologist, because he thought ALL my symptoms were due to anxiety’s!
I was on cpap for apnea until after deompression surgery. If you consider that your cerebral tonsil are herniated, enlarged into airway if you will. I frequently had sore throats and wld lose my,voice until surgery. I was 16mm.
That is because you are not on an incline but more of a sitting position.....if you are on an angle and just not bent at your hips it may feel better on your back.
It could be a flow issue or excess CSF build up....POTS or ICP.
Sorry no, I have not had any of that......have you tried to sleep in a more reclined position so you are not flat? That could help.
Hi Selma, I hope you're well!
Well, I've seen a cardiologist in the past year -- all was fine.
Doesn't it seem like there must be a flow problem? I can't sleep flat as the head pressure is uncomfortable and I am awakened every morning lately, with pain on top of my head. Did you ever experience strange pains on the top of your head?
Sorry No...a sleep study is looking for an obstruction to breathing.....when we stop breathing during sleep it disrupts sleep and we wake and it can be multiple times in one hour which is why we are fatigued.
It sounds like something else could be going on.
Have you had a chest x-ray?