heya,
just thought i say hi,
i'm new here,
i have problems sleeping, but dunno why, been to the doctor's but he just told me its coz i'm not doing enough during the day and couldnt get me out of his room quick enough,
when i go to bed at night it takes me hours to get to sleep and when i do i end up waking up 3 or 4 times  and during the day i'm very sleepy and tend to nearly fall sleep as my head gets all heavy and my head  at times seems to give way,  and at times i could be laying in bed tryign to get to sleep and my whole body jumps off the bed and when i wake up i cant move for the first 5mins so i tend to lay there for 10-15mins till i'm fully awake before tryign to get out of bed, and when i'm on trains or coaches travelling and someone is sitting next to me and i'm looking out the window and i tend to fall asleep and when i do i get woken up within a second and my body jumps and my leg seems to kick out and kick the poor person next to me    only been feeling like this for the last 5/6 years but before that i could get to sleep within a hour and sleep through the whole time and had a good memory but now i'm forget full, and it gets me into trouble when i forgot where i'm supposed to be and turn up late,  
can anyone help me?

sorry for my bad spelling but i have trouble with my reading and writting


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mand

mand,

You definitely need to be tested.  Sounds like you do have sleep apnea, and maybe some other related conditions.

I just sent you a private message giving you some members' usernames who are from the UK, including some who use the sleep apnea forum called cpaptalk.  You mentioned living in Essex, and littlebaddow at cpaptalk is from there.  He also works for the government, I believe. He's a real nice man and I'm sure he could be a great help.  I would suggest contacting him.  

Good luck.  Let us know how things go.


Linda

thanks linda :)


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mand

been up since 10am and got pain in both legs right from the hips to the ankle but worse from the hips to the knees, really painful when i walk esp if i try bend down its second time i've had it but only lasted a hout last time but its coming up to 5 hours and hasnt changed  :(
its nothing to do with my bed as thats ok


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