Sleep Issues

[jianantonic]

I do not understand how it happens that I was so tired as to fall asleep at 6:30pm, but then wake up at 9pm feeling not tired at all. Now is when I would sort of prefer to be asleep. Sigh. At least I made it through the workday without crashing. Tomorrow is Hanson, and I've got the whole day to relax and rest before I go all crazy at the show, so I think I'll be fine, but still, it would be nice to be snoozing right now.

Another problem I've been having lately is that I cough when I lie down. This has been going on for several months now, and I can't pin down what's causing it. At first I thought it was allergies, but I don't think that's it anymore. I only have the cough when I'm lying down. It was bad for a while, and I had to suck on cough drops basically all night to get any sleep at all. It eased up for a bit, I weened off the drops, and was sleeping fine for a while, but still occasionally coughing for no apparent reason. In Hong Kong, it got really bad again, and now it's to the point where I'm coughing to the point of nearly puking because the cough is so forceful -- but it's almost totally a dry cough. I looked it up on the googles and it seems there could be a lot of explanations. The most likely in my case is post nasal drip, although I don't really get how that'd be consistent with a dry cough. I have always had pretty extreme post nasal drip, so I'm guessing that's what it is here, but I suppose I should talk to a doctor about it, perhaps. I just always forget about it during the day because it's only a nighttime problem and I never think hey, I should make an appointment...if it keeps bothering me, I'll try to go next week on one of my days off. I know it could be more serious so I should get it checked out just to be safe but ugh, money.

Comments

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

Is it a dry cough or a phlemgy cough? On occasion when I lie down I have a dry cough. I think for me though since it's only a few times every so often it's probably allergies. Granted, I am mildly allergic to cats.

I'd definitely go check it out though. I don't mean to scare you or anything but I did have a cousin pass away of lung cancer, at age 47, and she never smoked a day in her life. She started out with coughs, and then it went to aches and pains and severe fatigue. Check it out if it continues for sure.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

It's mostly dry. I will get it checked out -- I have a good friend (non-smoker) who was just diagnosed with lung cancer, too. I hope that's not what this is, but still a good idea to rule it out.

[teefers.livejournal.com]

HK doesn't really have the best air quality. Could that have something to do with it? Maybe a Benadryl before bed might help? My friend that has really bad allergies was instructed by his doctor to keep his pets out of his bedroom and to change his sheets at least once a week, and that helped with his ENT related sleep issues. Just thought I'd throw that all out there.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Yeah the air quality definitely irritated my throat, but the coughing thing has been going on since long before I went there, and we have super clean air in Oregon :) I ended up taking a Benadryl around 2am last night and ended up sleeping until just now, so I feel great now -- I don't think I've ever slept past noon before in my life.

[teefers.livejournal.com]

The active ingredient in Benadryl is actually the same shit they put in sleeping pills like Unisom. It's just way cheaper if you buy the Benadryl brand :) So anyway yeah, allergies aside, that's also why you slept so solidly!