Thursday, February 14, 2008
during the night I wake up with severe headaches, I've just been told I have obstructive sleep apnea. I've been put on a breathing machine at night however my blood pressure is getting worse and only during the night and mornings. This morning at 6 am it was 196/106. I took an extra bp pill before bed and agian at 3 am. Its starting to really scare me.
thanks so much for your post rrlayde. I'm a moderator for the site and though not medically trained I hope I can help you with answers to your questions or to at least guide you in the right direction.
The first thing you shoould so (and I hope you have already done) is to contact your physician. It is really important to get a professional evaluation on what is happening. You also should check with your doctor, if you haven't already, about taking your medication in away other than prescribed. This could also have some kind of adverse effect.
As far as the OSA is concerned you might want to read more about this on our SleepConnection website. There are lots of folks who post there and maybe you can find more people having similar experiences. We also have experts that post regularly on various sleep disorder issues.
I hope this gets you started with some information. Please come back and give us an update - we will be wondering how you are doing.
All the best, sue