symptoms of o2 drop while sleeping

coltsfan715 · Nov 6, 2007

Hey Courtney.

I noticed that you have CFRD too. I was just wondering if you check your blood sugar when you wake up in sweats? I am only asking because whenever I get the night sweats and I check my sugar it is 95% of the time high. Excessive sweating is a symptom of high blood sugar.

As for the needing O2 at night. At first my symptoms started with excessive tiredness. I just thought it was my body just being tired or me being kind of sick at the time. I didn't think much of it at first, until I started sleeping more and still getting the same feeling. I would sleep 12+ hours and was still exhausted when I woke up - to the point where I literally had to roll out of bed onto the floor the get the desire to actually get up (my bed was low to the ground so there was little risk for hurting myself). After a few weeks of feeling like that I started to notice that I was getting more fatigued during the day with basic activities I would get so completely out of breath just bending over and stuff like that. Then started with the nighttime anxiety - I would wake up panting and feeling as though I was suffocating (now I know I felt that way because I kind of was because I wasn't getting enough O2).

My last symptom that tipped me off to needing to get my nighttime O2 checked was that I started waking up with headaches after a few months of dealing with the other symptoms. I mentioned it to a few people Marjolein and Allie I think and they told me that the headaches were a huge indicator for CO2 retention and such. I ended up just asking my doc for an overnight oximetry reading and sure enough I was desatting into the 70s at times while I slept. They started O2 the next day and things got much better.

I will say though I did NOT get sweating at night with the lack of O2. When I sweat at night it is mostly caused by my blood sugar either that or I have too many blankets on (mostly happens in the winter).

Hope you figure out the problem.
Love Linds

coltsfan715 · Nov 6, 2007

Hey Courtney.

I noticed that you have CFRD too. I was just wondering if you check your blood sugar when you wake up in sweats? I am only asking because whenever I get the night sweats and I check my sugar it is 95% of the time high. Excessive sweating is a symptom of high blood sugar.

As for the needing O2 at night. At first my symptoms started with excessive tiredness. I just thought it was my body just being tired or me being kind of sick at the time. I didn't think much of it at first, until I started sleeping more and still getting the same feeling. I would sleep 12+ hours and was still exhausted when I woke up - to the point where I literally had to roll out of bed onto the floor the get the desire to actually get up (my bed was low to the ground so there was little risk for hurting myself). After a few weeks of feeling like that I started to notice that I was getting more fatigued during the day with basic activities I would get so completely out of breath just bending over and stuff like that. Then started with the nighttime anxiety - I would wake up panting and feeling as though I was suffocating (now I know I felt that way because I kind of was because I wasn't getting enough O2).

My last symptom that tipped me off to needing to get my nighttime O2 checked was that I started waking up with headaches after a few months of dealing with the other symptoms. I mentioned it to a few people Marjolein and Allie I think and they told me that the headaches were a huge indicator for CO2 retention and such. I ended up just asking my doc for an overnight oximetry reading and sure enough I was desatting into the 70s at times while I slept. They started O2 the next day and things got much better.

I will say though I did NOT get sweating at night with the lack of O2. When I sweat at night it is mostly caused by my blood sugar either that or I have too many blankets on (mostly happens in the winter).

Hope you figure out the problem.
Love Linds

coltsfan715 · Nov 6, 2007

Hey Courtney.

I noticed that you have CFRD too. I was just wondering if you check your blood sugar when you wake up in sweats? I am only asking because whenever I get the night sweats and I check my sugar it is 95% of the time high. Excessive sweating is a symptom of high blood sugar.

As for the needing O2 at night. At first my symptoms started with excessive tiredness. I just thought it was my body just being tired or me being kind of sick at the time. I didn't think much of it at first, until I started sleeping more and still getting the same feeling. I would sleep 12+ hours and was still exhausted when I woke up - to the point where I literally had to roll out of bed onto the floor the get the desire to actually get up (my bed was low to the ground so there was little risk for hurting myself). After a few weeks of feeling like that I started to notice that I was getting more fatigued during the day with basic activities I would get so completely out of breath just bending over and stuff like that. Then started with the nighttime anxiety - I would wake up panting and feeling as though I was suffocating (now I know I felt that way because I kind of was because I wasn't getting enough O2).

My last symptom that tipped me off to needing to get my nighttime O2 checked was that I started waking up with headaches after a few months of dealing with the other symptoms. I mentioned it to a few people Marjolein and Allie I think and they told me that the headaches were a huge indicator for CO2 retention and such. I ended up just asking my doc for an overnight oximetry reading and sure enough I was desatting into the 70s at times while I slept. They started O2 the next day and things got much better.

I will say though I did NOT get sweating at night with the lack of O2. When I sweat at night it is mostly caused by my blood sugar either that or I have too many blankets on (mostly happens in the winter).

Hope you figure out the problem.
Love Linds

coltsfan715 · Nov 6, 2007

Hey Courtney.

I noticed that you have CFRD too. I was just wondering if you check your blood sugar when you wake up in sweats? I am only asking because whenever I get the night sweats and I check my sugar it is 95% of the time high. Excessive sweating is a symptom of high blood sugar.

As for the needing O2 at night. At first my symptoms started with excessive tiredness. I just thought it was my body just being tired or me being kind of sick at the time. I didn't think much of it at first, until I started sleeping more and still getting the same feeling. I would sleep 12+ hours and was still exhausted when I woke up - to the point where I literally had to roll out of bed onto the floor the get the desire to actually get up (my bed was low to the ground so there was little risk for hurting myself). After a few weeks of feeling like that I started to notice that I was getting more fatigued during the day with basic activities I would get so completely out of breath just bending over and stuff like that. Then started with the nighttime anxiety - I would wake up panting and feeling as though I was suffocating (now I know I felt that way because I kind of was because I wasn't getting enough O2).

My last symptom that tipped me off to needing to get my nighttime O2 checked was that I started waking up with headaches after a few months of dealing with the other symptoms. I mentioned it to a few people Marjolein and Allie I think and they told me that the headaches were a huge indicator for CO2 retention and such. I ended up just asking my doc for an overnight oximetry reading and sure enough I was desatting into the 70s at times while I slept. They started O2 the next day and things got much better.

I will say though I did NOT get sweating at night with the lack of O2. When I sweat at night it is mostly caused by my blood sugar either that or I have too many blankets on (mostly happens in the winter).

Hope you figure out the problem.
Love Linds

coltsfan715 · Nov 6, 2007

Hey Courtney.

I noticed that you have CFRD too. I was just wondering if you check your blood sugar when you wake up in sweats? I am only asking because whenever I get the night sweats and I check my sugar it is 95% of the time high. Excessive sweating is a symptom of high blood sugar.

As for the needing O2 at night. At first my symptoms started with excessive tiredness. I just thought it was my body just being tired or me being kind of sick at the time. I didn't think much of it at first, until I started sleeping more and still getting the same feeling. I would sleep 12+ hours and was still exhausted when I woke up - to the point where I literally had to roll out of bed onto the floor the get the desire to actually get up (my bed was low to the ground so there was little risk for hurting myself). After a few weeks of feeling like that I started to notice that I was getting more fatigued during the day with basic activities I would get so completely out of breath just bending over and stuff like that. Then started with the nighttime anxiety - I would wake up panting and feeling as though I was suffocating (now I know I felt that way because I kind of was because I wasn't getting enough O2).

My last symptom that tipped me off to needing to get my nighttime O2 checked was that I started waking up with headaches after a few months of dealing with the other symptoms. I mentioned it to a few people Marjolein and Allie I think and they told me that the headaches were a huge indicator for CO2 retention and such. I ended up just asking my doc for an overnight oximetry reading and sure enough I was desatting into the 70s at times while I slept. They started O2 the next day and things got much better.

I will say though I did NOT get sweating at night with the lack of O2. When I sweat at night it is mostly caused by my blood sugar either that or I have too many blankets on (mostly happens in the winter).

Hope you figure out the problem.
Love Linds

Marjolein · Nov 6, 2007

Lindsey, you are right! Now you mention it i did have headaches when i woke up, before i had o2 at night. I sort of forgot cause it's been so long ago.

And yes, headaches can be a cause of CO2 retention, just like how you get a terrible headache after doing to much with not enough o2. I would get terrible headaches sometimes during the day, for example when i had been walking to fast. I always started after i had finished with something. And i know myself, i always push myself and sometimes (a lot of the time) i do too much.

When i was still in the hospital i sometimes had headaches (probably from the meds), and i thought my sats were low.. But that wasn't true, my sats were as high as they never had been. But in my mind i still had that connection, headaches-too much co2-not enough o2....

Marjolein · Nov 6, 2007

Lindsey, you are right! Now you mention it i did have headaches when i woke up, before i had o2 at night. I sort of forgot cause it's been so long ago.

And yes, headaches can be a cause of CO2 retention, just like how you get a terrible headache after doing to much with not enough o2. I would get terrible headaches sometimes during the day, for example when i had been walking to fast. I always started after i had finished with something. And i know myself, i always push myself and sometimes (a lot of the time) i do too much.

When i was still in the hospital i sometimes had headaches (probably from the meds), and i thought my sats were low.. But that wasn't true, my sats were as high as they never had been. But in my mind i still had that connection, headaches-too much co2-not enough o2....

Marjolein · Nov 6, 2007

Lindsey, you are right! Now you mention it i did have headaches when i woke up, before i had o2 at night. I sort of forgot cause it's been so long ago.

And yes, headaches can be a cause of CO2 retention, just like how you get a terrible headache after doing to much with not enough o2. I would get terrible headaches sometimes during the day, for example when i had been walking to fast. I always started after i had finished with something. And i know myself, i always push myself and sometimes (a lot of the time) i do too much.

When i was still in the hospital i sometimes had headaches (probably from the meds), and i thought my sats were low.. But that wasn't true, my sats were as high as they never had been. But in my mind i still had that connection, headaches-too much co2-not enough o2....

Marjolein · Nov 6, 2007

Lindsey, you are right! Now you mention it i did have headaches when i woke up, before i had o2 at night. I sort of forgot cause it's been so long ago.

And yes, headaches can be a cause of CO2 retention, just like how you get a terrible headache after doing to much with not enough o2. I would get terrible headaches sometimes during the day, for example when i had been walking to fast. I always started after i had finished with something. And i know myself, i always push myself and sometimes (a lot of the time) i do too much.

When i was still in the hospital i sometimes had headaches (probably from the meds), and i thought my sats were low.. But that wasn't true, my sats were as high as they never had been. But in my mind i still had that connection, headaches-too much co2-not enough o2....

Marjolein · Nov 6, 2007

Lindsey, you are right! Now you mention it i did have headaches when i woke up, before i had o2 at night. I sort of forgot cause it's been so long ago.

And yes, headaches can be a cause of CO2 retention, just like how you get a terrible headache after doing to much with not enough o2. I would get terrible headaches sometimes during the day, for example when i had been walking to fast. I always started after i had finished with something. And i know myself, i always push myself and sometimes (a lot of the time) i do too much.

When i was still in the hospital i sometimes had headaches (probably from the meds), and i thought my sats were low.. But that wasn't true, my sats were as high as they never had been. But in my mind i still had that connection, headaches-too much co2-not enough o2....

Skye · Nov 6, 2007