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Has anyone else been told they have the hypoxic Drive part of COPD? My understanding is that about 2% of COPD sufferers have this. It was never explained to me very well. Just enough to make me even more frightened of all of this. I'm pretty certain the advanced stage of my COPD is also causing insomnia. I think subconsciously I'm afraid I won't wake up.
So am I certifiable? Or are these normal fears?
@A MyCOPDTeam Member I've had the same problem not being able to turn my brain off as well. My doctor gave my Temazepam 30mg, really didn't want to take a sleeping pill but for me it works great. Sleep is very important and with copd it's even more important. Hope this helps.
bu2b Hello! for many years I have had to trick my body into at least three hours sleep a night. Chronic pain levels are I suppose the main reason yet as time passes I believe the COPD plays a role as well. I find by tuning in the satellite radio to old time radio stories from the 30`s on I can zone out and get some sleep as I refuse using sleeping pills. This sort of works for me!
If you are on steroids all the time they are probably what is causing the insomnia. I looked up Hypoxic Drive. He is the web md explanation. .https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxic_drive
I'm not on steroids often. My body gets tired but my brain won't shut down. It's very frustrating.
I've read several definitions of hypoxic Drive. They don't always sync up. I guess I have the basic understanding of it. It did take asking a lot of people for me to grasp it. π
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