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Afraid and confused.

Unsure
  • By Unsure · New reply yesterday at 3:10 pm
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • I am still so unsure about sarcoidosis. I read everything I can get my hands on, but I'm just not quite understanding my own, individual case. I'm seeing several specialists and am getting multiple stories ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 16, 2008
  • Journal · 124 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Experience with cognitive behavioral and other therapy?

coolsky
  • By coolsky · Posted November 8, 2008
  • Discussion in Experiences with alternative treatments · 0 replies
  • Hi. I've read that something called "cognitive-behavioral treatment" works for insomnia and am considering trying it myself. I am deciding between individual treatment and a group. I am curious if anyone ...

Isn't it strange...

ShannonZ
  • By ShannonZ · New reply November 8, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • that quite a few of us on here have more then one health "issue"? We ALL must be tough cookies ...

Looking for someone that has Mitochrondrial disease.

mom1993
  • By mom1993 · New reply November 6, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Does anyone suffer from mitochrondrial disease? My daughter is having a cecestomy done. This problem can be related to mitochrondrial disease. Looking for others going through the same thing as us. Theresa ...

Just started using my CPAP

Amir
  • By Amir · New reply November 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Hello everyone, Well, I recently started using my CPAP. I was pretty apprehensive about the whole idea of needing to sleep with one. I am usually a sensitive sleeper so I was really worried I would not ...

The Others!

irishlady
  • By irishlady · Posted October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hi All, I wanted to chat with anyone whom is paralyzed and in their 20's. I am 24/f and I would love to talk to someone who knows and understands what I go through on a daily basis. These walkies just ...

Does your teen have trouble sleeping?

UCBPsychologyClinic
  • By UCBPsychologyClinic · Posted October 7, 2008
  • Discussion in Teens and sleep · 0 replies
  • Does your child have trouble sleeping? We are clinical interns at the UC Berkeley Psychology Clinic and are providing therapy for teens (12-17) who are experiencing sleep difficulties. Sliding scale fee ...

Brand new here

prtex
  • By prtex · New reply September 5, 2008
  • Discussion in Experiences with medical treatments · 7 replies
  • Hi, everyone. This is my first post. I have severe sleep apnea, and insomnia. Also, in the last few weeks, my circadian rhythm is shot. Needless to say, I'm usually tired and sleepy. Except when I'm real ...

Travelling with CPAP

Amir
  • By Amir · New reply September 4, 2008
  • Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 4 replies
  • Anyone had to travel with their CPAP. Any advice on getting it through airport security? Amir ...

Effectiveness of CPAP

Amir
  • By Amir · New reply September 2, 2008
  • Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 5 replies
  • Hey everyone, I am going to get my CPAP machine tomorrow. I am curious for those out there who use CPAPS, are they really that effective? If so then how quickly do you see/feel results. I am expecting ...

AmbieeCR

jumstot
  • By jumstot · New reply August 18, 2008
  • Discussion in Experiences with prescription medications · 3 replies
  • I was just given some free trials for this medicine. I was on lunesta and Rozerem and just plain Ambien. There are times when I have unable to sleep for 2 days when I have been on these medications. Does ...

Bright Light Therapy

CircadiAbsurdium
  • By CircadiAbsurdium · New reply July 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Experiences with alternative treatments · 9 replies
  • I think I might have circadian rhythm disorder (delayed sleep phase syndrome) so I got a light box and in about a week was able to shift my natural wake time from noon to about 9am. And so far I'm far ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Insomnia

Tracey7370
  • By Tracey7370 · New reply July 2, 2008
  • Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 3 replies
  • Hi! This is my first post, so I hope I've put this in the right place! I'm 36 and have suffered from insomnia for years, even as a kid I wasn't a good sleeper. I've tried anything and everything to try ...

REAL News about sleep

CircadiAbsurdium
  • By CircadiAbsurdium · New reply July 2, 2008
  • Discussion in In the news · 2 replies
  • Is anyone else tired of seeing "news" stories about sleep that turn out to be nothing but the same regurgitated sleep hygiene tips doctors have been spewing for the past 50 years? That advice works great ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

What do you do if you think you have apnea?

Amir
  • By Amir · New reply June 12, 2008
  • Discussion in Experiences with medical treatments · 11 replies
  • Hey everyone, Any suggestions on what to do if I suspect I have sleep apnea? Aince it runs in my family I always think i have it. Should I go to by GP or a sleep center? I am open to any ideas, experiences ...

Iterstim Theapy

jaykay40
  • By jaykay40 · New reply June 2, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Hi' Has anyone had any experiance with Interstim therapy by Medtronic. I am a c-5 complete c-6 partial about 16 years out. I used to where a texas cath and leg bag but had one UTI after another. Under ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 27, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

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