For the past month, since sinus surgery and multiple courses of steroids and antibiotics, I have been unable to sleep past 4AM. Not only an I awake, but I am jolted awake and then am completely wired/stressed (think 10 Venti Starbucks) for the rest of the morning. Slight nausea/ No interest in food in the morning. Things usually calm down for the day after lunch. Here are the details:
Diagnoses:
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2013)
Deviated septum (2013)
Chronic sinusitis (2013)
Airborne allergies (Oak, Grasses, Mold, etc.) (2013)
Sinus Infection (2013)
Gilberts Syndrome (1996)
Vitamin D deficiency (2014)
Procedures/Fixes:
SUAD dental device (5/2015)
Sinus surgery (9/2014)
3 CT scans of sinuses
Weekly allergy shots/year (ongoing)
Neti Pot (2X daily for 1+ year)
Drugs:
6 courses antibiotics (4 in the last 3 months)
Augmentin/Avelox last courses
9 prednisone taper courses
Dymista/Flonase (daily for 1+ year) stopped last month
Ibuprofen
Lipitor
Vitamin D supplement
Symptoms:
Since surgery:
Cannot sleep past 4 AM
-Wired/adrenaline rush, can’t fall back to sleep
-Afternoon crash
Shaky/nervous (made much worse by antibiotics/prednisone?)
-Worse in morning, better as the day goes on
Hard to concentrate
Frequently sweaty at night
Coated tongue
Position sensitive (prone better, upright worse)
Burning sensation in forehead/top of scalp. Comes and goes.
Lost 15 Lb. in months, loss of appetite,
Coughing spells after getting up in morning
Eating can make symptoms come/go
Blood specks in snot
Doc(s) say "take a sleeping pill and it will get better". My thoughts: (a) the long term steroid use/stop screwed up Cortisol levels, (2) the heavy antibiotics screwed up my intestines (c) all of the above. Has anyone had similar issues? What's the cause/resolution? What should I tell my doc?
Symptoms:
Since surgery:
Cannot sleep past 4 AM
-Wired/adrenaline rush, can’t fall back to sleep
-Afternoon crash
Shaky/nervous (made much worse by antibiotics/prednisone?)
-Worse in morning, better as the day goes on
Hard to concentrate
Frequently sweaty at night
Coated tongue
Position sensitive (prone better, upright worse)
Burning sensation in forehead/top of scalp. Comes and goes.
Lost 15 Lb. in 2 months, loss of appetite,
Coughing spells after getting up in morning
Eating can make symptoms come/go