casie

[casie27]

hi i have pseudotumor cerebri and i was wondering if it could cause sleep problems i have a hard time sleeping i wake up most of the night with fast heartbeat and sweating im awake most of the night not even tried and when i finely get to sleep i wake up with my heart pounding and sometimes hard breathing

[casie27]

thank you im going to ask my doc to check me they been doing lots of xrays and heart tests that are all normal.i told him its when i sleep im even getting chest pain to now and hard time breathing when i wake up with my fast heartbeat.i was thinking maybe sleep apnea but im not sure im going to tell my doc to see if i have it.im hopeing they fine out soon its hard to sleep i take naps at night.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Pseudotumor cerebri can cause episodes of headaches which can wake you up from sleep. If the wakefulness is not associated with headaches, your symptoms of insomnia may not be related to Pseudotumor cerebri. It could be due a sleep disorder like obstructive sleep apnea, wherein during sleep there is an obstruction to airflow due to laxity of the throat muscles during sleep and this could cause restlessness. This can also cause tachycardia. For therapy CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is used to keep it patent. So, I would advise you to consult your primary care physician for further evaluation. He may then ask for a sleep study called polysomnography for further evaluation.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.