Recent Sleep Problems

[KilmerKS]

So for the past week or so I've had trouble sleeping. It first started out with me just seemingly not being tired enough to get to bed prior to about 3:00 a.m. However, the past Tuesday every time I started to drift to sleep I'd wake up/wake myself up with a gasping/coughing sound and did not get a bit of sleep. The next night I was able to get some sleep off and on (usually wake up every two hours). At this point in my paranoid state I'm thinking it's sleep apnea. I went to the doctor and was told the back of my throat and uvula were inflamed and was given an assortment of treatments to fix that problem. Yet this past night I was still unable to go to sleep, but the gasping part of the problem appeared to be gone and my throat for the time being seems to be better. So is it a simple cycle of me not getting sleep that is leading to stress that in turn leads to more sleep problems?

[KilmerKS]

He gave me some Nexium for the possibility of reflux. I'm supposed to return if I don't see improvement in 10 days and see where to go from there and discuss the possibility of a sleep study. But like I said, last night I didn't experience any gasping, coughing or things like that. It was more like every time I'd lay down I'd shortly feel short of breath and get real nervous-like. Part of me thinks it was paranoia about the possibility of experiencing the uncomfortable gagging. Last night's experience didn't feel so much physical as it did mental. I was also prescribed Nasonex to clear my sinuses, Prednisone (did not take until this morning so that couldn't be it), and told to take 2 Benadryl shortly before bed.