ADHD and Sleep Apnea

[ChicagoGranny]

I definitely want to do that now that I see this.

May God bless you for being such good grandparents and help with the healing of your granddaughter.

[ChicagoGranny]

Her adenoids were so big, they were completely blocking her nasal passage. After that, no more snoring and she sleeps so much better.

So glad to hear that. In some children, the tonsils (or both tonsils and adenoids) are enlarged and removal resolves SDB.

[palerider]

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[SirGaspAlot]

LOL, my afterthought as well, thanks.

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[palerider]

LOL, my afterthought as well, thanks.

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Only reason I mentioned it is because it's easy to forget "in the heat of the moment"

[PEF]

I can really relate to this discussion also. My husband has often said that I have adult ADHD. I most certainly had it when I was a kid. I always remember having sleep problems, insomnia, nightmares, etc. On top of that, most of what my parents tried to do to help me just made things worse. The orthodontist pulled out at least 4 of my teeth to try to correct my overbite and we know now how that turns out. As an adult, I ran the gambit with the Psychiatric profession who never really helped. They all thought the answer was medications that just made my sleep problems worse. Whenever I told a therapist I thought my problems would get much better if I just could sleep better, all of them insisted that WHEN my anxiety/depression/hyperactivity/"you name it", was resolved, my sleep problems would disappear like magic. Well it NEVER happened.

And through all of this I knew I had terrible problems with sleep - I told everyone that and no one believed that SLEEP BY ITSELF COULD POSSIBLY BE THE ROOT CAUSE.

How do you go back as a early old age adult and try to mitigate some of these issues?
CPAP is a good start!!

[zoocrewphoto]

Very interesting topic.

I'm not sure when I started snoring or showing signs of sleep apnea. Definitely past college, though looking back, I may have had it then, just not picking up on symptoms.

As a child, I did have my adenoids removed. I think I was 5, so I have no idea what symptoms or issues led to that. I did have tubes put in my ears at the same time.

I have always had a narrow airway, trouble swallowing pills, and crowded teeth.

I have always been a picky eater too. Mostly due to texture. For example, I am okay with onion flavor, but not chunks of onion in the food. i will pick them out. And spicy foods are out. Even more so as an adult. Sometimes, I even react to gingerbread cookies (which I like).

[MistRiver]

Thank you for this. I have 2 with ADHD, and one of them has severe behavioral problems and fits a lot of this. Because of reading this I talked to their pediatrician and she agreed to send them for a sleep study.

[ChicagoGranny]

I have 2 with ADHD, and one of them has severe behavioral problems and fits a lot of this. Because of reading this I talked to their pediatrician and she agreed to send them for a sleep study.

Praying for a good resolution.