I also later found out I had parasites as well, due to their nocturnal nature, they cause sleep disruption and its almost guaranteed everyone has parasites of some sort as microscopic ones are in our water, food, if you have pets or animals you most likely have parasites, you can pick up hook worms just by walking outside barefoot, etc. So I would highly suggest a parasite detox on top of the mouth piece!Reading this was kinda nuts for me as I felt like I was reading a direct reflection of my life struggles with my sleep disorders haha! It eventually got so bad that I fell asleep behind the wheel in my car and totaled my car, hitting a brick street light that collapsed into the street (thankfully not on top of my car cause I woulda died for sure). Started to self diagnose & consider myself narcoleptic at that point until later on after officially having a sleep study done, turns out the primary issue was sleep apnea which caused me to grind my teeth & stop breathing at night which would keep me in lighter stages of sleep & never get complete cycles. Eventually having terrible sleep quality due to the Apnea, starts to create other sleep disorder-like symptoms, turning into EDS, and eventually your body force-shutting down into narcoleptic symptoms. Unfortunately, I attempted the CPAP machine, but for me it made things even worse as I could NOT sleep with with some shit strapped to my face, along with the noise created, & worst of all the air injection drying out my airways & throat. The first thing that started to ever work for me was a tiny little tooth guard that the DENTIST suggested & molded for me, it goes over my front 2 teeth & prevents the rest of my teeth touching each-other at night whilst grinding (but still allows for the grinding motion), therefore reducing the sleep disruption caused by the grinding keeping you in lighter stages of sleep or completely waking. But it really didn't solve the root issue that was causing me to grind - your brain gets stressed out when receiving low oxygen and starts grinding and this mouth piece really helped change the game for me https://getquietlab.com/products/quietlab-plus-anti-snoring-mouthpiece
Damn that's so scary!!! I don't want that to happen ever, especially potentially harming others too. That sounds like me as well and I think sleep apnea might be a better possibility than narcolepsy. What you said was on point too.
I also recently went to the dentist and their comments were like "do you grind your teeth?" and I have a night guard now as well. But... the first time I wore my night guard, I had a dream of wearing a night guard and it was annoying me so bad that I was removing it in my dream but somehow can still feel it.. I eventually woke up and realized that I was grinding my teeth and also biting it so hard that it went to my dream haha.
Ahhh that sucks. I'm quite looking forward for a CPAP machine that may potentially finally give me a GOOD proper sleep cos i don't mind having stuff wrapped around my face but I didn't really realize having a dry mouth and throat would be an issue. :<
Honestly the way you described the brain being so stressed because of the low oxygen might just be the reason of my ever stressful dreams. My poor brain. 🤣 Glad you found what works for you. I also will have to look for a doctor maybe for that and see what they will say.
How did you do parasite detox?
If you wanna go the doctor route (personally try not to feed into the medical scamistry as much as possible), but you can always request a stool sample to test for parasites from your doctor. For me, I just did a bunch of research and found out about a Herb called Wormwood, you can purchase it as an extract tincture, so I tried this + I bought a bag of the herb dehydrated...just fyi Wormwood tastes absolutely horrible (I understand why it kills them 🤣), so I also purchased some empty capsules & I jam the herb or the extract inside the capsules to make my own "pills" so I don't have to taste it. I also learned that many de-wormer/ani-parasitic medications used by veterinarians on animals and pets are also safe for Humans (as long as you take the correct dosage based on weight), So about once a month I purchase Ivermectin Paste which seems to do the job a lot faster/more effectively than the herb does. Would definitely suggest DYOR to educate yourself on the topic of parasites & anti-parasitic options. I literally just finished my 3rd day ina row for my detox this month taking Ivermectin & already started having more improved sleep again. Generally its good to do at least a monthly detox as its easy to pick up more/they lay eggs inside our bodies so if you kill off the adults/larvae, the eggs just hatch later & survive.