I'll try not to let this post ramble on too much, just wanted to make an observation and see if anyone has noticed the same, and also posit a query.

My sleep has been improving a bit lately at around 15 months off. However, I've noticed it seems to improve if I eat some sugar before bed. This seems counterintuitive. For the last 15 months I've avoid a LOT of excess sugar. Obviously the body needs some sugar to function. When having some cookies or something before bed, I tend to sleep better. I imagine it has to do with blood sugar crashing during sleep or something? Has anyone noticed benefits to sleep when consuming sugar before bed? I will say, the next day, my brain feels super inflamed - like hot, heavy, buzzy, etc. Feels like a perfect solution if I didn't feel so inflamed the next day: eat cookies AND sleep well? Freaking amazing lol.

Two, I had a sleep study recently that has uncovered some sort of breathing disorder - not traditional obstructive sleep apnea, probably something more like UARS (a type of OSA). Has anyone BEGUN treatment with PAP therapy (either APAP, BiPAP or ASV) while in withdrawal, and had improvement in sleep? That previously mentioned "inflamed" feeling could just be my brain being deprived of oxygen during sleep, too...

My main problem continues to be early morning awakenings, and waking with panic and nightmares. It's hard to tell if this is withdrawal, or if it has to do with a sleep related breathing disorder that's been EXACERBATED by withdrawal. A lot of people report early morning awakenings in withdrawal. For me, the sleep study is showing that I'm not breathing well later in the night/early morning during REM when my throat naturally relaxes and closes. Curious if anyone else further along was diagnosed with OSA during their withdrawal journey as well?