Here are some the most common reasons our patients, or their partners seek help with a concerning Sleep problem. Nighttime symptoms can range from Snoring (which is disturbing, very concerning to others and keeping others awake at night) to Sleep Apnoea, which can be diagnosed as Mild, Moderate or Severe.
The following is a broad list of common nighttime concerns:
- Pauses in nighttime breathing, gasping or choking during sleep
- Unrefreshing Sleep, waking up chronically tired, with morning headaches, often with a dry mouth, which is very debilitating to everyday life
- Loud, habitual Snoring, often reported by a partner, who is also regularly Sleep disturbed, leading to separate sleeping arrangements. This can often become a normalized arrangement, commonly associated with the beginning of personal relationship challenges
- Chronic daytime tiredness, persistent low energy, poor concentration, which can be very debilitating in everyday life
- Difficulty falling asleep or maintaining asleep (insomnia) which can be very frustrating for a tired, poor sleeper
- Unexplained raised blood pressure or cardiac symptoms which may be sleep-related, for example irregular heartbeats (atrial fibrillation) palpitations, often preceded by or accompanied by associated anxiety
- Unexplained Sleep disruption and pattern changes may often be associated with Menopause in women
- Shift work or irregular work schedules regularly affect quality sleep, due to the disruptive nature of variation in circadian rhythm and pattern disruption
When to seek help and what we can do to help you
Discuss your ongoing concerns with your GP, requesting a referral via health mail to info@beaconshc.ie for discussion. If you do not have a GP, please call
01 531-0088 to discuss alternative options available to help you access the correct care pathway if you have any of the symptoms outlined above.
Please contact us if a partner notices pauses in your breathing, if sleepiness affects your work/productivity and/or driving, or if you have been diagnosed, prescribed CPAP therapy, which you cannot tolerate, despite substantial effort.
What happens when your referral is received?
- A triaging of your correspondence is undertaken
- A comprehensive consultation is scheduled with either Respiratory Sleep Medicine or ENT Medicine, as appropriate.
- Dental Sleep Medicine assessment if your referral relates to C.P.A.P. Intolerance or unconscious Nighttime Bruxism with details of previous diagnosis, along with your referral correspondence
- Sleep testing: Home Sleep Study (HST) or in hospital Polysomnography (PSG) as appropriate.
- A precise treatment plan is developed with treatment options tailored to your needs, designed to address your symptoms and your diagnosis
Treatments we offer:
- CPAP therapy, if required, tailored to each patient detailed diagnosis
- Oral Appliance Therapy (Mandibular Advancement Device) an appropriate treatment option for patients with Mild to Moderate Sleep Apnoea, C.P.A.P. intolerance, Nighttime bruxism and/or Snoring.
- CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for patients with Insomnia). Some patients have COMISA, which is a combination of Sleep Apnoea, with Insomnia
- Assistance with weight management, supported by a detailed Nutritional Consultation, with ongoing support.
Contact us to help resolve your sleep concern, restore your nighttime, quality Sleep in the most appropriate, supportive and researched way possible.
Beacon Consultants Clinic, Sandyford, Dublin 18
Tel: 01 531-0088 |Email: info@beaconshc.ie