Sleep Apnea

[Another Fan]

Any sufferers?

 

 

My dad just found he has moderate sleep apnea after getting tested.  

[Augie]

 

I’ve been down that road. I used to snore loud enough to wake myself up at times. It was real, and I don’t blame my wife for being upset. It was worse if I’d had a few drinks, but it was always an issue.

 

I did the whole CPAP thing, and I absolutely hated it. It was like having a leaf blower strapped to your head blowing air into your face all night. I know some people who use them and LOVE them, but I hated it. It was much easier to sleep in another room, unless we were traveling. 

 

A few years ago I lost a bit of weight, not a ton. I lost maybe 10-12lbs, and about that time the snoring ceased to be an issue. Was it just the weight loss, or were there other factors?  I don’t know, but it’s great not having to worry about bothering my wife. 

 

 

EDIT: I just read that again and I have to say I still bother my wife, just not by snoring.  😂 

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Edited 11 hours ago by Augie

[US Egg]

Most everyone who get tested is told they have it.

[Augie]

7 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Most everyone who get tested is told they have it.

 

I’m sure that’s true. My test came back with shocking results, designed to scare me. It worked a little bit, too. I was a mess, and they made that clear, and insurance paid for my CPAP.

 

My SIL has been with a great guy for over a decade….. and he snores. He is the only person I’ve ever known who has been declined. Repeatedly. I don’t know what he’s doing wrong, because he really does snore. I told him to get plastered the night before the next test. He wants his insurance to pay for it. They’re not cheap. 

[Sweats]

My wife tells me that i usually die in my sleep about 5-6 times a night.........i just stop breathing but eventually come back.

 

No mention if there's a pillow involved with these so-called deaths.

 

Hmmmmmmm

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

45 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

Any sufferers?

 

 

My dad just found he has moderate sleep apnea after getting tested.  

 

29 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I’ve been down that road. I used to snore loud enough to wake myself up at times. It was real, and I don’t blame my wife for being upset. It was worse if I’d had a few drinks, but it was always an issue.

 

I did the whole CPAP thing, and I absolutely hated it. It was like having a leaf blower strapped to your head blowing air into your face all night. I know some people who use them and LOVE them, but I hated it. It was much easier to sleep in another room, unless we were traveling. 

 

A few years ago I lost a bit of weight, not a ton. I lost maybe 10-12lbs, and about that time the snoring ceased to be an issue. Was it just the weight loss, or were there other factors?  I don’t know, but it’s great not having to worry about bothering my wife. 

 

 

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I remember when I got in great shape and dropped a bunch of weight and all my snoring disappeared. I think this is the key. 

 

@Another Fan, is your dad overweight at all? 

[Augie]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

I remember when I got in great shape and dropped a bunch of weight and all my snoring disappeared. I think this is the key. 

 

@Another Fan, is your dad overweight at all? 

 

You wouldn’t have said “look at the fat guy” before.  If anything I’m too thin now, but the timing is right on the mark. I have to believe it’s related. 

[Another Fan]

5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

I remember when I got in great shape and dropped a bunch of weight and all my snoring disappeared. I think this is the key. 

 

@Another Fan, is your dad overweight at all? 

Definitely not obese but maybe a little by the BMI standards 

[ExiledInIllinois]

5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

I remember when I got in great shape and dropped a bunch of weight and all my snoring disappeared. I think this is the key. 

 

@Another Fan, is your dad overweight at all? 

Sometimes it is. But not always.  Thin people snore too.  With weight, what happens if people can't lose by the air passage...

[Neo]

Walking zombie for two years.  Gained a pound a month no matter the diet or exercise.  Fell asleep at stop lights.  Two nights testing.   52 events per hour.   CPAP machine.  First night hated it.  Second night slept like a baby.  Five months, now.   I love it.  Losing weight.   Active.

 

Edit to add:    I cried the morning after the first successful night.   Sleep deprivation is the worst.  I’m teary, now, writing this.

Edited 12 hours ago by Neo

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

I have been using a cpap for about 12 years now.  Prior to being diagnosed, my snoring was horrible.  I struggled to stay awake all day (and on my drive home from work) and fell asleep minutes after sitting on the couch after work.  Looking back it is easy to see the mood swings, memory issues, etc.  At the time I didn't really notice.  When I finally went for a sleep study, I was diagnosed with extremely severe sleep apnea.  I stopped breathing 82 times per hour on average.  My blood oxygen dropped into the 70s at times.  The nurse that monitored my sleep said it was the most uncomfortable night of sleep she ever watched.  I was not obese.  

 

Using a cpap device is not optional for me.  I honestly think I might be dead by now (I am 50) if didn't get diagnosed.  On the rare occasion that I fall asleep without using my cpap, I wake up feeling like someone beat me up in my sleep.  I don't know how I went so long without it.

 

Strapping yourself to a cpap machine sucks, but you get used to it and it can make a huge difference.  I have my battery back up and my camping setup.  It goes with me no matter where I am staying.

[GETTOTHE50]

36 minutes ago, Sweats said:

My wife tells me that i usually die in my sleep about 5-6 times a night.........i just stop breathing but eventually come back.

 

No mention if there's a pillow involved with these so-called deaths.

 

Hmmmmmmm

 

The Female species is known for its indecisiveness 

[Doc]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

I’m sure that’s true. My test came back with shocking results, designed to scare me. It worked a little bit, too. I was a mess, and they made that clear, and insurance paid for my CPAP.

 

My SIL has been with a great guy for over a decade….. and he snores. He is the only person I’ve ever known who has been declined. Repeatedly. I don’t know what he’s doing wrong, because he really does snore. I told him to get plastered the night before the next test. He wants his insurance to pay for it. They’re not cheap. 

 

Just because you snore, it doesn't mean you have sleep apnea.  My wife snores loudly, so I bought a pulse oximeter that can send readings to a cell phone and her sats never dropped below 95%. 

 

And in a lot of cases, losing weight helps.  There's also a device called Inspire that can help but involves going under anesthesia to see if you are a candidate and then a longer surgery to impant the device.

[Neo]

Ha, I’m inspired and will post again.   I was diagnosed in the most unusual fashion.   I had a jaw issue and my dentist sent me to an oral surgeon for analysis.   I’d never met him.  We talked about my jaw (nothing needed) and as I was leaving, he asked, “have you been gaining weight?”   I said “yes, it’s crazy, one pound a month for two years no matter what I do.”

 

Total stranger, looked at me, and said “you have sleep apnea.”   He saw it in my teeth (grinding) and my jaw (displaced) and my response to weight gain (all night fight means your body is pumping steroids into your blood).   Thirty minutes with an oral surgeon and he figured it out.   Of course, it had to be diagnosed by my regular physician and a pulmonary doctor … but I am so grateful to the one in a million interaction with someone who noticed and cared.

 

My regular doctor was just telling me “stop eating, fatso!”

 

And my WIFE - suffered in silence with snoring and gasping.   She didn’t want to complain!

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Just because you snore, it doesn't mean you have sleep apnea.  My wife snores loudly, so I bought a pulse oximeter that can send readings to a cell phone and her sats never dropped below 95%. 

 

And in a lot of cases, losing weight helps.  There's also a device called Inspire that can help but involves going under anesthesia to see if you are a candidate and then a longer surgery to impant the device.

 

Thank you for answering the question I didn’t yet ask. It makes sense that not all snoring is sleep apnea. I suppose Jorge is an old fashion snorer, without the other physical implications. 

 

Do you need a prescription to get one? Or is that just to get insurance to pay for it. It was very strange, they treated supplies like some special thing. You had to be a patient, it seemed. Odd little side industry. 

[Doc]

8 minutes ago, Augie said:

Thank you for answering the question I didn’t yet ask. It makes sense that not all snoring is sleep apnea. I suppose Jorge is an old fashion snorer, without the other physical implications. 

 

Do you need a prescription to get one? Or is that just to get insurance to pay for it. It was very strange, they treated supplies like some special thing. You had to be a patient, it seemed. Odd little side industry. 

 

Prescription for what, the pulse ox, Inspire or CPAP?

[US Egg]

Sleep apnea saved my marriage, I got my own bedroom.

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Prescription for what, the pulse ox, Inspire or CPAP?

 

I think he’s trying to get a CPAP, but he doesn’t have sleep apnea. He just snores. 

 

You can’t just go to a store and buy these things, as far as I know. They need to be adjusted and all that, but even new tubes and nose pads they treat like a controlled substance. Maybe that has changed, because it should. 

3 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Sleep apnea saved my marriage, I got my own bedroom.

 

So……did it stay saved? 

 

I kid, I was there. She moved to another room so I went to another room first and gave her our room. I was the problem. It was routine for a while. 

 

I’m glad that’s behind us. 

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

Thank you for answering the question I didn’t yet ask. It makes sense that not all snoring is sleep apnea. I suppose Jorge is an old fashion snorer, without the other physical implications. 

 

Do you need a prescription to get one? Or is that just to get insurance to pay for it. It was very strange, they treated supplies like some special thing. You had to be a patient, it seemed. Odd little side industry. 

You do need a prescription. But you can order an autopap machine that adjusts your settings for the most part.  You can also buy all the pieces to the masks without a prescription, but you cannot buy the complete mask without a prescription. 

[BillsPride12]

Sleep Apnea? No

 

But I have had issues with Insomnia in my life.  I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.  Luckily my sleep has been a bit better more recently.