How serious is sleep apnea?

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Anonymous wrote:Not OP but a snorer. Snoring isn’t always apnea though, right? I snore but it’s very regular. My concern about sleep studies is I’m skeptical they ever find that someone doesn’t need a cpap device. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made in this area.

Are you kidding me?

I am not the person who posted that comment but I too have had doubts. There are lots of reasons to be skeptical, as spending on sleep studies and CPAP machines has soared, with many stories of people being referred for expensive tests without good reason, and being sold machines without any attempt to first treat the apnea through other means.

I might be the person that posted that comment. I think my DH and I are going to get tested. It sounds like the newer cpaps are less difficult to get used to which is good to know. I am still somewhat skeptical because I actually know a number of friends and spouses that have been diagnosed with it. These people are at most mildly overweight by the way. Just anecdotally it would seem like the incidence of sleep apnea is like 50 percent. Is that the case????

One of the people I know was given a dental appliance instead of a cpap. Anyone know about that? It sounds less pleasant than a cpap actually.

My husband couldn’t sleep with the cpap, so he got the mouth guard. You start with one size, then another, then graduate to the last size (I can’t recall if they are going up or down in size). The final size gives him a bad headache every morning, so he’s been using the middle size, which is only so-so effective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My partner has been complaining about my snoring lately and constentlym kicks me at night because it disturbs their sleep. Sometimes I do have restless sleep and feel myself gasping for air a bit. I know I need to lose weight and am working on it. I've breathed through my mouth though pretty much my entire life, because my nose always seems closed/stuffed up while I try to sleep, but snoring was never a problem. Are there any real serious health issues for sleep apnea besides high blood pressure and cardiovascular stress?

It causes death. It killed Carrie Fisher, you know. Please get tested and treated, and comply with your treatment.

Every day that you ignore your likely apnea and your body is ‘sleeping’ with some degree of OSA, your organs are being slowly suffocated and that is causing permanent damage to them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My partner has been complaining about my snoring lately and constentlym kicks me at night because it disturbs their sleep. Sometimes I do have restless sleep and feel myself gasping for air a bit. I know I need to lose weight and am working on it. I've breathed through my mouth though pretty much my entire life, because my nose always seems closed/stuffed up while I try to sleep, but snoring was never a problem. Are there any real serious health issues for sleep apnea besides high blood pressure and cardiovascular stress?

It causes death. It killed Carrie Fisher, you know. Please get tested and treated, and comply with your treatment.

Every day that you ignore your likely apnea and your body is ‘sleeping’ with some degree of OSA, your organs are being slowly suffocated and that is causing permanent damage to them.

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-apnea/can-you-die-from-sleep-apnea

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=915304739126151

Jo Koy does several good bits on sleep apnea and how men would rather die than get a CPAP machine. Highly recommend.

Because CPAP machines prevent light sleepers from getting any sleep at all.

The new ones seem much quieter.

My husband wasn’t able to sleep with it. It wasn’t so much the noise I think but having something on his face. It’s. Very worrisome.

Feeling of claustrophobia.

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Anonymous wrote:How is speep apnea tested?

With a sleep study

Yes, but how is it conducted? If I'm in a lab, wired up, I can tell you right now I'm not going to be asleep really.

At home wired up- better.

You can either go to a center or have an at-home machine. I've done the at-home machine and it wasn't bad at all. however, results are more accurate at the sleep study center so I would recommend it. You don't actually stay all night. It's only a few hours and they kick you out pretty early. They don't want you there for 8 hrs.
You will be very tired.

Sleep centers want you there for 7 to 10 hours.

[Anonymous]

Treating sleep apnea with CPAP is also linked to a lower risk of dementia: https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/treating-sleep-apnea-may-reduce-dementia-risk

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but a snorer. Snoring isn’t always apnea though, right? I snore but it’s very regular. My concern about sleep studies is I’m skeptical they ever find that someone doesn’t need a cpap device. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made in this area.

Are you kidding me?

I am not the person who posted that comment but I too have had doubts. There are lots of reasons to be skeptical, as spending on sleep studies and CPAP machines has soared, with many stories of people being referred for expensive tests without good reason, and being sold machines without any attempt to first treat the apnea through other means.

I might be the person that posted that comment. I think my DH and I are going to get tested. It sounds like the newer cpaps are less difficult to get used to which is good to know. I am still somewhat skeptical because I actually know a number of friends and spouses that have been diagnosed with it. These people are at most mildly overweight by the way. Just anecdotally it would seem like the incidence of sleep apnea is like 50 percent. Is that the case????

One of the people I know was given a dental appliance instead of a cpap. Anyone know about that? It sounds less pleasant than a cpap actually.

You need to do your research - while being overweight can be a contributing factor or even a cause in SOME cases, there are many other factors at play - narrowing/collapsing airways, the anatomy of your jaw/tongue, genetics, allergies, etc etc. It’s not just a weight related problem. And if you’re implying that hospitals fabricate or manipulate sleep study results…that’s crazy

I don’t think hospitals are doing sleep studies. These are sleep centers that are privately run right? I confess I work on healthcare fraud issues so I am a skeptic.

[Anonymous]

Where can I get a sleep study done in the DMV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but a snorer. Snoring isn’t always apnea though, right? I snore but it’s very regular. My concern about sleep studies is I’m skeptical they ever find that someone doesn’t need a cpap device. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made in this area.

Are you kidding me?

What is your problem? Snoring isn’t always apnea. There is nothing wrong with this statement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My partner has been complaining about my snoring lately and constentlym kicks me at night because it disturbs their sleep. Sometimes I do have restless sleep and feel myself gasping for air a bit. I know I need to lose weight and am working on it. I've breathed through my mouth though pretty much my entire life, because my nose always seems closed/stuffed up while I try to sleep, but snoring was never a problem. Are there any real serious health issues for sleep apnea besides high blood pressure and cardiovascular stress?

It causes death. It killed Carrie Fisher, you know. Please get tested and treated, and comply with your treatment.

Every day that you ignore your likely apnea and your body is ‘sleeping’ with some degree of OSA, your organs are being slowly suffocated and that is causing permanent damage to them.

Lies all lies. Carrie Fisher: “The manner of death has been ruled undetermined,” she had many drugs in her system and he had heart disease.

[Anonymous]

I have severe obstructive sleep apnea which the sleep MDs say I was born with because of the particular structure of my throat. I am assuming it is genetic and noteworthy that my elder sister died of SIDS in her crib at six weeks of age.

I know I’ve had it all my life, even as a skinny little kid (and I was normal weight when first diagnosed) because the very first morning I woke up after a night using CPAP therapy I realized I’d never really slept before in my entire life. I always tossed and turned a lot, evidence being the condition of the bedding in the morning. Since treatment with CPAP I slumber like a log and barely move all night except to get up for a bathroom run as necessary then right back to slumber.

CPAP masks have come a long way since I started treatment in 2009; my current mask is just a small nasal pillow with a comfy cloth strap that hits my cheeks and goes around my head. My equipment which is whisper quiet logs the seal of my mask and other factors over the course of each nights session and it is never an issue for me being comfortable in the barely there mask and getting a good seal that lasts all night.

Anyone who snores and disturbs their partners sleep should get tested. They have in home testing now which will determine if apnea is happening. If it is they will then likely want the overnight sleep lab test because it allows them to more accurately assess the severity of the apnea and how much it is affecting your sleep by measuring brain waves during sleep. Many people with severe OSA get very little restful sleep because the brain is constantly coming alert to wake the body and prevent suffocating death. Sleep scientists believe many people have sleep apnea and are undiagnosed and chronically exhausted accounting for some significant portion of our mental health crisis and on the job and on the roadway accidents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My partner has been complaining about my snoring lately and constentlym kicks me at night because it disturbs their sleep. Sometimes I do have restless sleep and feel myself gasping for air a bit. I know I need to lose weight and am working on it. I've breathed through my mouth though pretty much my entire life, because my nose always seems closed/stuffed up while I try to sleep, but snoring was never a problem. Are there any real serious health issues for sleep apnea besides high blood pressure and cardiovascular stress?

It causes death. It killed Carrie Fisher, you know. Please get tested and treated, and comply with your treatment.

Every day that you ignore your likely apnea and your body is ‘sleeping’ with some degree of OSA, your organs are being slowly suffocated and that is causing permanent damage to them.

Lies all lies. Carrie Fisher: “The manner of death has been ruled undetermined,” she had many drugs in her system and he had heart disease.

Why do arrogant morons like you post things like this which take two seconds for the average fourth grader to disprove using an internet search engine? Sad. Bigly.

https://www.sleepbetterny.com/carrie-fisher-and-other-celebrity-deaths-caused-by-sleep-apnea/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My partner has been complaining about my snoring lately and constentlym kicks me at night because it disturbs their sleep. Sometimes I do have restless sleep and feel myself gasping for air a bit. I know I need to lose weight and am working on it. I've breathed through my mouth though pretty much my entire life, because my nose always seems closed/stuffed up while I try to sleep, but snoring was never a problem. Are there any real serious health issues for sleep apnea besides high blood pressure and cardiovascular stress?

It causes death. It killed Carrie Fisher, you know. Please get tested and treated, and comply with your treatment.

Every day that you ignore your likely apnea and your body is ‘sleeping’ with some degree of OSA, your organs are being slowly suffocated and that is causing permanent damage to them.

Lies all lies. Carrie Fisher: “The manner of death has been ruled undetermined,” she had many drugs in her system and he had heart disease.

Why do arrogant morons like you post things like this which take two seconds for the average fourth grader to disprove using an internet search engine? Sad. Bigly.

https://www.sleepbetterny.com/carrie-fisher-and-other-celebrity-deaths-caused-by-sleep-apnea/

Just to clarify, while I posted this blog link to disprove the ignorant poster about other poster’s comment about Carrie Fisher, I do not endorse the alternative apnea treatment being advertised later in the blog. Oral devices are a poor substitute for gold standard CPAP therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but a snorer. Snoring isn’t always apnea though, right? I snore but it’s very regular. My concern about sleep studies is I’m skeptical they ever find that someone doesn’t need a cpap device. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made in this area.

Are you kidding me?

I am not the person who posted that comment but I too have had doubts. There are lots of reasons to be skeptical, as spending on sleep studies and CPAP machines has soared, with many stories of people being referred for expensive tests without good reason, and being sold machines without any attempt to first treat the apnea through other means.

I might be the person that posted that comment. I think my DH and I are going to get tested. It sounds like the newer cpaps are less difficult to get used to which is good to know. I am still somewhat skeptical because I actually know a number of friends and spouses that have been diagnosed with it. These people are at most mildly overweight by the way. Just anecdotally it would seem like the incidence of sleep apnea is like 50 percent. Is that the case????

One of the people I know was given a dental appliance instead of a cpap. Anyone know about that? It sounds less pleasant than a cpap actually.

You need to do your research - while being overweight can be a contributing factor or even a cause in SOME cases, there are many other factors at play - narrowing/collapsing airways, the anatomy of your jaw/tongue, genetics, allergies, etc etc. It’s not just a weight related problem. And if you’re implying that hospitals fabricate or manipulate sleep study results…that’s crazy

I don’t think hospitals are doing sleep studies. These are sleep centers that are privately run right? I confess I work on healthcare fraud issues so I am a skeptic.

Yes, hospitals do sleep studies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have severe obstructive sleep apnea which the sleep MDs say I was born with because of the particular structure of my throat. I am assuming it is genetic and noteworthy that my elder sister died of SIDS in her crib at six weeks of age.

I know I’ve had it all my life, even as a skinny little kid (and I was normal weight when first diagnosed) because the very first morning I woke up after a night using CPAP therapy I realized I’d never really slept before in my entire life. I always tossed and turned a lot, evidence being the condition of the bedding in the morning. Since treatment with CPAP I slumber like a log and barely move all night except to get up for a bathroom run as necessary then right back to slumber.

CPAP masks have come a long way since I started treatment in 2009; my current mask is just a small nasal pillow with a comfy cloth strap that hits my cheeks and goes around my head. My equipment which is whisper quiet logs the seal of my mask and other factors over the course of each nights session and it is never an issue for me being comfortable in the barely there mask and getting a good seal that lasts all night.

Anyone who snores and disturbs their partners sleep should get tested. They have in home testing now which will determine if apnea is happening. If it is they will then likely want the overnight sleep lab test because it allows them to more accurately assess the severity of the apnea and how much it is affecting your sleep by measuring brain waves during sleep. Many people with severe OSA get very little restful sleep because the brain is constantly coming alert to wake the body and prevent suffocating death. Sleep scientists believe many people have sleep apnea and are undiagnosed and chronically exhausted accounting for some significant portion of our mental health crisis and on the job and on the roadway accidents.

So your mask is only a nose pillow, and not the full oxygen mask looking….mask?