I just used my CPAP for the first time last night. I can't believe how much more awake I feel today!

Anonymous wrote:At home sleep study. Very easy to do. I had two different ones. Showed no sleep apnea.

Did at home test. Pretty easy. I did have sleep apnea and now have a CPAP. My dad had apnea and a CPAP as well.

I have sleep apnea. My husband pestered me until I finally went to get tested. I eventually ended up with a CPAP, and I love it! I wish that I'd done this years ago. My quality of sleep is much better, and getting a consistent night's sleep helps with my anxiety issues as well. My weight and blood pressure are slightly down.

I only had to have a home sleep study - it was easy - just one sensor on my chest plus one on my finger. My CPAP itself is pretty quiet and non-intrusive. It's a very light headgear, with air coming through a nasal pillow (nothing over my mouth) - the air tube is on the top of my head, so it doesn't get in the way while I'm sleeping.

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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.

They really do not. You acclimate.

NP. DH has no problems sleeping under pretty much any conditions (dogs barking, kids yelling, doors slamming, etc). He had a VERY hard time adjusting to the machine (took several months). I can’t imagine how long it would take a light sleeper to adjust. I bet many end up giving up.

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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.

They really do not. You acclimate.

My mother in laws dementia has been attributed to her sleep apnea which was untreated for decades. Look up vascular dementia.

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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.

I did a sleep study and passed.

My diagnosis was "your husband has a sleep problem".

He did a sleep study and was given a CPAP machine.

Anonymous wrote:No partner should be kicking you for any reason ever, let alone for something you are doing while you are sleeping.

grownups express their concerns with words.

Do you suggest saying every 90 seconds, "Darling, it concerns me that you are holding your breath for extended periods of time and I would prefer that you breathe in and out". They aren't sleeping - they are suffocating.

Anonymous wrote:No partner should be kicking you for any reason ever, let alone for something you are doing while you are sleeping.

grownups express their concerns with words.

My DH has sleep apnea. What made him go for the sleep study was me hitting or kicking him at night - he would stop breathing, which would wake me up, and I'd hit or kick him to get him to start breathing again. We're not hitting or kicking because we're mad at them, it's because it's terrifying and we want them to start breathing again.

At home sleep study. Very easy to do. I had two different ones. Showed no sleep apnea.

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.

I've had a study done with no sleep apnea. This is not a giant racket pulled off by the CPAP machine lobby

OP, sleep apnea is VERY serious. My brother has it and has a machine. He's also had multiple surgeries to try to get his breathing better. It is a scary thing to have that is not taken seriously enough..

I second the Jo Koy bit. Watch it.

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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.

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.

No, this doesn't happen.

I had my first sleep study at 30. No sleep apnea.

I had my second at 40 (and about 20 pounds heavier). Sleep apnea. Hell, they put the mask on me in the middle of the sleep study and I actually got sleep. It was a GODSEND.

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.