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Wishing you best of luck, getting your hubby in for sleep study, specially you witnessing he stops breathing. Truth is, none of us desire to learn, we have a health disorder. We all wanna stay healthy, reason people rebell against going to doctor. I always tell my family, it's better to have it checked out, then wait until it's to late. Good luck to you/hubby.
I thought I had it once - I kept waking up and having to force myself to take a breath. My doctor told me it was a hypnogogic halucination but I found that hard to believe. I suffered from depression and panic attacks at the time and once I had found a way out of those I had no further problems with breathing or sleeping. I'm so glad I don't need one of those devices.
Great news MIdget, glad your issue was resolved. Now you don't qualify for a Jedi mask
Used my CPAP last night. Feel wide awake right now where I'd usually be falling asleep on the bus.
The mask does take a bit of getting used to. Hated the nasal pillow thing, loved the nasal mask. (They let us try both before placing an order for the entire kit.)
My nasal passage structure probably contributes to the apnea because I typically struggle to breathe through the nose... Except with the CPAP. The air pressure difference keeps everything open. I don't need a strap to hold my mouth closed either.
Also, you'd think the CPAP would be noisy like a fan, but mine isn't. There's air gushing out if I have my mouth open (I.e. Bad seal for the respiratory system), but if the seal is good, you don't really hear anything.
AJ2112, I'm glad you were able to get the diagnosis, and the proper treatment. Pardon me, I just got out of bed, and am a bit fuzzy-headed. You mentioned Reggie White. You can also get a great education if you just Google "Sleep Apnea." You'll likely find a large list of famous people who suffered from Sleep Apnea, and died.
Take care of yourself! Thanks for sharing.
HI Ron, thanks friend, feel the same with you, wish you best journey with Bipap. I'm a Philadelphia Eagles sports fan, reason I was aware of Reggie White, had no idea famous people suffered/died from sleep apnea, most die from drug use, will check it out. Have yourself a wonderful morning, thanks for sharing your experience as well.
I did a Google search, and this is the first story I found. Carrie Fisher died of Sleep Apnea. There's also a list of a few other celebrities. AJ2112, thanks again for your support.
https://www.sleepapnea.org/carrie-fisher-yes-you-can-die-from-sleep-apnea/
For anyone considering a sleep study, if the idea of the in-hospital study seems like too much or too expensive, check with your physician and see if they will refer you to a sleep specialist who will do an in-home study if it's appropriate.
There are two types of in-home study that I know of.
One simply attaches a device to your sleep clothing and a tubing sensor around your head to measure your breathing, one or two small electrodes with sticky tape things to put on your chest, and that's the entirety of the test equipment. Once the test is complete, you just return the device and equipment to your specialist's office, and they read and analyze the results and let you know about them in a day or so.
The other includes that equipment, but they also bring a technician into your home to attach a camera to watch you sleep remotely -- requires high speed internet (cable or DSL) to work. (I flatly refused the second test when they proposed it; the idea that someone would be watching me sleep was weird enough, but watching me sleep in my house in my own bed with a camera just massively creeped me out. I don't even have a webcam!) When the test is complete, the technician shows up the next morning to collect and take everything away.
Depending on your insurance, the in-home study may or may not be significantly less expensive. The doctor's fee will likely be the same, but you won't have a facilities fee. Also, make sure to check with your insurance before committing to a test; some of them don't cover the test at all (although that's very few these days -- still, check and document that you have done so), in some cases the doctor and the procedure will be covered but the facility won't, and in some cases, the facility will be covered but the specific doctor won't have a contract with your insurance. (Ask me how I know about that last one.) If you check with your insurance, and then get an answer from them on which you rely, they are usually required to stand by that determination.
Depending on the sleep specialist, they may want you to do an in-facility sleep study anyway. They do get a lot more information from in-facility tests, but they are, to put it mildly, a pain. And also sticky and electrodey.
More information about home study tests -- and when they are NOT recommended: http://www.sleepeducation.org/essentials-in-sleep/home-sleep-apnea-testing
vwrangler, I'd never heard of those home tests! I can see where it might be more convenient and cheaper. But yeah, having someone in your home watching you sleep sounds a bit creepy.
<Sigh> I just fell asleep at my keyboard reading this threat. Starting to wonder if I have Sleep Apnea too. Pretty much, if I sit down, I'm going to doze off.
My husband and I both have sleep apnea .... i found out he had it when one night i couldn't sleep and he stopped breathing for like forever and i told him about it and he went to the dr for it .... then years later he discovered i was stoppng breathing at night and i was diagnosed with it too ..
now i can't sleep without it, it seems that once my mask goes on, my body is like ok now we can relax and sleep ... and i get a lull feeling if that makes sense.Very romantic LOL.
but after 11 years of marriage, its the norm and its our crazy world LOL ...
Belladzines, congrats on treating the Sleep Apnea, and on your marriage! I know exactly what you mean about a crazy world. Most of my DAZ Art reflects my own crazy life.
Greetings,
This hits home really hard with me. I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and I have it really, really bad. @Ron Knights I think you mean that you stopped breathing 89 times an hour, as that's what it's usually measured in. AHI (Average Hypopnea Index) means how often you essentially stop breathing for at least 10 seconds in the course of an average hour.
My friends always commented on my snoring being epically loud. My girlfriends told me it took some getting used to, but after a few days they could mostly ignore it, or found ways to handle it. My now-wife slept under a pillow for most of the years until I got a CPAP machine. But she was the only person who told me that it wasn't just loud. That I stopped breathing during it, and that freaked her out a lot more than the noise. I think things changed because (due to a medical problem) I gained around 100lbs in a year, and that made it vastly worse.
But even with that, it wasn't until I was in an all-hands meeting at Amazon, listening to the CEO talk about work that was going to affect us directly, that things changed. A guy I don't know approached me afterwards, and said, 'Hey...don't take this the wrong way, but I saw you having trouble staying awake. I had that problem and I had a sleep study done, they found out I had sleep apnea, and addressing it changed my life. You should look into it.'
I left Amazon not long after for a startup, and while I'm a very good software engineer, I was having trouble focusing, falling asleep during conversations, and stuff like that. That I was performing around average was pretty amazing given how badly it turned out I was sleeping.
I started the process of getting a sleep study done. I think they let me sleep for ~3 hours before they woke me up. I should have known something was off, because they were very insistent on getting me to try masks and stuff. They tried a nasal mask, but my mouth opened which messed up the pressure. So they gave me a chin strap to keep my mouth shut. I tried to sleep, but I had a full-blown panic attack at the chin strap and nasal mask. I felt like I was being strangled. Major, sweating, freaking out. They calmed me down, and gave me a full-face mask (covers the mouth and nose) and it was perfect. After that, evidently, while I slept they adjusted the pressure of air into my mask to find the lowest pressure that consistently stopped my apnea events.
Turns out I had an AHI in the 118 range, which meant that approximately every minute I had two events where I brought myself out of sleep to restart my breathing, and with sleep-recovery time, I was getting effective sleep of less than half. So 8 hours of sleep resulted in <4 hours worth of rest, along with the adrenaline panic that flows through my body as I try to gasp for breath twice a minute.
They urged me, VERY strongly, to get a CPAP device and mask immediately. Like...they would look at the paper with my numbers, and say, 'Oh. Okay. Let's see if we can send you home with a device right now. If we can't, we'll give you a loaner.'
I did, and it turned my life around. My wife got used to it quickly, and vastly prefers the quiet hum of the machine to the sound of me choking in my sleep.
I stopped being dangerously exhausted on my commutes, I stopped falling asleep mid-sentence at home, I stopped falling asleep in meetings at work, including 1:1's with my manager. My days became more than a bleak struggle to get from point A to B and back again. I had and remembered dreams again, which was one of the stranger side effects.
I did not reap the lowered weight that some folks get, it did not help my insulin sensitivity, nor did it help much with my blood pressure (all of which sometimes improves for folks with OSA). It did make me happier, although obviously not immune to feeling down now and then.
I'm looking at buying a 'travel CPAP' to take with me when I go out of town, but right now I carry my whole rig with me when I go anywhere. Airlines allow it as a 'personal medical device' on planes as an additional carryon.
I also use a UPS for power backup when power goes out. It gives me an extra ~1 hour of CPAP time, although there are ways to rig it up that'll give more.
It's not something I talk about often, since honestly I'm very badly overweight, and most people consider being overweight a moral disease, but I wanted to add my voice to @Ron Knights'.
I cannot stress enough that if you have sleep issues, persistent tiredness, etc., that you should at least talk to your doctor about getting a sleep study done. There's several things they can learn from them. If they find you have Sleep Apnea that would benefit from a CPAP or BiPap, work with them to find a mask and setting that works for you; they want to help. Just keep trying. It will be worth it. It may not make the difference that it made for me, but it will make a difference.
-- Morgan
Morgan, thank you so much for sharing your story. I'm glad the CPAP machine had such a dramatic positive effect for you and your wife.
I was very thin for the first 20-30 years of my life. I was less than 6 feet tall, and weighed about 160 lbs. I've had sleep apena my entire life. It goes to show that weight is not always a factor or cause of sleep apnea. I still "blackout" during everyday activities. My head bobs down, I see black, and then I force myself to wake up. Sometimes it's hard to think, or speak the proper words. Yes, I woke 89 times an hour without the machine. For some reason, I mix up hours with minutes. I've always had some sort of "thinking" disorder where I constantly need to translate my thoughts into proper words.
I recently got the new mask for my machine. I believe it helps quite a bit. It only covers my nose. But I manage to keep my mouth shut without trouble. I do drool a lot when I lay on my side. But I really get the most sleep when I'm on my back.
Morgan, thanks again for sharing your story. Have a wonderful day.