Sleep Apnea

It’s not new, it’s different from snoring and can shorten your life expectancy.

Also, there's money to be made on sleep apnea equipment so ....

Related to obesity, and yes, it is a racket. There's the machines and then face masks, tubing, distilled water, filters. I'm hooked up right now to my machine.

If you have it do you wake up at night a lot?

Do you have to be overweight, or can thin people also have sleep apnea?

Young people can get sleep apnea as well.

Many thin people have it; weight is often not a factor. Even if you don't actually wake up, the quality of your sleep is horrible because it is so fragmented.

Sleep apnea is the fibromyalgia of the night.

Deathfat thing, probably all the rage in Muricahhhh.

Literally every single person I've ever met who's gone in for a sleep test has been diagnosed with it.

Does the machine really help you get a good nights sleep? I hear you have to clean it every morning. Sounds like a pain in the ass.

Literally every single person I've ever met who's gone in for a sleep test has been diagnosed with it.

They probably go in for studies because they have symptoms of it you daft cunt. Like how everyone who goes to the hospital with their tibia bent at a 90 degree angle gets a broken leg diagnosis!

I got diagnosed at 19 and I was painfully thin. Unbeknownst to me I was gasping for breath and snoring terribly while asleep. When I was awake I was exhausted. I stopped breathing 63 times an hour on average. The machines are costly, they require heaps of upkeep; cleaning, replacement of parts etc. The mask slides around on your face and you sweat beneath it which causes red welts. I did get an ok nights' sleep with it but using it was a nightmare. Eventually I went to an ENT specialist and I had an extensive operation; tongue coblation (burning and shrinking of the tongue) removal of adenoids, tonsils, uvula, back of my tongue and hollowing out of my throat. Now I don't have sleep apnea at all and no CPAP machine. Haven't looked back. Most sleep specialists won't recommend the operation because then they won't make money out of you.

For those ignorant cunts denying it exists. it's very real and can be deadly. Although the obese bring it on themselves. All it really is, is a thick throat or crowded mouth closing your airways while you're lying down asleep. The CPAP just blows air down your throat to force your airway open so you can breathe while asleep.

Have a CPAP love it. I don't clean it every day. I wipe out the inside of the mask. Have had zero sickness in two years. Almost addicted to it, don't even want to lie down to watch TV without it in case I happen to fall asleep.

I had an ex who claimed to have sleep apnea but he was just a fat cunt who snores.

I have it and actually dream I'm choking or suffocating before I wake myself up, I lost 30lbs but that only seemed to make it worse and the CPAP machine they gave me had to be turned up so high to work I could never get to sleep with it and when I told my doctor that he basically said too bad and never scheduled another appointment, Prick.

Lose weight. Won’t need it.

How does anyone sleep with that mask? I can barely sleep as is. My insurance will only cover it if I use it for 28 out of 30 nights. I know I won’t be able to sleep with it so I’m not even bothering. Absence of sleep is a bigger issue than sleep apnea.

It took me a few weeks to get used to the mask - felt claustrophobic and like I was breathing in “bad air” - but that was all I’m my mind & actually surprised me because claustrophobia was never a problem for me - it’s heights that I have an irrational fear of.

After about 2 months of sleeping with the mask I started feeling MUCH better in the mornings - rested and clearheaded instead of groggy and tired - but it took time and consistency. I also have a mouth device which works - use it when I travel - but feel better overall with the machine. Mouth device is a 2k custom appliance from a specialist dentist not the ones they sell on the net.

I had borderline severe apnea - 40+ incidents an hour and my snoring would wake the dead. I’m not obese - it’s more the way my airway is built; but causes vary from person to person.

Sleep Apnea, if left untreated, can lead to a huge number of health issues including stroke. Dismiss it as a fad or a problem for fat people if you want to, I guess. It’s your funeral.

When I was diagnosed in a sleep lab 10 or so years ago, I was told I had mild-to-moderate apnea. I am not fat--just something about how the back of my tongue falls back, etc. Anyway, I decided to spring for a dental device instead of CPAP, which I thought was worth the money because the thought of wearing a mask was horrible. It cost a lot of money ($1200), which insurance didn't pay for but when I was tested, I went from 18 episodes per hour to 1. j The thing lasted a long time--finally got a new one (price was the same). It's like a mouth guard you wear if you have teeth grinding but it there's a part for the upper teeth and a separate part for the lower teeth. I had no trouble adapting to it and have worn it every night for over 10 years (if I'm alone--you look like Hannibal Lecter with the device on). If you can afford it and your apnea is not severe, I would check it out--it's called "mandibular advancement device. (MAD)" If you travel, you just carry it in its little plastic case. I do wash it with Polident every night and brush with my toothbrush. Google MAD for sleep apnea.

I'd let surgeons remove everything they needed to if it meant not dreaming of chocking pretty much every night.

[quote]How does anyone sleep with that mask? I can barely sleep as is. My insurance will only cover it if I use it for 28 out of 30 nights. I know I won’t be able to sleep with it so I’m not even bothering. Absence of sleep is a bigger issue than sleep apnea.

Everyone thinks that. I have always been a terrible sleeper, even as a kid my Mother would throw open my door and plead with me to go sleep, thinking I was fighting it. I only slept three to four hours a night, sometimes not at all. Later in life now I took the home test, easy as can be, because if I couldn't fall asleep at home, there was no way I was with someone watching in a strange environment.

First morning I felt better than I ever did in my entire life. I used to start on my stomach and constantly toss around, now I wake up exactly as I started on my back. The machine is almost silent, you get used to the mask, you just do, unless you choose to fight it. I don't want to go to sleep without it now. My machine has wifi and and app and every morning it sends info you can see online like how many times you stopped breathing or, how long you slept etc.

I cured my sleep apnea by losing weight.

You can be thin and still have a terrible problem with it.

[quote]I cured my sleep apnea by losing weight.

How do you know, you're sleeping? Most people don't even know they stop breathing.