I recently have been diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea and have started treatment with a CPAP. It makes me feel better but I just feel uncomfortable no matter how hard I try to get used to it. I am not obese(185 lbs, 5′11″) so that is not the cause of my sleep apnea. I am meeting with my doctor soon to discuss other treatments outside of the CPAP, but I wanted to see if anyone could give me information or personal experiences on the surgery before I meet with him.
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My brother sleeps through half of the day and stays up all night im really worried is this normal?
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I just had a sleep study done. Results were:
28 sponatneous arousals.’
1 REM arousals
31 Snoring arousals
total: 61
Mild, intermittent snoring was noted while supine.
Apnea-hypoapnea events per hour .89
1 during REM and 4 events in Non REM
Respiratory related arousals per hour: 5.69
Mean Oxygen saturation: 96.61 0 desaturation episodes below 90% with a nadir of 90%
Cadiac monitoring: Normal sinus rythm with no significant arrythmias noted.
Diagnosis:
Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome, adult.
I am 26, currently BMI of 35, get only about 3 hours a sleep at night with exesseive daytime sleepiness, and have asthma.
Should I worry?
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Two or three hours after I’ve fallen asleep, my boyfriend sometimes calls me on my cell phone, which I place right near my bed. According to my call log, I usually talk to him for 2 or 3 minutes (general, coherent sentences so he says), but when I wake up the next day, I have absolutely no recollection of speaking to him or of the phone ringing at all. This concerns me because I would like to be in control of my actions always, and this is a recurring thing (almost every time he calls at night). Please help! Thanks.
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I am not 100% sure if I have sleep apnea or not. If I do, it is most likely obstructive sleep apnea. In the past two years, I have woken up in the middle of the night gasping for air. This has happened two times. I do not snore or drink, and I am not overweight. For the past few months, I have been having daytime fatigue every single day, even though I am getting enough sleep. I heard that sleeping on your back just makes it worse because the muscles in the back of the throat collapse, making it harder to breathe. Before I started getting sleepy during the daytime, I always slept on my side and never was tired when I was awake. But ever since I started sleeping on my back, I have been tired every day. Does this mean I have sleep apnea? Also, I have been trying to get back into the habit of sleeping on my side, but I can never fall asleep. I have tried this dozens of times. Is there anything I can do?
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