Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by inteleyes: Do you believe or have you experienced a O B E from a medical condition as sleep apnea?
I will be tested on this condition because I believe that I have this problem with sleep apnea. This may explain one reason why I have out of body experiences……If your not breathing good while asleep, this in return will cause your heart rate to slow down. When your heart rate slows to a certain point, your soul is then released and floats out of body. Your fast heart rate is what holds your spirit-soul in the body.

This sleep apnea can be a serious condition, and I do remember jumping out of bed from a deep sleep because I was in need to catch my breath and breathe.

I do believe in one of my out of body experiences I did die for seconds, or they on the other side thought I was dead…..This is what happen that night….I was sleeping alone in the home at the time, I all of a sudden was aware, I first heard many voices as if I were somewhere else. Perhaps like I said died, and the voices were those on the other side that came to guide me to the other side. I then floated halfway out of my body feet first as if someone grabbed my legs and pulled me out, perhaps they were thinking, “Why is he still in his body if he’s dead”. Then I remember turning around and I crawled back in my body, but I am now in my body the wrong way, then I felt my spirit spin around to righten itself. I actuall felt my spirit swipe the inside of my body when I spun. Then I woke up. All of my out of body experiences is when I am sleeping.

So does this make sense to you, and for those who do have out of body experiences, do you know if you have a sleeping condition to where your breathing isn’t very good? This makes a lot of sense to me, OBE, as I see this from another aspect.
There is more ways to have an out of body experience, and I am sure this is one way or cause for it to happen. You don’t need air when your out of body…..I had done it enough to know what an out of body is, just wondering if this medical problem is a cause for it to start.

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Answer by Missy
no I think your problem is lack of oxygen. This is too far fetched even for you my friend.

I have had 3 OBE in my life. All were while completely awake and 2 with friends there. They said I just looked completely “blank” in the face. Hasn’t happened for years though.

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Question by : How will mild sleep apnea affect me from getting hired as a Corrections or Law Enforcement Officer?
Im 25, very healthy but slightly overweight. After what my wife described as hearing some “labored and loud” snorong my doctor referred me for a sleep study which revealed mild sleep apnea. The doctor recommended short term CPAP treatment which I will take and be done with long before I apply to work anywhere. I have been employed at a police dept before as well as in security and I have never had any narcoleptic episodes or abruptly fallen asleep. He thinks its simply the extra weight which I should shave off anyways to pass the physical agility job tests anyways. Im about 40 lbs overweight. I fully plan to disclose this during any medical evaluations. Im in college for criminal justice and corrections. I have another year before I apply anywhere so I think thats more than enough time to shave off some weight and get this treated. Please let me know if you think this will cause any trouble for me. Thank you.

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Answer by Sarah Louise
Sleep apnea only affects your breathing when youre sleeping right? I think you will be fine if you passed the physical standards to get into the corrections class. Just try to work on your cardio. We did P90X in my academy class, and I shaved off about a minute from my PAT test. We did it for fun as volunteers and when I applied for the sworn position, it was a breeze after P90X and cardio training. Im a little overweight, but Im healthy as a horse. As long as you disclose everything you think you should and a doctor deems you fit for duty, you should be fine. Good luck!!

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Question by : What do you do about Rashes from Apnea Machine?
My father wants to know if anybody has suffered from skin rashes from using an Apnea machine. Does anybody know what to use?? or what to do? He has to sleep with it everynight, and has been using it for years. It is around the face where the straps go and his nose is very dry and a little rashy..any advice would help, thank you.

And he does not have insurance, so we are trying to find something from the pharmacy..

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Answer by Jerry
The skin issue is probably not be a true rash, but rather annoyed by the friction of the straps rubbing against it. That happened to me as I was starting CPAP use. A few ideas:

Try hydrocortisone cream or spray to calm the irritated skin.

Try loosening the straps a bit. If your father sleeps on his side, the pressure of his face against the pillow can keep the face mask in place without being so tight.

Try routing the tube down to the mask from above his forehead instead of up from below. This will lessen the amount of air flow around his nose and help prevent drying out.

Make sure the equipment is cleaned daily, especially the parts that come in contact with the skin.

See how long it has been since your father replaced the nose piece.

Soak the water tray in white vinegar every so often. Make sure it is rinsed and dried daily.

Best of luck.

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Question by Rvn: Anyone willing to share with me their feelings upon waking up from surgery and finding they are intubated?
I recently had surgery and apparently there was difficulty when they extubated me (bronchiospasms) and I was quickly re-intubated and placed on a ventilator. I woke up several times in recovery while intubated and had quite a traumatic experience. I now have so many awful feelings that I can’t deal with and haven’t talked to anyone about. Feelings of panic, fear of suffocation, sleep disturbances, fear of falling asleep, bouts of crying. I have asthma and possibly sleep apnea, so the breathing issue is an ongoing thing with me that I will need to follow-up with a doctor about, but these feelings of terror are invasive and I want to hear from anyone else who has exerpienced this so I don’t feel so crazy.

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Answer by firespider
You’re not crazy. I had a very similar experience. It happened to me after two different surgeries.

Waking up on a ventilator is traumatizing. It was very frightening for me.

You are probably suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is a normal reaction to what you’ve experienced.

Aside from the physical pain, you are also having emotional pain. It’s being projected as pervasive fear.

It may be time for you to ask your doctor about a medication for an anxiety disorder. I personally worked these feelings out on my own, but if you feel that it’s actually taking control of your life, then you do need to seek help.

I wish you well. Just remember, if you don’t deal with it, you will not get over it.

Good luck to you.

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Question by ѕкує вℓυє αкα ανα’ѕ мσмму: My daughter is having ENT surgery Thursday…help from parents who went through this?
My daughter is 3 and on Thursday she is having her adenoids and tonsils removed as well as tubes put in her ears. I am so scared about everything from the nurses taking her to the OR to recovery at home. I feel like I am making a bad decision to go through with this even though she desperately needs it (sleep apnea, constant ear infections).

I guess I just need some people who went through the same thing to tell me the negetives and positives about this surgery. Let me know what age your child was at the time as well and how they reacted to it.

Thanks,

Terrified Mom
Debbie Hoggins: Wow what a positive experience! I hope we can have the same!

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Answer by Debbie Hoggins
We took my son at age 5 – the difference was immediate! As soon as he was sleeping, no more snoring, no more sleep apnea. It was the absolute best thing I could have done. And, they didn’t have to mess with his adenoids at all, just his tonsils and it took about 20 minutes. Nothing bad happened and he was great! He didn’t remember leaving the hospital, but was fine enough to eat pizza the next day. Absolutely no side effect either. Oh, and we had to pay cash because he wasn’t sick all the time (just sleep apnea and snoring) and insurance wouldn’t cover it. We took him to a ENT specialist and he said he’d schedule it for the next Friday and it needed to be done right away – his airway was 90% blocked when he laid down. Best money spent ever! Even his teacher noticed he was happier, more rested, and just better all around.

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