Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by ♥ Shōjo-ai: My father needs to see a doctor for Sleep Issues… What tests should he ask for? What should he tell them?
OK, my father has been sleep talking, sleep walking, not being able to sleep through the night, all since he was a child. We think he might have depression and were told that part of his sleep walking and talking are due to emotional issues, he has sleep apnea, and he was diagnosed as having “Comprehension Problems” back in the 1960’s, which is now called “ADD”.

He sleeps so bad at night that he is tired all day and will fall asleep if he has to sit still for more then a few min’s… He can’t get through a 12 min episode of Squidbillies, let alone watching a movie or even a normal tv show.

He has just gotten health insurance through his job and I want to set up an appointment with a doctor for a “Sleep Study” but I have no idea what that means and what we should be looking for test-wise or even doctor-wise!

What sort of things should he look for in a doctor?

What kind of tests should they do for him?

What, in general, should he expect??
Cynthia, You got it in the first go… He is ALWAYS thinking… When he can’t stop thinking, he will go into the bathroom and read and start to fall asleep and actually add PAGES of plot onto the book he is reading so when he wakes up, he can’t find where he was because he added so much story line to the book!

OK, that makes a LOT of sense…

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS!

Best answer:

Answer by Cynthia
The doctor thing is more or less your opinion. You want someone who is nice or kind then find one of those. If you dont really care then thats up to you too. You obviously want a doctor who care about their patient enough to listen to you. Also look for someone with good marks. Someone with more schooling than some others.

A sleep study is basically where they hook you up to a machine and you go to sleep. It reads your brain waves to show whats going on. If your dad has problems sleeping it will show up on the test and show why he is having problems. Chances are that they will give him a sleep medication to take, and possibly something for his ADD. It all depends on his apnea. They dont want to conk him out too much to where he doesnt remember to breathe but they will want to make sure he is calm enough to acutally get a good nights sleep.

I would guess the main problem with his sleeping is the ADD itself. You have a million things running through your head at night because your still and trying to go to sleep. Lists of things to do, things you forgot. Half the time you want to get up and do those things causing you to loose even more sleep.

Going to the doctor is a great idea. Sleep study is also a really good idea. Just make sure you let them know about the apnea! That can be a very serious thing to know before taking medications. Although the doctors should get a full history before treating you, sometimes they forget.

Hope I helped you.

C. Adams, RN

Give your answer to this question below!

Question by It’s me: Is it possible to get a job working with special needs children without a degree?
I would like to work with special needs children and don’t know where to begin. I had a special needs child (severe brain damage, scoliosis, cerebral palsy, hearing/vision loss, etc.) and he passed away 3 years ago (had severe sleep apnea and died in his sleep before his tracheotomy was performed). I’m very interested in working with young special needs children because as the mother of such a child, I understand:

#1: how difficult it can be caring for such a child.
#2: the fears a parent may have about the quality of care their child is receiving (yes, I understand that this is a fear every parent has, but parents with special needs children have even more to worry about with medical issues).
#3: this would be my chance to honor his memory in a different way, helping children (like him) who require extra care, attention and patience.

Although I have no degree or formal training, I do have 5 years of hands-on experience with my own child, who required frequent E.R. visits, hospital stays, surgeries, countless appointments with specialists, therapy, etc., and feel that I am qualified, at the very least, to care for special needs children in a daycare or classroom environment, or even their own home.

I’m not sure where to begin my search, or what tests I might have to take to show that I am qualified, so any helpful information that might get me started in my search would be greatly appreciated.

(I live in Chicago, so any local information would be great, also)
By the way, I’ve only recently moved to Chicago, my son passed away in Texas. If I were still living there, I would most definitely have already sought out employment at his former daycare or school. If we were well enough off right now with just my husband’s job, I would volunteer without a doubt, but unfortunately with our economy the way it is right now, most families (like ours) require 2 incomes in order to not just scrape by.

Best answer:

Answer by Riley
i’m not sure how to get a degree, but i’m like 99 percent sure you can’t work with special needs children without a degree. while hands on experience will probably be helpful when you get a job, you said yourself how worried parents are about the quality of care their child is recieving. they will want to be sure you are qualified. i guess look up a school that you could go to (maybe a community college) and take whatever courses are related to what you want to do

Add your own answer in the comments!

request uǝɹnɐ | : sleep disorder similar to “sleep paralysis” (long question) needs help.? Can anyone help me, I’m very tips! Please do not recommend seeing a doctor, they are expensive, I do not want to go for unnecessary tests, etc. – A doctor is my last Rettung.Ich be in ’sleep’ and read like symptoms but not the same. symptoms such as: * Wake up with unrefreshed feeling after sleep have problems with memory and concentration, fatigue and personality changes .* morning or night sweats .* headache and chest pain during sleep .* Nocturnal wheezing or choking spells. I do not snore in my sleep (number one is a sign of sleep apnea), I do not know on my back because my choke / gasp for air, I experience symptoms of sleep konnte.Die: * shaking / sweating until I woke up ( Clothes are usually watered at this point) * Extreme nightmares every night feeling paralyzed, unable to speak, but I’m awake. I feel my eyes roll back and I’m awake in this fight, but fight. I feel like I’m breathing properly, so I know I’m not lacking oxygen. I can feel my muscles spasaming. After a few minutes or seconds, finally snap from this break and then air combat erschöpft.Die feeling most of the time I feel it is “falling” when I go to the “paralysis”. If I do not try to fight the feeling, it grows worse and worse until you start to panic, because it is so creepy then I’m kämpfen.Ich at the end of me, I’m not sure if I have experienced as a child before. I’m on medication for depression, BI polar disorder and mild schizophrenia. (None of the drugs, without side effects list of symptoms I experience) I do not know whether sleep disorders in our Familiengeschichte.Bitte to respond to childish comments in relation to drugs. best answer:

response Morelli Ava
Give answer to this question below!

sometimes he sleeps for less then 7 hours… is he required to wear the mask while he is awake for the last hour?