Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by OhSnapItsMe: Sleep Apnea question! PLEASE READ!?
My dad has sleep apnea.. He snores and crap. He doesn’t wear his special breathing mask often.. How can I convince him to wear it everyday I will do anything to save my dad.. I don’t want him to die in his sleep . PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREAT!
Thanks in advance.
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Answer by devynnnnn
Just explain to him you want him to wear it and tell him why lol get all emotion while saying it that’ll convince him & just be like you’ll do it if you love me . Lmao

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Question by GI: If you have sleep apnea please read.?
I have been diagnoised with sleep apnea. I have allthe typical symptoms such as weight gain and day time sleepiness etc. But the one very troubling symptom is muscle weakness to the point of being unable to walk hardley any distance with out stopping to rest my legs. Is this a common symptom? And what else did you experience and how was the weight lose once you began treatment?

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Answer by Tink m
I never had that symptom but I did have some… I don’t know if you would call it hallucinations or not but in my “nodding off” I would have semi dreams and as I woke they felt real for brief moments of time. Along with that, I had almost fallen into deep depression.

Sleep Apnea is nothing to mess with. I advise you to get treatment quickly.

Life has been improved GREATLY once I began treatment 3 months ago. I was put on a breathing machine to sleep. (basically it forces air into your lungs while you sleep to stop the brief moments in your sleep where you stop breathing.) I was also put on a weight loss drug called Phentermine. Since then I’ve lost over 50 lbs. All the signs of the depression and “hallucinations” are gone. I’m more productive at work, home, church, my band… everything. My last visit to the doctor, I hugged the man.

Read my blog on my myspace called “journey to 260″ where I talk about my whole experience.

www.myspace.com/tinkfrigginrocks

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Question by stiffkittens: Should I be using a BiPAP instead of a CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Please read?
About 3 years ago I did a sleep study and was found to have Obstructive sleep apnea. My 2nd sleep study about a year later after having surgery for a deviated septum and another surgery to remove my tonsils showed that I was having Central Sleep Apnea issues throughout the night. Not all night but at times. The sleep study tech looked shocked when she saw this. I later found out that Central Sleep Apnea isn’t that common. After the 1st sleep apnea study I was given a CPAP which I was compliant with but didn’t change a thing after more than 2 months of use. Not a thing changed health wise. I tried all the masks, full face, nose only, mouth only. I have about 5 or 6 different types of masks and while some work better than others none have worked. After doing some research I saw that people who aren’t compliant with CPAP or people who have Central Sleep Apnea do A LOT better with a BiPAP. Problem is my insurance doesn’t cover BiPAPs or meds for Central Sleep Apnea only CPAPs. Any suggestions other than getting a different insurance which isn’t possible at this time.

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Answer by Mary
Well I would talk to your sleep doc. If you have CSA, then you certainly need bipap because the cpap does not treat it. My insurance covered it(50%) but it had to go through a process. I choose to by one online as I found it cheaper. Email me and I can geive you more info.

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common knowledge or something, but i thought they are two totally different things???

thanks, and may the force be with you,

How dangerous is it? I have noticed my husband stop breathing and then gasping for air along with snoring.
Please any personal experience would be very helpful.