Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Dr. Barker: I have lone atrial fibrillation ( no known cause). I am age 34 now and have had it since I was 28.?
Now I discover through my new cardiologist that obstuctive sleep apnea is a cause of many heart ailments, including atrial fibrillation. I am about to undergo a sleep study on Wed. to see if I have it. My question is, since none of the other multitude of doctors have picked up on this potential ” cure” for atrial fibrillation ( curing the sleep apnea), will I have due cause for a malpractice lawsuit against them?
By the way, this isn’t some ‘minor’ illness. It causes strokes and heart failure and a diminished life expectancy. It also led to a very bad depression which ultimately led to me getting a divorce. Not to mention the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars I have spent on medications that can kill you too.

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Answer by ohiofirefighter42
No you will not. The fact that you have to multitudes of doctors tells me that it is not an easy diagnosis to make, and there is no gaurantee that your present doctor is right.

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Question by Jdk1928: I have been hallucinating for about 2 years since my mom has died.?
My mother died two years ago from cancer. I took care of her and gave her the primary care required till she past to the point of taking her off her breathing mask. A lot of other stressful things in my life leading up to this final climax before things settled down. My problem is since my mom has passed i have hallucinations while sleeping. I come flying out of bed nearly scaring my husband to death. We have tried some simple meds, muscle relaxer, visteral, they took me of my prozac and i still have the hallucinations. All i want to do anymore is cry. I cant sleep without the hallucinations and i dont know what to do. I also have panic attacks, acid reflux, diabetes, high blood pressure. My panic attacks make my heart feel its beating out of my chest. I believe i also have sleep apnea. I”m so depressed by the all this and i dont know what to do or if it has anything to do with the hallucinations. I cant help but think about what happened with my mom even after two years. I dont feel i ever received any comfort when she died from anyone. My immediate family, husband and children couldn’t be there and my actual family except for my dad and grandma are basically idiots. I had to be strong for my dad and grandma so i couldn’t really lean on them. I feel like i’m going crazy sometimes with the hallucinations. I woke up tonight and think there’s bugs in my pillows or mice or rats running around and i’m checking out my pillows to see if i can hear anything or feel them moving. Anyone have any ideas for me. I have no medical insurance and my dr that monitors my diabetes only deals with prescriptions that are not a controlled substance. Any advice from a sincere person would be greatly appreciated.. This is my sons account so if anyone has anything they want to send me please send it to salvation4me@suddenlink.net. Thank you,

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Answer by jannsody
I am so sorry for the loss of our mother. My sincere condolences to you and your family. Please get immediate help since you said that you have halluncinations. The local hospital may have ‘charity care’ available which is funding for those without medical insurance. Most hospitals have outpatient programs for those with a mental health problem and some pharmaceutical companies (such as pfizer and elly lilly) offer discounted or free medication to those that qualify (by income) so that may also be a huge help too.

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I retired Oct 2008 from the Navy. I had a brain anurysm in the past while i was in the navy. I was diagnose with sleep apnea w/ cpap machine 2 yrs ago. do any one know what percent i will be looking at, or a ruff estimate. thanks for reading.

I have a co worker who is the same age with the same diagnosis. We were diagnosed in the same year, so we assume we have had the disease for about the same amount of time. We both have the C-Pap. He is not on oxygen during the day. I am on oxygen therapy 24/7.

He has been a smoker. He had pneumonia last year , and it seems his disease has begun progressing much more rapidly than mine. He has been hospitalized, and needed a respirator twice in the last six months.

Is this a usual sequence for this condition?

My family believes it started when my grandmother passed away (she was dying of cancer in our home for several months)
I don’t live in that same house anymore. I have night terrors, I scream and wake up my family and even have done it at other people’s places. People have thought I was being murdered before because it is so loud. I have no recollection of this at all as you would expect.
Is there treatment for this kind of thing?
thanks