Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Sarah: Possible Sleep Disorder? Causing Problems At Home And Work!?!?
My husband has been complaining more lately about my sleeping habits. I sleep deeply and it is extremely hard to wake me. I can’t wake up to any alarm clocks I have had so far and I have been like this since I was a child. Even when I was a child, I didn’t wake up when our fire detector went off in our house. Now that I have a child of my own and I have to work and take care of him, this has become a huge problem. I am continuously late to work and someone has to physically come and wake me up. Also, I fall back asleep if there isn’t something physically keeping me up (like my husband poking and prodding me).

So, here is a list of my problems.
- I can’t fall asleep at night.
- When I do, I can’t wake up unless someone physically wakes me.
- I cannot stay awake unless someone else helps me.
- I am very irritable in the morning.
- If someone wakes me and I fall back asleep, I don’t remember.
- I don’t remember anything that happens immediately after I wake up (conversations, actions, etc.)

In general, I can’t sleep but when I do, I can’t wake up, and when I do, I can’t remember anything and I am angry and irritable.

Does any of this mean anything? Please help.
Mike, what was the point of your response? You’re an idiot.

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Answer by Mike
WOW, someone actually MARRIED you???

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Question by moondrop000: Has anyone with sleep apnea had the CPAP NOT fix it? Have you had to quit work because you can’t function?
I am sicker every day with low oxygen. I started the CPAP a couple of weeks ago. Will it really work? How do I keep my job? I can barely think anymore. Terrified here.

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Answer by Marilyn D
If you did not go for an overnight sleep study test your machine may not be turned up enough for your specific needs. You should be able to tell the difference immediately, Back to the doctor you go. Tell the doctor that you need your machine turned up higher.

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Question by Lost in this world: Should we try to work it out or should we just cut our losses?
My husband and I have a particular painful past, he wont forgive and we arent moving on. Weve hit a wall in our relatioship and I dont know what to do to get past it. Five years ago before our children, when i was 19, him 23, I became involved with a marine who was very kind to me. He was older and he seemed like the “greener grass”. My husband was suffering from sleep apnea and he was very mean and out of touch. I was so young and I wanted the guy I marrried back. I would talk to this guy everyday, and my husband found the phone records. He also found my voicemail, it was just marine man saying sweet hellos and stupid stuff. He was devastated, because the possibility of me becoming physically involved was so just a date away really. I can’t deny it, it is what it is. I at the time begged and pleaded, cried and sobbed for his forgiveness. He told me straight up, He would take me back, but he would never forgive me or forget. Now I thought he was just angry, he’d get over it. But five years and two kids later, he still throws it in my face tells me Ill be alone like my mother if I ever leave him. Obviously it sounds more cruel all together, but he gets upset and says very ugly things. For the longest time I took it, I thought I deserved being treated like that. Well, the other day he told me that if I was a good wife we would have another girl in bed. And he wants to go to the strip club, I was devastated. I couldnt believe hewas asking these things of me. Im four weeks postpartum ok. Its like he was abducted by aliens or something. I cried uncontrollably and prayed for some miracle he was just joking. I asked him if he would not go to the strip club and he said Im not going to control his life. I told him I would never request him to have sex with a man so why should I have sex with another woman. I thought I meant more to him than that. I have hit this huge wall, I have been completely degraded by him recently and I dont know what to do. I live states away from family. I have two children, and although hes not a complete ogre, he is so cruel sometimes. I dont want my daughter to associate the way daddy talks to mommy as acceptable. Imean who would ask these things of me when I just had ababy? What am I doing? What should I do? I feel like I deserve more, Like a second chance with someone who will love me for me and all my flaws. If he resents me now after all this time, it won’t get better will it? Does it get better? I was soo young, I got married when I was 18! Do I deserve to be his pet? Someone help me if youve been at this crossroad. He tells me how I ruined his life, he could be in better places with more money. Why would anyone say those things to someone they love? Is he just stringing me along to torture me? Im just so confused.
I know that I caused pain to him. Im sure alot of it. I just have worked so hard to be the woman and wife I know I am. I have been good to him and his family. Why is it that the harder I try the more it feels like hehates me?? I thought having children would ultimately make him love me again. But it seems like with our second child he is more rutheless than ever. I dont know what I did wrong. He just acts like he doesnt care anymore.and when I tell him how I feel he shuts down and practically ignores me. Im so shut out right now But Im so scared to leave. Im so scared to be that person that ruined my realtionship. I have tried, I thought I made him feel loved. Isnt that what a good wife-person does. Respect him, take care of him when he’s down. Listen. Why is all this not enough. And yet I get the silence and the name calling and the guilt over and over. It just feels so one sided. Maybe I would be better alone. I practically am now.

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Answer by free_angel
Bring up all his faults. He has plenty of them.

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Question by Mc: Do colon cleanses work?
I’m not looking for a cure all, just something that will help. I’m 40, a big guy. I have diabetes, sleep apnea and arthritic knees. Just interested in what someone who has actually tried one of these products has to say about it.

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Answer by hesperias_witch
Have you checked into gastric by~pass? My sister had it done and feels 100% better. I know that weight loss can help with diabetes, but colon cleansing can be dangerous and will not help you feel any better in the long term. Talk to your Dr. about putting you on a diet or by~pass. Wish you the best!

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Question by Salami and Orange Juice: Sleep apnea – do mouthpieces really work.?
Just diagnosed and trying to avoid CPAP like the plague.
Do mouthpieces work?

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Answer by bk
no

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