Sleep apnea after weight loss

[Catyroses 1]

Hi everyone. As is probably true for many of you, I learned from a pulmonologist shortly before my surgery that I have sleep apnea. That's a condition that is often caused by obesity. So I was wondering if any of you veteran sleevers out there have discovered that the apnea went away after a significant amount of your weight loss had occured. I must say that I really don't like this darn cpap machine :mad0: and I cannot wait to get rid of it.

[Lori21769 14]

My CPAP machine was just reset to a lower number, and I will have a new sleep study done in 3 months to see what other progress I have made.

[lamsunshine 2]

Hi everyone. As is probably true for many of you, I learned from a pulmonologist shortly before my surgery that I have sleep apnea. That's a condition that is often caused by obesity. So I was wondering if any of you veteran sleevers out there have discovered that the apnea went away after a significant amount of your weight loss had occured. I must say that I really don't like this darn cpap machine and I cannot wait to get rid of it.

I am so with you I hate the Cpap machine. I have mild sleep apnea but my surgeon insisted that I had to be on a cpap machine for 4 weeks before we would schedule my surgery. Before I gained all this weight I did not have sleep apnea. My doctor explained it to me that over weight people have sleep apnea because the excess skin under the chin fall back when you sleep which causes your air way to be constructed while you are sleeping, causing sleep apnea, and has told me after my surgery I will most likely not have it anymore. That darn machine keeps me awake more then my sleep apnea does. It is always leaking Water on me in the middle of the night, and then makes a slirping noise. I'm ready to throw it out the window.:thumbup1:

[LittleSteve 4]

Me and my CPAP have a love, hate relationship. I can`t wait to smash it with a big hammer if only it didn`t stop me from waking up 100 times an hour. I love my CPAP (big Hug)

[deletedsally 8]

Whether or not your sleep apnea resolves may depend on the underlying cause. It is true that obesity can cause sleep apnea. A less know fact is that sleep apnea can precede and contribute to problems with obesity. Central sleep apnea is caused by a neurological problem, and the brain fails to send signals to the body to breathe. I'ts my understanding that this type of apnea is not likely to resolve with weight loss.

Obstructive sleep apnea involves some obstruction in the airway--sometimes this is caused by obesity--but some people just have a really small airway that becomes more restricted as the muscles in the neck relax during sleep.

I hope yours improves to the point that you don't need the CPAP. I can tell you that the quality of my sleep and my breathing has improved dramatically since I had surgery.

[Ellisa 6]

My DH has lot 170 lbs. and still uses his CPAP. He's about 5 years out with lapband. He currently weighs around 230, 6'3". My understanding is that his undiagnosed sleep apnea probably contributed to his weight gain. Of course the weight gain would have made it worse.

[LittleSteve 4]

Whether or not your sleep apnea resolves may depend on the underlying cause. It is true that obesity can cause sleep apnea. A less know fact is that sleep apnea can precede and contribute to problems with obesity. Central sleep apnea is caused by a neurological problem, and the brain fails to send signals to the body to breathe. I'ts my understanding that this type of apnea is not likely to resolve with weight loss.

Obstructive sleep apnea involves some obstruction in the airway--sometimes this is caused by obesity--but some people just have a really small airway that becomes more restricted as the muscles in the neck relax during sleep.

I hope yours improves to the point that you don't need the CPAP. I can tell you that the quality of my sleep and my breathing has improved dramatically since I had surgery.

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