Sleep Apnea

[AmandaD 44]

I had my required sleep study last night and they tell me I have sleep apnea. What??!!!?? It sucked. I didn't sleep well at all. Now I have to go to two appointments then work. I'm exhausted! I never snore at home and I never feel this terrible in the morning. And I have to do it again!!!

[francesmcg 11]

Well as a respiratory therapist who has sleep apnea I also was shocked to find out I had sleep apnea. You get used to that run down feeling but you won't realize how bad it is until you get a few good nights sleep with a cpap machine. Not everyone who has sleep apnea snores. Some people just stop breathing (due to obstruction of the upper airway), you oxygen level drops and you wake up never getting into a good rem sleep. I didn't realize how bad I felt until I got a few nights if good sleep.

[JWilliams 0]

I honestly feel there are very few people they would NOT find having some degree of sleep apnea if every person was tested. I was in denial for a long time after my sleep test and diagnosis. I actually refused to believe them even when I was told I stopped breathing every minute. I have been using my CPAP for a few weeks faithfully again and actually do feel more rested when I wake up now.

[zeroette 11]

I had severe sleep apnea but since my weights comeing off my sleep apnea is a lot better I find myself sleeping with out it and staying asleep to.but I di take sleeping pills. The cpap pushes to much air into my pouch and it hives me a lot of pain and I wake up with the feeling of needing to puke.

[mitzie46 116]

-what happens when the pressure is too high? I'm just wondering how I will know when I need another sleep study. I'm still preop but was wondering if people usually slowly decrease pressures or end up going from a higher pressure to not needing it at all.

[zeroette 11]

I was at a really high pressure before surgery and now I dont use it at all and still sleep 8+ hours