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I have moderate-to-severe apnea, but nothing that might have caused it (not overweight, don't smoke, etc.) and didn't find out until I was 21. Using a CPAP is

I have moderate-to-severe apnea, but nothing that might have caused it (not overweight, don't smoke, etc.) and didn't find out until I was 21. Using a CPAP is a night and day difference--whereas I used to require 10-12 hours to function without randomly falling asleep if I sat still for too long, and now I can get 6-8 without any issues and I'm more alert, have a better mood, etc. I wouldn't have known except that my ex-girlfriend noticed that I wasn't breathing when I was asleep and got me to see a doctor about it. Apparently it had been going on for years and years--I asked other people who had seen/heard me sleep from 15 onwards and a lot of them also had noticed it but hadn't said anything. If you think you have apnea, sleep studies suck to go through ("here, lets stick a bunch of monitors on you and then let you try to sleep"), but it was entirely worth it. If it's at all economical to do one, I'd suggest looking into it: even if they don't find apnea they might find something else.

casperc 12y ago
What's a CRAP?
- pestaa 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_positive_airway_pressure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_positive_airway_pres...
makeitsuckless 12y ago
Same story, only found out much later in life (around 40). The thing is, now I can easily get by on 4 to 6 hours of sleep, and unless I'm truly physically and mentally exhausted I'm not even able to sleep for 8 hours because I'll be wide awake after 6 hours, tops. I have no idea whether that is my natural sleep pattern, or just because I've spent decades "training" myself to get by on less sleep because of the apnea.
- hessenwolf 12y ago
  35, and I get my preliminary overnight monitor on Monday. I usually sleep 6 hours, waking up every 90 minutes to check on the world, but I find it really hard to get out of bed. I recorded myself using snorecycle. Yeah, so, my snoring gets progressively louder, until I stop breathing and wake myself up. :( It's only taken my wife three years to convince me.

casperc 12y ago

What's a CRAP?

pestaa 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_positive_airway_pressure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_positive_airway_pres...

makeitsuckless 12y ago

Same story, only found out much later in life (around 40). The thing is, now I can easily get by on 4 to 6 hours of sleep, and unless I'm truly physically and mentally exhausted I'm not even able to sleep for 8 hours because I'll be wide awake after 6 hours, tops. I have no idea whether that is my natural sleep pattern, or just because I've spent decades "training" myself to get by on less sleep because of the apnea.

hessenwolf 12y ago
35, and I get my preliminary overnight monitor on Monday. I usually sleep 6 hours, waking up every 90 minutes to check on the world, but I find it really hard to get out of bed. I recorded myself using snorecycle. Yeah, so, my snoring gets progressively louder, until I stop breathing and wake myself up. :( It's only taken my wife three years to convince me.