i have sleep apnea dont want to use CPAP what is a better remedy?
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at
10:22 am
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Filed under: Sleep Apnea Remedies
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nothing.. use the cpap.. it’s a modern miracle of science.. get used to it.. invest some effort and the results will be worth it..
I’m not sure what CPAP is, but I know about the disease. My hubby has it. He started a sleep study, but he wanted to discontinue. Since then, he’s made a habit of sleeping on his stomach, and is planning on dieting to reduce or stop the problem.
Why don’t you want to use the device? Was it prescribed for you or just you supposing that you may possibly need it?
This makes a difference. MY SPECIFICATIONS I AM 61 YEARS OLD HARD HEADED FOOL BACK TO THE SUBJECT…
First if you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea did you go to a sleep lab? Usually if you did the technician would tell you about it. And all of the options available I will eventually answer your question.
Sleep apnea simply means stopping breathing more than so many times, for a specific length of time, during a given period of time.
We go to sleep but never really go into what is called REM sleep where our brain really gets its rest! REM means rapid eye movement – don’t be freaked out by phrased and initials, your eyes “dart” about when your brain is in a very specific state of sleep, a very desirable state! For probably the past 40+ years, I really was not truly sleeping! I denied that I had a problem, I really wasn’t all that tired. But, my wife finally convinced me. She deserves a gold Star, Probably a Congressional Medal of Honor! I am a Hard Headed 61 year-old I’m afraid that I was extremely hard on her! She no doubt has saved my life and no words will ever be able to thank her enough. After all I WAS ASLEEP. ALL WAS OK AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED!!! How do I know what quality sleep I encounter, when I am asleep!
In the “usual” cases apnea is caused by blockage of the airway. This blockage is caused frequently by the collapse of the airway thus a positive air pressure is applied to “inflate” this airway. A Constant Pressure Air device CPAP is usually prescribed as the least intrusive measure, but, sometimes minor surgery is required. The device will furnish air at a specific pressure measured in inches of water that will be / or has been prescribed from the sleep lab session. The pressure in inches of water, where your brain goes into REM pattern on the EEG. This is the ideal pressure!
They will set up the machine for you. Don’t worry it will all go smooth. I promise that soon you will get use to the CPAP machine maybe even love it! If you live up North, you can always bundle yourself underneath tons of blankets and breath. Kinda like breathing underwater!
This will be a good adventure for you, although the machine at first feels anything but teriffic at first, nothing like comfortable! WITH EVERY OUNCE OF TRUTH IN ME ===>>> You will feel better overall I promise regardless of any other conditions!
IF YOU HAVE SLEEP APNEA, IT CAN CAUSE DEATH, WHICH KINDA LIKE TERMINATES POSSIBILITIES OF FUTURE ALTERNATIVES !
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND TREATED I PROMISE YOUR YOU WILL BE A NEW YOU! YOU WILL BE WON OVER TO THE SAVED, IF YOU FOLLOW THE DOCTORS ORDERS!! NOT MY ORDERS.. EXCEPT TO SEE A SLEEP DOCTOR AND SUBJECT YOURSELF TO A COUPLE OF NIGHTS OF MONITORED “NOT SO RESTFUL” SLEEP CLINIC VISITS (IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY DONE SO). IT IS TRULY WORTH IT. IF THE DOCTOR SAYS GET A PILLOW GET A PILLOW! IF HE SAYS GET A CPAP GET A CPAP! DO WHAT HE SAYS! THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. BUT IT HAS TO BE THE “SLEEP” DOCTOR!
THE BEST OF LUCK AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SEEK HELP IF THEY NEED IT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN THE BEST OF US NEED HELP.
WHATEVER IS PRESCRIBED IN A SLEEP CLINIC, IS WHAT EXACTLY YOU SHOULD DO, FOR ME NOTHING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS BETTER THAN A CPAP! AT FIRST I WISHED IT DID NOT WORK AT ALL, BUT IT DID, BEAUTIFULLY, AND I HAD EAT CROW AND ADMIT IT!
IN THE CLINIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT KNEE JUMPED ALSO DURING THE NIGHT! THAT WAS FIXED WITH ONE SIMPLE PILL BEFORE BED.
I SWEAR TO GOD I FEEL YOUNGER THAN 40, ASK MY WIFE!!!
HAVE A GOOD DAY, I GOTTA GET BACK TO HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY!
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