If you suffer from sleep apnea, you should already be familiar with CPAP breathing machines and sleep apnea mouthpieces. The main problem with these devices is that people stop using them because of their inconvenience and discomfort. For this reason, you might be looking into surgery for sleep apnea.

Surgery for sleep apnea becomes necessary when the condition begins to create a negative impact on your quality of life. The impact may be relatively minor, such as a sore throat, or it can be more serious like as constant and severe fatigue that prevents the fulfillment of daily obligations.

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It is always a bit of a shock when someone finds out that they have sleep apnea, or some form of sleep-disordered breathing. They have probably been told throughout their entire life that they snore a lot, or make loud snorting noises when they are asleep, but finding out that they have a disorder can be frightening.

Many doctors, upon diagnosing sleep apnea, will recommend a type of sleep apnea device for their patients. This device is a mask that straps onto the head and covers the nose and mouth. It essentially forces air into the body to prevent the disordered breathing.

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About five minutes later Allan suddenly seemed to choke, wake up, turn around and go back to sleep. Weird! It was as if nothing had happened at all – he just went right back to sleep. The next morning when mentioned what I heard and saw, he seemed surprised. Are you kidding me? He asked. No, I said and told him to make an appointment with our doctor right away. “There must be a bone stuck in your throat” I said and added, “Can you feel it somewhere?” “Bone in my throat? No I don’t think so” he said and added, “Apart from feeling sleepy and tired I’m quite okay”.

Our family doctor heard me out patiently and asked me a few questions like does Allen snore, does he frequently complain of being sleepy during the day time, does he complain of being tired, or having headaches in the morning? I told the doctor that Allan does not snore but my answer to all other questions would have to be “yes”. The doctor peered and poked into Allen’s nose and throat and finally said he was referring him to a throat specialist. To make a long story short, a week and several tests later which included an overnight stay in a sleep center, Allan was diagnosed with Central sleep apnea. The doctor was kind enough to explain to us what Central sleep apnea was.

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Recently I’ve noticed that I seem to be always tired, which makes it very hard to focus. I discovered this because I need to stay focused at my new job. I get up at the same time everyday, around 8 am, and no matter what kind of sleep I get I seem to feel tired more often then not. It’s not every single day I feel this way, just a majority of them. Always feeling tired like this affects my mind as it makes it cloudy and I have problems focusing and remembering simple things even short term things. Recently I’ve been sweating a lot while sleeping as well even though I always have the air conditioning on. I don’t seem to snore though which makes me feel as though it isn’t sleep apnea. Feeling this way also makes me very irritable during the day, which I always blamed on feeling tired. Another detail to note is that I’m not obese. I do get between 7-8 hours of sleep everynight and sometimes more on the weekends. What leads me to think it could be depression is that too much sleep can be one of the symptoms which on weekends if I dont force myself to get up I will remain in bed sleeping and feeling tired. Sometimes I do feel depressed it mainly happens at night when Im alone. I try to push these feelings aside and distract myself with tv or a game. These symptoms are found in both depression and sleep apnea. I want to be able to think clearly and not feel tired all the time. What could it be? Is it possible its all in my head?

My girlfriend has watched me sleep, and is pretty certain I have sleep apnea. I am not insured, and a sleep study costs greater than the costs of getting a CPAP machine. So I’m thinking I might as well just order the CPAP machine, that will be necessary if the tests confirm that I have sleep apnea. What are the potential negative consequences of me just ordering a CPAP machine over the internet and treating myself?
I realize the standard is to do it through a doctor. But it’s a lot of money. And I want to see if there are any dangerous consequences to me just ordering the machine on ebay, and administering it to myself.

My boyfriend has precognitive dreams almost every night. Sometimes he’ll dream of someone suffocating or being shot/stabbed.
The other night he woke me up by thrashing and gasping for air. His eyes were were rolled back and he was choking. I tried waking him up but it didn’t work; after that he got weak and started passing out, so I panicked and gave him mouth to mouth (yes I know its extremely stupid and dangerous to give mouth to mouth to someone who’s heart is beating or something, but i freaked!). It worked. I got air flowing again and he woke up gasping and scared….he said I saved his life.

Im afraid of how serious this is. What if next time no one is there to help, or i just don’t wake up? (he’s had a full out seizure once because of a serious precognition so it’s not like im just paranoid)
What do I do? What can be done to help him? is there any way to wake someone up from a precognitive dream?

does sleep apnea cause strokes or heartattacks in time if not taken care of??

acutualy it is for sleep apnea but it helps my asthma also. my kaiser plan doesnt cover this. and i cant afford to pay outright for it, so im looking for help to grt it thru an organazation or low enough i can pay payments thank you ruth wood