Sleep Apnea – A Sleeping Epidemic

I’m a teen and I have mild sleep apnea. Is a CPAP machine effective and is it really loud? I share I room and I don’t want it disturbing anyone. Is there anything I can do that will help me?

http://www.sleepdisorderalliance.com

This will answer a lot of questions.
don’t sleep on your back, add two or three pillows to your head height
, it will all help.

It’s not that loud, it’s like having a white noise machine. bonus! Yea and getting used to the face mask can be difficult, but there are many different types and they will ‘fit’ you properly.

good luck
grins

I’ve been officially diagnosed with sleep apnea in the mild to moderate range. I also suffer from depression (probably sleep deprivation induced) and insomnia (late to bed/early to rise). I sleep for between 3 to 5 hours a night. Obviously this isn’t enough sleep.

I’ve tried CPAP, but can’t get used to it, mainly due to my problems with insomnia (my mind has trouble being "quiet"). I have a hard time sleeping without the distraction of a CPAP, and WITH it…. it’s impossible for me to sleep. I litterally just DON’T SLEEP with it on. I’ve been trying for 2 months (seriously).

I know there are dental devices that relocate your jaw and tounge, but I seem to have problems mainly with my "soft palette". I notice that if I breath through my mouth, it’s impossible for it to close off. SO, I was wondering if anyone uses or knows of a dental device that would have holes in it to allow you to breath through your mouth at night? Something like a mouth guard with a tube coming out… THANKS!

My husband has the same problem…It takes longer than 2 months to get use to the CPAP….he had to change the device that covers your nose to a more comfortable one.
I don’t think its the CPAP you are having trouble with..Its falling asleep and staying asleep.
Could be hormones making you stay awake and waking up early

Out of wack Hormones can make you stay awake and wake up every hour.
Check with your Doctor, antidepressent pills helped me sleep

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Have been diagnosed with osa following sleep test at bangkok pattaya hospital in Pattaya. Need now to obtain automatic machine. Hospital cannot supply and their agencies are very slow.

I dont know exactly where you could get one in Thailand. My suggestion would be to try and get one online. If you have a prescription for one it should not be a problem. Try looking up Durable Medical Equipment Providers Online and see what you can find. You can also try Cpap.com. Respirionics and Resmed are both good units. Good luck.

Ok so Ill jsut be sleeping and randomly every once in a while ill wake up not breathing. somtimes it happens when im sick and other times it will happen out of the blue.

Given that brief history, the condensed answer is ‘yes’, you could have obstructive or central sleep apnoea. Features which suggest a problem of sleep apnoea include: a history of witnessed episodes of breathing cessation during sleep, loud snoring, unrefreshing sleep, waking episodes with choking/gasping/shortness of breath, and increased sleepiness during the day.

The only way to confidently diagnose sleep apnoea is via a sleep study (polysomnogram)… so if there is a significant concern, then seeing a sleep physician would be the next step.

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The mask is part of the machine. Ya can’t have one without the other, as the old song goes.

CPAP = Continuous Positive Air Pressure. Only a doctor can authorize its use through a prescription. I spent one night in a sleep disorders clinic, and they diagnosed me with severe sleep apnea. Apparently, what my wife has been telling for years is true; my snoring shakes buildings to their foundations. I went to the same clinic a second time one week later, and they put a CPAP mask (and machine) on me. It was kinda uncomfortable, but I did get some sleep. They (actually their computer) gradually adjusted the CPAP machine until I was breathing well while asleep. A doctor looked at the results as reported by the computer, and wrote a script for me to have a machine. One week later, a lady showed up with CPAP machine at my apartment, and showed me how to use it. I’ve been using it every night since that time in February 2008. It took about six weeks to become really comfortable with it, but, now, I can’t imagine not using it. I no longer wake up with a sore throat every morning. I have far fewer sinus and ear infections. (There’s more to that story. Long story short: use lots of Vitamin C.) I sleep better, and feel less crumby in the morning.

My insurance paid for 80% of the sleep studies in the clinic, and 80% of the cost of the machine. (I now own it.)

Feel free to email me, if you have any more questions.

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