Please help me has anyone had surgery for sleep apnea? Did it help? How did it help?

So today was the day - a month out from the implant surgery. The Inspire rep had me programmed and out the door in 30 minutes. I was Linda nervous, expecting a shock or something but that was not the case. It's a soft pulsing feeling, that slowly causes my tongue to protrude and retract slightly.

Tonight will be the first night. I have a slight range in frequency I can dial up or down for 3 months. Then an overnight study to make sure I'm getting maximum use and then they will set the frequency.

Aside from the incision pain & swelling, this has been a good experience.

I do, and I’m wondering if that’s apnea since all the descriptions of apnea say you’re unaware of it.

New to this. Got my Dream Sense 10 Friday. I had a mask that I wore in my sleep study. Large Resmed F20. The gal at the DME store set me up with a small Phillips Amara View. First night I thought I was going to die, woke up panicked, couldn't breath made it about an hour and a half total. Last night I wore the F20 and slept 8.5 hours. Not sure if the Amara was too small or what.

Hey All, I am new to Reddit and to using a sleep apnea machine and I am really in some need of guidance, since my docs appointment isn't for a week, and I am having some really concerning symptoms. 

I was diagnosed back in Nov 2019 but due to being affected by the Camp Fire we had to move out of the area and never finished getting a machine or getting proper settings for treatment. After getting to our new home in Lex KY I had to wait many months for an appointment at the sleep clinic here, and because Covid hit, everything was then put on hold. 

I was feeling so terrible (high bp and heart rate, along with internal tremors that varied in severity depending on the day- some days none, some days enough to keep me waking up at night), so I worked through Lofta with an at home sleep study and got the Resmed Air sense 10 auto. I was recommended to start at 4-20. 

Because I knew nothing about how the settings worked, and because I cannot connect it through wifi due to our complex having a captive network, I was just using it at the recommendation blindly until my appointment next week. 

I've been using the machine for about 4-6 weeks total. My bp has improved immensely, as has my heart rate so I thought I was on the road to recovery but progressively my shakes got worse and worse. up until about 10 days ago when they became unbearable. So bad I wasn't able to sleep at all. I was also constantly nauseous and barely able to keep anything down. Chest pains. etc

After seeing my primary he said he thought my machine not being set to my needs specifically, was making things worse, and recommended I stop using it for a few days to see if I improved. At first it was agony, 3-4 days of no sleep at all, because the internal tremors were so bad I got maybe 1-2 hours of sleep, only after I broke down and had a glass of wine around 2 am just to calm my body enough to rest. (I know this wasn't the best choice I was just desperate). 

Finally I realized when riding in the car I could not feel the tremors, so I slept on one of those office chair massage pads last night, to counter act the sensation and upon waking up the shakes were still there, but barely noticeable compared to the debilitating they had been for a week. I lost a total of 15 lbs and felt weak still but my nausea was totally gone and am eating a full meal for the first time in a week. I feel mostly human. But can also feel the tremors and nausea slowly creeping back up as I type. 

Once I wasn't so sick I did more research (thank god for this forum!), and found out that the tremors are from a too low setting/ too much CO2 in my system, which has me super freaked out. In addition, I often wake up with numbness in my hands. My heart rate is a little more elevated (in the 80-90 range), and my bp is high again, (136-145ish/89-98)  after only a few nights of not using the machine. I also learned you are supposed to be having 5 or less episodes per hour, but I regularly have 36-41 when using the machine. 

I have an appointment wednesday with the sleep center and I want data to show them, so I don't have to start from scratch, since my symptoms are so bad, so I have an SD card arriving today to store the data, since I can't use Wi-Fi. I want to use the machine some and bring the results with me. But I am also kind of terrified to do so, since the last attempt was so bad. 

I know it is hard to offer any advice at all without the actual reading, but I was wondering, if with the info I do have... 24-40 events per hour @ 4-20 variance (its on auto), if anyone could recommend a safe zone of change to make sure the side effects were not so drastic while still being safe in the meantime? 

Nothing that might be too high, but would also  make me feel like my whole world is not falling apart? Not being able to sleep, eat, coupled with intense internal tremors for about 10 days was both scary and depressing. I am scared to put the mask back on, before the initial appointment but also know if I don't they won't have anything to go off of, and it may be a few months before I can do an in office study, since things here are so backed up. 

If you have made it to the end of my tiny novel, I am more grateful than I can say. Any advice @ all that may help me feel less terrified to use it so I can have actual hard data when I go to the clinic would be invaluable. I am honestly very desperate. Having normal bp, and no shakes at all, seems like the impossible dream to me now, so anything would help. 

If it helps @ all, I do have the original at home reading and also suffer from TMJ issues. 

I really like camping, tent and everything. I would like to be able to use my bipap while I'm out. Whats the best battery? What do you use?

So I've noticed something my whole life and I'm curious what's happening. As I fall asleep I stop breathing sometimes. I don't snore I just seem to forget about breathing. I've only noticed this happening while lying on my back. I've also noticed that the sensation of being low on oxygen seems different like not as apparent as if I were running or something.

I got a pulse oximetry device a little while ago to help diagnose this, also wanted it just in case I get the lung herpes. The drop shown below was during a nap if that's somehow important.

https://imgur.com/a/vm7KRtv

Now it doesn't happen every night and usually when it happens I'll have some other symptoms during the day prior as well. The veins in my arms will constrict aggressively and randomly. I'm pretty fit from decades of rock climbing and normally have big veins that sit just under the skin but I'll feel a squeeze and look down to find they are quite thin and my fingers are a little numb. This vein squeeze only lasts a couple minutes. I had a theory that I was low on water and my veins were attempting to keep my blood pressure up but I drink a lot of water.

I will see a professional once things calm down but for now I'd like to understand more.

Im a sleep dr living in México, I've been helping a few users last days in their posts, i think this could also work. So go ahead, im happy to help anyone with their sleeping problems... cpap, mouth guard, surgery etc. Yo are not alone!

So I was recently diagnosed with a medical condition and put on high dosages of diuretics. Long story short ... Combined with diet, exercise I’ve lost 124 lbs in under a month.

Definitely noticing a lot more noise from my mask over the last 2 nites and my sleep quality definitely degraded. I don’t feel like the pressure is too high but then again I may just be used to it.. as I’ve been on this pressure for nearly a decade.

Wondering if I need a pressure adjustment or maybe just a smaller mask. Sunday here so my doctor won’t respond until at least tomorrow, going to try and find a smaller mask out there for today .. and see what he says about the pressure.

I’d like to avoid a full on sleep study and titration as last time they insisted on a humidifier which I never use. The use of the humidifier caused me to have lots of centrals.. I had to argue with them for hours until they agreed to turn it off for 1 hour and see how I slept.

Thanks all.

Hi guys! So happy to have found this awesome sub!

Like many of you, I have spent most of my life feeling like I'm getting zero actual sleep. My whole family on my moms-side suffers from sleep apnea, so I finally gathered up the nerve (and cash) to go in and get a study done.

Doctor gave me an at-home study and the results were a little confusing. I'm at an REI/AHI of 4.1 events per hour. My doctor said she is concerned enough that she wants me to do an in-hospital study but the out-of-pocket expenses for me would be a big hit financially (insurance is fun!).

I know my events index places me within a normal range but I'm still suffering from constant fatigue and waking up frequently at night, my doctor believes that sleep apnea is the cause but can't prescribe me a CPAP unless she does an in-house study...

So, my mom just got a new machine and offered me her old one, which is awesome. I guess I'm just looking for some advice. Would you guys go in and get the in-house study done? It is a big hit financially, but I would pay any amount to feel like I'm actually getting some sleep. Should I just use my mom's old machine?

Thanks for any and all advice! Hope you're all sleeping well.

Went in last night; after about an hour and a half, the tech came in, woke me up, and fit me with the CPAP... slept the rest of the night that way.

Woke up this morning feeling abso-fucking-lutely amazing! I even LOOK better (the bags under my eyes aren't as bad, even my coworkers have mentioned I just look better)... I'm excited! I have a follow up with my PCP next week and, from what I understand, I will be getting a CPAP of my own.

I have to say, I'm super impressed with the one they had at the sleep center - I remember my fathers old CPAP was the size of a small filing cabinet, and loud as hell (it had to be piped through the wall from the next room, else my mom couldn't even sleep in the same room!)

This thing... it was a little Philips Respironics OmniLab Advanced +... conditioned the air and everything, fit on the nightstand by the bed, and no joke the air coming out of the mask made more noise than the machine itself! Once the mask was on, it was practically silent (and this was with a tiny little over-the-nose cup only).

Best part for me? I normally wake up with a sore throat, sinuses are full and sore, and my head is pounding... probably from basically dying every five minutes or so (I stopped breathing over 30 times an hour before hitting REM sleep - I'll get the rest of my results at my follow up). With the CPAP, I woke up to the tech calling my name once (it normally takes 3 or 4 alarms on my phone to wake me up), sat up, stretched a bit, and realized that my head, throat, and sinuses didn't hurt, my nose was clear... and I actually felt good!

AHHHHHHH! I'm excited, can ya tell!? After over a decade of waking up feeling like shit, I think I've finally gotten this licked! If one night (in an admittedly rather less than comfortable bed) can make me feel this much better, I am anxious to see how a week or more in my own bed with a CPAP has me feeling! I'm hoping the increase in energy will help my weight loss efforts as well (it's hard to convince myself to go and be more active when all I want to do is sleep lol!)

Anywho, thanks for listening to my ramblings! I have a lot of research to do on CPAP machines to figure out what one would be best for me - any suggestions on where to start?

Thanks ya'lL!

Does anyone know of a good sleep doctor in the Orlando, Florida area?

Thanks.

Hi all, I have discovered to have more than 200 apneas per night. I'm struggling with depression since a lot of time: doctor says there could be a link. Has anyone got out from depression using cpap then? Thank you

Hey All,

I have fairly severe apnea and while I have a CPAP, I don't use it for a various amount of reasons, chiefly being that my semi-awake self takes it off at about 1am if I don't wake up screaming bloody murder before that... which happens more often than not with it on, to be honest.

I did try a mouthguard for a while, but stopped that because it basically got nasty. I suppose I could try again and use some sort of denture glass type deal to keep it clean...

Regardless, what are other options for this? Got high blood pressure as well so I need to do something.

I have a series 0 Apple watch that I still wear daily, but am considering buying a colleagues series 3 with GPS and LTE. I'd like to turn the series 0 into a sleep tracker. Wondering if anyone here has experience with that and maybe combining data from their CPAP and watch?

I haven't been able to use my machine for the past few days because the dry mouth was so bad I just couldn't take it anymore and it's starting to affect my dental health. I can't seem to find an answer to this problem.

I don't know if it's related, but I'm having a problem with severe neck spasm that hits me once every couple months or so. I'll wake up and find that my neck is feeling a bit stiff and throughout the day it gets worse and worse and I am unable to move my head without a lot of discomfort. It's like the entire back of my neck from the bottom of my head to my shoulders is in a weird spasm. It doesn't go away until the next day. Heating pads don't really help, although I do try.

I was just curious if this is something anyone else has experienced having sleep apnea. I am slender, and I also sleep on my side, if that matters. I also use a contour pillow, but it's a little worn out.

Had a diagnosis of OSAHS through the post on Thursday, with instructions to "not drive if sleepy, but inform DVLA".

Informed online Thursday evening, had licence revocation on my door mat on Saturday.

They say I can reapply once my condition is "under control" (clinically) - however, I'm relatively asymptomatic during the day.

I've a "trial" of CPAP at the end of the month, but, I've difficulty in mobility, so rely on driving to be able to get to work, something which isn't going to be easy via public transport (as I can't easily walk the distance from the bus stop to the office).

I'm wondering what peoples experiences are with CPAP from a clinical perspective. I know some people have issues with masks, and a lot of people say that their CPAP worked straight away... But from a clinical perspective, when were you considered "under control"? (which is when I'll be able to re apply for my licence)

I know everyone is different, so my mileage may vary... I'm just trying to gauge whether it'll take days, weeks, months, etc

I'm really scared to start using the CPAP machine, I think my biggest worry is that since my case is only a mild case , I'm not sure if the hassle of using the machine will actually improve my quality of life . On the test my AHI score was nine and they said they treat anything over five. Has anyone here with apnea that mild seen an actual improvement in the quality of life after they started CPAP?

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Anyone know of any studies, etc., linking sleep apnea to being slower at completing tasks in general (BOTH physical and mental, any task in general)?