My daughter has been diagnosed with "Central Sleep Apnea", meaning she breeths normal when awake, but fails to breeth well when asleep. While sleeping her breething becomse very shallow, not enough to keep her oxygen level up. This causes numbness and eventually awakes her every hour or two.

My question is: Are there breething exercises, or natural ways to cure this condition other than just treating the symptoms with oxygen injection or a positiive pressure air machine. She doesn’t want to live with contraptions hooked to her the rest of her life. Any help would be much appreciated. The doctors we have taken her to only want to treat the symptom, not find the cause.

Can temporal lobe seizures cause severe sleep apnea? Or is it more likely that seizures of this nature are a result of chronic uncontrolled sleep apnea? I have both diagnoses, but my chief complaint is excessive daytime fatigue that is not relieved by CPAP, UPPP surgery, septoplasty, or medications for seizures.

I’ve had several test where overnight I wore the thing on my finger to test my oxygen saturation levels, and apparently the levels went down because now the Dr. has ordered an oxygen concentrator to wear at night. We’re doing another oxygen level test in a few weeks, to see if the concentrator helps. I’m just wondering if this is a normal first step, because I see a lot of people on here use other things. I’ve also noticed that I’m waking up with horrible headeaches after sleeping with the oxygen, is that normal?
It’s just a normal concentrator with a humidifier bottle and nasal canula. I don’t think the headaches are from it being too tight, because it only goes over my ears and is just tight enough that it doesn’t fall off.

I just found out I have sleep apnea. Now I will have to have a CPAP machine when I sleep. Does anyone else have this and can you give me some information on the machine?

i had apnea of infancy when i was first born and was in the hospital for 3 months. after that i slept on an inclined bed with a monitor for a year. im 22 now and i have always talked and walked in my sleep but it is hard for my bf to sleep with me yelling profanities and screaming. i was wondering if anyone knew if there is a link between the infancy problem and now. I also jerk alot in my sleep and sometimes wake up because i "forget" to breathe. my bf says i talk a few times a night. I just want to know if anyone has any things in common and what the treatments would be

I have sleep apnea which is well controlled through the use of a CPAP machine, but I was turned down for health insurance by Blue Cross Blue Shield because of it. I recently left a job through which I had health insurance and am now self employed and need to find an individual policy for myself.

I am a freshmen in college and share a dorm room and I think my roommate might have sleep apnea. First of all he snores loud. Secondly, he falls asleep very quickly, I think I read somewhere that this was a symptom but I’m not sure. He also has very strange sleeping habits. Sometimes he will go to bed at 9:00 at night and other times he will not go to sleep until 3:00 in the morning. The same goes with waking up. Some days he will wake up at 4:30 in the morning and some days he wont wake up until after lunchtime. He also seems to take lots of naps.

When he is snoring, sometimes he makes odd noises like he is chocking on something. He is also Hispanic and overweight but I’m not sure if this has anything to do with sleep apnea.

I can’t really hear his breathing exactly because I sleep with earplugs in to drown out the snoring so I can’t tell if he stops breathing in the middle of the night but Im pretty sure the choking noises (occurring 1-2 times per night) is a symptom. Do you think he has sleep apnea?

I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea nearly 10 years (I’m 37 now), and I’m not, nor have I ever been, overweight or obese. I’m very active and exercise almost daily. I’ve been using CPAP since I was first diagnosed. There may be some surgical options and I’m meeting my ENT specialist soon. Has anybody completely gotten rid of sleep apnea with surgery? If so, how? What surgery?

Hi yahoo answers tell me the symptoms for sleep disorder and how it affects the body…

She has this black head strap and the hose is just ugly. I’d like to find something that she can cover them with to kinda dress them up and make it more appealing.
Actually, my wife put me up to asking this! She doesn’t Play on the computer! But it think it is more of a fashion issue than a mental issue. I did check out www.dressupsbybrenda.net and told my wife about it. She said it was an answer to her prayers!! She is going to order a few sets and she is really excitted!

I have a sleep study scheduled tomorrow night, but just today I woke up nice and sick with a cold. Should I still have the study or try to reschedule???

I was told I have on average 32 incidents an hour from the VA.

I read on the internet on some sites saying 20 to 40 is considered moderate sleep apnea, while other sites are saying over 30 is considered severe. It’s hard to tell what is moderate or severe because of the contradictory sites.

Does anyone have a concrete sight with information on this??
sorry *site* it’s late, I’m tired, lol.
I’m getting a CPAP machine through the VA, thanks though.

I’m asking if it is considered severe or moderate.

My doctor thought I did for some reason and set up a
sleep doctor appt. I HAD NO SYMPTOMS TILL SHE SAID
ANYHTING. NOW I have day drowsiness all of a sudden !
Can this apnea thing be controled with weight loss?
(assuming I have it which we do not know-yet)

Im 5 9 260 male in great health 50 as of last Tue

The apnea diagnosis is so slight that I do not require treatment with a C-PAP machine. I’m surprised that I’ve been declined. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I asked the sleep tech when she woke me up after spending the night in the sleep clinic if I had Sleep Apnea. She said that she has never seen it so bad in someone so young. I’m in my early thirties.

Can I do an online preliminary test?

I sleep for around 8 hours a night, but I often wake up tired and have to hit the snooze button for over half an hour, and then spend the rest of the day tired. I also make periodic limb movements during my sleep (so I’ve been told).

Thanks

I am about to undergo surgery for sleep apnea. Surgeon says the recovery period will be the "worst I have ever felt". Someone who had the surgery said it just like a "bad sore throat" and not too terrible. I would like to hear from others who have had the surgery, and whether they had any negative aftereffects. I would appreciate only serious replies. Thanks.

Can the mask eventually open up the airway overtime without using it anymore? I feel a little bit better and sometimes I feel like i dont have to use it.

Hi yahoo answers tell me how to rectify the sleep disorder…

My husband and i are pretty sure that our one year old has obstructive sleep apnea, she fits all of the symptoms and other people have suspected it since she was born. We made an appointment for the doctor but its not until Thursday so I was wondering if anyone knew what I could do to help her breathe while she’s asleep until we do get to talk to the doctor? thanks <3
yes she does snore and when she’s awake its not rare for her to have a runny nose and appear to be congested… we havent had anything checked out yet :( when she does quit breathing its for about 5+ seconds at a time then she gasps/chokes for air and this happens more than 10 times an hour, she hardly ever attempts to breathe out of her nose when shes asleep..

Hi, this is Ali and Gabby and we are doing a health project on sleep apnea. We know a lot of information about it but we just know any stats. For example, how many people have it in the U.S. We would really appreciate it if you know some things on this subject that you would give us a little help. I’ll be excited to here what you answer.

I have heard that snoring is an indicator of sleep apnea. It seems there are no cheap treatments for this but I came accross the aveoTSD at www.aveosleep.ca – has anyone used this?

i am a 37 yr old truck driver and; yes, i am obese. i’ve tried diet and exercise. but while driving and the sleepy or tired feeling comes down on me i snack to stay awake, usually un healthy snacks like chocolate and caffiene and chips and sodas. if anyone has any experience or opinions i am open for suggestions.