I have mentioned to my doctor that lately I have been feeling extremely fatigued during the day. I go to bed about 8 PM and usually go right to sleep and wake up about 2 AM. I 90% of the time I wake up on my right side of face down with my head to the right. However, I get the impression that I wake up for brief, but frequent episodes during the night. On weekends and holidays I usually sleep 12 to 14 hours a night and sometimes even take naps during the day. I never feel as if I get enough sleep. All routine medical tests for what could possible cause fatigue such as potassium, hemoglobin and thyroid function, have all been within normal parameters. The only other thing I though of that might be causing it is a sleep disorder. When I mentioned this to my doctor, she just phoo-phooed that idea. I live alone, so there’s no one to tell me if I snore or have episodes of apnea. How could I tell otherwise?

How do you know if you are sleeping that you have it?

I know this probably depends on the hospital you have the test at, but what is the average time it takes? weeks or days?

i have sleep disorder.i mean at night i can’t sleep even i am very tired but in the morning or afternoon,i’m lazy to wake up as these time i will have better sleep.how to solve?

I have been prescribed Tylenol w/Codeine for tooth pain. It was really nice to have the pain gone, but I tossed and turned all night long, waking up to general uncomfortableness and sleep apnea type breathing every 40-60 mintutes. I was so happy to have the pain gone, but to exchange it for no sleep doesn’t seem like a good idea. Any one else have these symptoms?
I have limited choices b/c I am pregnant… complicated…

Would my regular doctor be able to help me? Or should I see an ear nose and throat doctor? For the past 2 weeks I stop breathing about 20 minutes after closing my eyes and wake up taking a deep breath. I don’t snore…I have ask, so I am not 100% it is apnea.

My orthodontist and dentist feel that I need to get Othorgonathic surgery to fix my underbite. They want me to to get surgery to my upper and lower jaws. To be honest I agree with them. I cant close my mouth comfortably along with the fact that I grind my teeth at night and I am already developing minor TMJ issues. However it says this in the exlusions & limitations section of my benefits information
Upper and Lower jaw bone surgery except as required for the direct treatment of accute traumatic injury or cancer Orthogonathic surgery, jaw alignment and treatment for the tempromandibular joint except atreatment of obstructive sleep apnea
Services for the evaluation and treatment of tempromandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) whether the services are considered to be medical or dental in nature.
Has anyone else run into this problem? Were you able to successfully appeal? if so how? By the way I’m over 19.

Thanks I would like to be able to smile in pics. for a change!
Traveling outside the country is not an option for me. For the surgery. Travel outside the US is ver cost prohibitive for me.

me and my husband are flying to hawaii to move there for the army and having to use continental and it’s our first time. i know we get 2 checked bags and one carry on and a personal item such as a purse. does a cpapa or sleep apnea machine count b/c it’s a medical machine and supply needed for health and if checked they will just toss it around.

I know I have sleep apnea. I snore so loud and I have excessive fatigue to the point that I have to sleep more than 12 hours a day. It also runs in my family. I just got a CPAP machine from someone. How dangerous would it be for me to use it? Educated responses only.
Monica- I asked for educated responses only. I am also in the health profession and that doesn’t mean I know everything about everything. CPAP machines are not by prescription only, otherwise you could not buy them anywhere. And If you aren’t even aware that they are for sleep apnea, I am not quite sure how you managed to become a nurse.
Davisk- pneumothorax is not a "hole in the lungs". I have studied cardiorespiratory care. I am also well aware that too much O2 can be dangerous. Also, there are no H2O levels on this machine. Are you meaning O2 levels? And finally, it is not gross. Obviously I am not stupid enough to use another person’s mask! lol.

I have sometimes come to resent my husband lately because of his "sleeping disorder". His mom diagnosed him, and I’ve done a little research, but none of his symptoms seem to fit into any of the sleeping disorders I’ve found.

He sleeps soundly, heavily -you can’t wake him up at all. If I have to get up with the baby, or his youngest son he’d never ever know. I’ve left the house before to drive the baby around and came back an hour later -never even knew I left.

By the time I’m ready to crawl back into bed after I have to get up, he’s all over my side sleeping at an angle. I can’t wake him for anything, so I have to end up punching him to get him to even move, which sometimes really upsets him. I think he wants to cry. You’d be mad too if someone punched you in your sleep, but there’s not another way to get him up! He tosses and turns all night long, asleep the entire time but I’m awake because he’s rolling all over me and doesn’t know it.

Every morning, you’d think he’s be rested since he never wakes and usually has the whole bed to himself. Instead he’s complaining how tired he is, and how he didn’t get any sleep at all. I’m so confused. I’m tired because I’m up with the baby so when I hear him say this it almost angers me because I have never done well with a lack of sleep.

His mom says this has been going on since he was a child. If he does wake up, he is NOT awake and he falls -hard, or he talks jibberesh. Last night he told me AT&T was on the phone (his cell phone rang pretty late). We don’t have AT&T, so I looked at the phone and it was his brother. It doesn’t matter how early he goes to bed, if he gets a full 7-8 hours. It doesn’t sound like sleep apnea, but he does snore very loudly so I thought it may be at first. He also talks and cusses loudly in his sleep but he doesn’t know he’s doing it, or is not able to wake up from most dreams. Any advice on how to handle this issue or what you think may cause it would be appreciated. I love him and I want him to function better, and I want to sleep and stop being angry in the morning.

I’m getting a C-PAP for sleep apnea. I took a sleep test and they told they have never seen it so bad in someone so "young". I’m 34 yrs old. I’ve heard stories going both ways. Some say it helps, some say it doesn’t. Fortunatly there are way more stories about C-PAP being a positive thing. I was just wondering what people’s personal experiences have been. I am always tired. I feel like I am walking around asleep all day. Very hard to concentrate. The more I sleep the worse I feel. I wake up sometimes and the back of my head is sweaty. I have body twitching, restless leg syndrome. I am getting my machine in about 2 weeks. I hope it helps. I don’t what else to do.

Husband was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2006. He lost 80 pounds,hd his oxygen checked weekly and stopped using cpap because he felt he was cured. He has gained some weight back and complains about not sleeping well.

Two or three hours after I’ve fallen asleep, my boyfriend sometimes calls me on my cell phone, which I place right near my bed. According to my call log, I usually talk to him for 2 or 3 minutes (general, coherent sentences so he says), but when I wake up the next day, I have absolutely no recollection of speaking to him or of the phone ringing at all. This concerns me because I would like to be in control of my actions always, and this is a recurring thing (almost every time he calls at night). Please help! Thanks.

I sleep 7-8 hours wake up zombified with eye bags. When i lay down or relax one of my nasal passages gets congested or constricted. Doctor said it was allergies prescribed nasonex. Used it made breathing worse (dry nose, even more constricted even when not laying down or relaxing). Also when one passage is congested and i turn my head to other side, the congestion moves to that side.

I am 19yrs old, not overweight (128 pounds), have a good high protein diet because i work out. Could this be sleep apnea? Or is this the way allergies work, only effecting breathing when laying down? Had this since early childhood, and get strep throat every winter. These are all my symptoms, thanks if anyone can help or link symptoms.

How many of you out there in Yahooland have sleep apnea? Do you use a CPAP machine? If so, which kind of mask do you prefer? Did you have an adjustment period in getting used to the machine? Does it help you ??? If so, in what way?

Hi,

Which are the sleep apnea symptoms?

Which are the best treatments for Sleep Apnea?

Thanks!

I’ve been told I need one, any thoughts, I’m a little leary of this.
To: Mandylea.: I apologize but I guess I should have asked what I was actually wondering, did you go with him for the night of the study? I’m a little leary of being there by myself.

I’ve recently been diagnosed with sleep apnea by a sleep clinic, and they’ve recommended that I start CPAP treatment. I’m extremely uncomfortable with this diagnosis because I didn’t GO to the sleep clinic for apnea–I was having trouble with snoring. In fact, in all our years of marriage, my wife says she has NEVER heard me stop breathing. I understand that it is just about impossible to snore while using a CPAP, but it also seems like a fairly serious solution for a relatively minor problem. In other words, I recognize that this treatment will WORK for me, but it seems like the cure is worse than the disease.

I’m getting the impression that these sleep pulmonologists might not be exactly the brightest kids right out of medical school. Does anyone know if this is a real treatment for snoring?

last night i noticed my husband gasping for air in his sleep. We went to the doctor today and they said they need to do some tests on him to see if he has sleep apnea. He is 37 years old, and in excellent health. He doesnt smoke, exercises every day and eats healthy. If it turns out he has sleep apnea what kind of changes will we have to make? I dont know much about this condition but im very scared at the thought of the one i love having it. Ive heard of people dying from this. Im so worried, any info would be appreciated.

I am only 25 yrs old and have sleep apnea, the obstructive form. I completed two sleep studies that have confirmed this but, medicaid will not pay for the c-pap machine b/c the score for my study reflect that it is not "severe" enough for them to pay. Now, I am using provigil as a "band-aid" its okay, but the side effects are causing me headaches and I take seasonique birth control pills, I was told there was a 5% chance of impregnation, which is low, but I still worry a little. My doctor’s office was suppose to put me on a list to get a "loaner" and/or "free" c-pap machine, but I was told yesterday that this will only be considered after I start regularly seeing the doctor while I am on the provigil and still maybe not until January, if then. I am suppose to graduate form college in may, I need this sleeping disoreder corrected asap, it is effecting my life horribly and my education. Thanks serious responses only.

Has anyone who’s served in OIF/OEF been diagnosed with sleep apnea since their return from deployment? My husband has been home a little over a year now and since his return I have not had a good nights sleep. He tosses and turns, kicks and sometimes punches all while in a deep sleep. I tell him about it the next morning and he remembers nothing. He sought help from the VA who diagnosed him with sleep apnea. He was given a C-Pap machine which does absolutely no good for the tossing and turning. Now his (National Guard) unit is getting ready to deploy again and he found out that several other soldiers were also diagnosed with sleep apnea since the last deployment.(all of them are flagged for the moment) Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would love to hear from any wives that might be dealing with this same type of situation. I refuse to sleep on the couch or in another bed. I waited a long time to be able to sleep next to him and I will not give that up. The lack of sleep I have had this past year is taking a big toll on my body and I’m not sure what to do at this point. Any ones advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank all!

Okay, so last year I miscarried at 6 weeks – but I didn’t even find out I was pregnant for sure until I was in the middle of misscarrying (took tests religiously everday for weeks, never registered positive until 1 day into the miscarriage) – if you read back on my questions about a year ago, I had about 10 x-rays to my stomach around implantation, and 3 weeks later began to bleed heavily. I blamed the x-rays all this past year, up until the other day when I got to thinking about SLEEP APNEA and pregnancy…..there is a chance I am pregnant right now, but this had NEVER crossed my mind until recently. It would make sense right?? A woman quits breathing 59 times an hour while she’s sleeping – that’s a part of EVERY minute, every hour….so it’s cutting off oxygen to the placenta…..anyone ever stopped and thought about this before??….Now I’m almost 100 percent sure it caused my miscarriage last year, and am terrified this time around. If I am pregnant I would be 4 1/2 – 5 weeks and I don’t go back for my cpap (breathing maching) fitting until this friday, and then it will take another 10 days after that before I can get my machine from the Medical Supply store…that’s IF sleep apnea caused the miscarriage a year ago….what do you think?

I am suffering from a sleeping disorder after leaving the military. If there is no record of this in my medical record, can I still make a Disability claim with the VA? I am currently having severe sleeping problems after leaving the military with 9 years of service!

I am getting my soft palate reduction, adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy at the same time.

I have a couple of questions, i would rather have the general public address than the doctor. Because all the doctor can give me is statistics and ‘rare’ occassions.

Is bleeding of the throat prevalent after the surgery?
I heard i would not get my original voice back after the surgery, how true is this?
Would i lose weight, after the surgery?
How long would i have to go without solid food?
Should spicy food be avoided at all costs, after the surgery?
Would i be more prone to infections and allergies after the surgery?

I’m having this surgery because i have OSA – Obstructive Sleep Apnea.