CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by KillingMe » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:13 pm

yaconsult wrote:How does the word get out to all the people who need to hear it?
Are you asking the questions after you have given the answers? Jeopardy, eh?
yaconsult wrote:My belief is that apnea screening needs to be worked into medical checkups - the annual physical visit might be a good place.

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by Darth Lady » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:31 pm

Janknitz wrote:It's particularly frustrating that if you complain of fatigue once you are on CPAP you'll be told "just keep using your CPAP", as if nothing else might possibly be wrong (perhaps caused by decades of damage from untreated apnea).

And women have the additional problem that it's "just" menopause. At least men have a better chance of getting their concerns heard.
Oooh, yeah, ladies of a certain age with sleep apnea make the best and easiest patients. No thought required!

Thank G-d my sleep doc is a *little* more inquisitive than that.

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by LibbyLou » Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:51 am

Now I will worry about having an underlying, undetected heart issue that is causing me to still feel crappy on CPAP.
You should always waste time when you don't have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule 408.

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by Tassie Devil » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:16 pm

LIbby, get a thorough heart check, preferably with a specialist. Then you can stop worrying because if you do have a heart problem then the odds are it can be rectified. If you do not have a problem then it can be crossed off the list but make sure your doctor is proficient at detecting problems as obviously not all are.

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by ambidex » Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:05 am

Self-diagnosis is the best tool you can use with the internet, I did research online and diagnosed myself with apnea just based off the symptoms, which many people though I was either a hypochondriac or just had the common daytime sleepiness that others experience. My doctor never suggested it, I had to point it out to them and they agreed I should get a sleep study.

I got the sleep study done and I was confirmed with severe apnea at 21 years old at a healthy weight of 15% bodyfat. No doctor would have caught that, all they ever did was give me aderall because I had ADHD, which was known for daytime sleepiness.

It's very important you do research yourself, doctors make assumptions and someone could have a serious issue. If I didn't do the research, I would have likely been living with sleep apnea and finding out I had it when I was 50, all that wasted time.

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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by LibbyLou » Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:47 am

Tassie Devil wrote:LIbby, get a thorough heart check, preferably with a specialist. Then you can stop worrying because if you do have a heart problem then the odds are it can be rectified. If you do not have a problem then it can be crossed off the list but make sure your doctor is proficient at detecting problems as obviously not all are.
Well, I would probably think about doing that. But I already have enough bills coming in at the moment from all this other stuff I've been having done. It's all so....dumb. LOL! But
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Re: CPAP does not appear to be helping you - ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:03 am

ambidex wrote:I would have likely been living with sleep apnea and finding out I had it when I was 50
... or taking a dirt nap at 35.