can "severe" apnea be asymptomatic?

[bigdave36]

Can't seem to. I get sleepy at about 12am...awake by 7am.
Never changes, must be a circadian thing.

[arbo67]

resmed air sense 10

Which one? There are big differences.

AirSense 10 AutoSet



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My confusion stems from the fact that I am not tired... not at all.

Some people have been tired for so long, they think it is the normal energy level.
Sure, I show no daytime sleepiness, I do not nap unless I am ill, I gave up caffine years ago, yet I am tired without knowing it.... It took this "tired and not knowing it" person over 10 minutes to fall asleep to start my sleep study and then over 30 minutes to fall back to sleep after they hooked me up.

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I have been told I have world championship size tonsils...

How old are you? I don't want to get your hopes up, but in some cases, enlarged tonsils are the cause of sleep apnea. They block the airway when the airway muscles relax during sleep. I would have an examination and consultation with an ENT. Tell him what you are dealing with. He should have some idea whether a tonsillectomy would cure your sleep apnea.

I have snored all my life, even as a child.

This is a further indication that enlarged tonsils may be your biggest problem. Make sure to tell the ENT.

almost 50.

[arbo67]

I have been saying I am not tired, after the fun of the sleep study, and trying to get used to the CPAP, I am actually tired.

[ChicagoGranny]

I have been saying I am not tired, after the fun of the sleep study, and trying to get used to the CPAP, I am actually tired.

1. Stick around here and learn how to use CPAP properly and sleep well.

2. Concurrently, get an opinion on the tonsils from an ENT.

3. You have a good machine. Put it and your mask in your equipment profile. It will then show with every post you make, and no one should ask you again what you have.

4. Think about destroying that important hypoglossal nerve and losing your wife. Don't give up on solving your sleep-disordered breathing problem.

[TASmart]

Thre was nothing about killing the wife, the comment was losing your wife - as in divorce.

[AMESS]

Five weeks ago my ahis were 68 per hr. Have been on this machine for awhile and they are down to 2.5. No I do not feel better. In fact I feel worse. like I am walking around with a cold. But I sleep all night--before I was up and down. I cant be sick all the time--not sure what I will do when I see Dr in about 10 days. Do not know what he will do or say.

[ChicagoGranny]

you got a source about snoring destroying that hypoglossal nerve ?

Easily found with any search engine. Get your librarian to help you.

[Goofproof]

you got a source about snoring destroying that hypoglossal nerve ?

Easily found with any search engine. Get your librarian to help you.

Expert engineer's can't do it, don't feel bad, it probably was on the bottom of D.H.'s Wastebasket! Jim