>Why be skeptical? I'm skeptical, but not stupid. I am giving my sleep doctor the benefit of the doubt and am carefully following his instruction to learn and use the CPAP stuff properly. Your points are all well reasoned and probably right. I am skeptical because it is big leap from "Gee doc, I sur...

Just to followup on my earlier posts... Due largely to the helpful reponses to my posts, I got a referral to the local pulmonologist/sleep apnea doctor. I was a little skeptical because the sleep lab and this doctor's are joined at the hip, it the same building (and no other offices in the building)...

>You left out something important. What were your levels before you fell asleep? During the day, they bounce around from 92-97 depending on what I am doing, closer to 92 or so when I am just sitting around. BTW, I am scheduled for a sleep study tonight in a lab... Thank you for your continued feedba...

Thank you for the helpful replies, but to be fair I am skeptical myself. I do have many of the symptoms but I also think I sleep pretty soundly as long as I don't sleep on my back, so I am concerned about a false positive diagnosis. I am concerned as to how accurate a one night sleep study is, and g...

No jumps in pulse rate --pretty steady at 70 -- and I think I sleep pretty soundly except bathroom calls about every two hours. My BP is around 130/90 which doesn't sound all that high compared to yours...

My urologist and general practioner both think I have sleep apnea, (primarily because I am an hypertensive overweight guy that snores) but my MD for whatever reason is reluctant to consider a sleep study. He did test me with an oximeter and told me by SPO2 was below 80 60% of the time. After researc...