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- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How do I do this?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2463
Re: How do I do this?
Thanks for all the helpful replies. This is a great board! I'll talk some more with my doc, get a copy of my results, and let you know how it goes.
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How do I do this?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2463
Re: How do I do this?
But regardless of what else happens, if you've been sleeping on your back, do whatever you can not to, because it causes lots of events that otherwise probably wouldn't happen... and may be the culprit in your results. In other words, you may have at most what's called 'positional apnea', only regi...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:29 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How do I do this?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2463
Re: How do I do this?
You didn't have a proper diagnostic sleep test. Regardless of results, your sleep test with a CPAP machine won't meet any insurer's criteria. There are proper sleep tests that can be done at home, but that's not what you had. Go back to your doctor and insist on a proper POLYSOMNOGRAPH test at home...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:58 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How do I do this?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2463
How do I do this?
I'm tired all the time, I feel mentally "dull" quite often, and my wife complains that I snore loudly every night. I went to my regular doctor, who did blood tests (no problems were found), than gave me a prescription for a sleep study. The results were that I had apnea but it was borderline. There ...