Things got a bit delayed due to holidays and whatnot but I finally have my sleep study with titration set! I'm excited because I've been getting worse and having more nightmares about suffocating or dying and waking up feeling terrible and like I'm oxygen starved. Hopefully by next month I'll have m...

Makes sense and makes sense now why for awhile now I've had so much anxiety surrounding sleep but before the apnea was brought up I could never figure out where that anxiety was coming from... I mean why would I be anxious about going to sleep?! But with the apnea it all makes a bit more sense now.

Thank you! My quality of life is being affected so even if my apnea is indeed mild then there is no harm in treating it to see if it helps... if not, I will explore other options. I had another nightmare about being in space and suffocating last night, I've had several dreams like this where I vivid...

I wouldn't know what pressure to use though, at any rate I already have a referral in for a titration sleep study.

Well the problem is I only slept 82 minutes and had zero REM sleep during my sleep study so it's very possible my apnea could be a lot worse.. my exhaustion is so bad, it's interfering with my quality of life and stopping me from doing things I used to do. I agree diet soda is in no way good for me ...

I understand what he's saying, I just don't see how it changes things or what I'm supposed to do about it. I am able to get a cpap so I will see if it helps but I am also looking into some other issues(may have a gallbladder or female organ issue), going to work on tapering off the caffeine and also...

Oh I know but not sure what to do about it besides doing another sleep study which costs a thousand bucks.. by the way I feel I'm fairly certain my apnea is much worse than mild.

FINALLY. Saw a new doc and now have another sleep study to do a titration with a cpap. Got very sick this weekend and almost went to the hospital so now have more testing I need to do for another possible illness, I've not been having a good time lol but at least hopefully soon I will have my cpap a...

Thank you Gryphon! I am going to go see a different doc, see what his opinion is but I'm really thinking that I'm just going to get another sleep study with a prescription sleep med, though I plan to try some out first if possible because I tried Ambien once and it didn't work(I am very good at figh...

As far as meds I take my thyroid med and 100mg of tramadol a day for chronic pain. Hello, Sorry to hear you are struggling. I'm just gonna throw this out there. Have you considered that the tramadol is the culprit or at least a contributing factor? I say this because my daughter was on tramadol for...

My personal take on this is that yes you should pursue treatment, or at least investigate further. You could ask to be retested and make prior arrangements for medication if you want to be sure before embarking on treatment. Nothing wrong with that. I suspect based on your symptoms you will end up ...

Also forgot(the irony) over the last six months I've been having terrible short term memory problems.. it affected my work badly. I honestly feel like a 70 year old lady, not 34 at all.

Yeah I get tested for diabetes every year and it's always normal thankfully! I don't eat sugar or processed foods but I know I need to get the weight off, it shot up when I had to have my thyroid radiated(they decided to do that because the hashi's was throwing my thyroid into hyper drive and I was ...

I am on the hunt for a new doctor so I am going to look more into my thyroid issue as well... but I get blood work done every few months and my doc always said it's normal. I have had my vit D levels be very low before so I will try to get a full panel done along with iron, etc just to try and rule ...

Oh sorry I didn't specify! I have a hell of a time falling asleep, once I am asleep I'm usually down for the count. 'But' I did go to the doctors earlier this year to have my kidneys checked because I started having to pee during the night, I'm only 34 so this didn't seem normal but everything check...