Newbie questions

[the baker]

Interesting list of symptoms.. I have lots of those

And my legs calfs really hurt in the mornings...

One that I add which I add to my list since doctors can find no reason why...vision problems eye pain.. No amount of eyeglasses have fix my vision and eye pain, I've spent thousands on glasses been to all kinds of eye doctors they all tell me everything checked out fine...

[Eblo]

Some of my other symptoms could be because of my panic and anxiety disorder.

My money is on apnea being the cause of panic and anxiety disorder. Treatment can make a whale of an improvement.

I had a CT scan and it said minimal emphysematous changes

I would concentrate on "minimal". That should be good news. Are you currently exposed to anything that would make the condition worse?

I was a smoker for 22 years until I saw that report. I quit that same day. I also Vaped when I was home because I didn't want to smoke around the house. I'm vaping more now because I quit cigarettes.

[Eblo]

Interesting list of symptoms.. I have lots of those



One that I add which I add to my list since doctors can find no reason why...vision problems eye pain.. No amount of eyeglasses have fix my vision and eye pain, I've spent thousands on glasses been to all kinds of eye doctors they all tell me everything checked out fine...

That's weird about your vision. I haven't heard of that.

[the baker]

Interesting list of symptoms.. I have lots of those



One that I add which I add to my list since doctors can find no reason why...vision problems eye pain.. No amount of eyeglasses have fix my vision and eye pain, I've spent thousands on glasses been to all kinds of eye doctors they all tell me everything checked out fine...

That's weird about your vision. I haven't heard of that.

The doctors cannot find anything wrong with my eyes, and I've read about lack of sleep and vision ( there is not much) but it makes sense, when we are tired our eyes bother us just imagine when you don't sleep properly. It must take it's toll on almost every system of the body..

[ChicagoGranny]

I'm vaping more now because I quit cigarettes.

Do you think you can slowly taper down?

[ChicagoGranny]

One that I add which I add to my list since doctors can find no reason why...vision problems eye pain..

I mentioned sleep apnea to the eye doctor one time. He said, "Every cell in the body needs oxygen. So sleep apnea could damage the eyes or anything else."

[Eblo]

I'm vaping more now because I quit cigarettes.

Do you think you can slowly taper down?

I am going to try. Just very stressed right now with everything going on. I see the pulmonologist tomorrow to go over my CT and see why I have been getting short of breath. It's so hard to know when it's mental or not. Even with dealing with anxiety and panic for over 20 years you still can't tell.

[ChicagoGranny]

It's so hard to know when it's mental or not. Even with dealing with anxiety and panic for over 20 years you still can't tell.

Now, you haven't been tested yet. But, if you have sleep apnea, it's often that the physical comes first and eventually causes the mental. It's from all the damage oxygen desaturation and sleep deprivation is causing. Think about why sleep deprivation is forbidden by the Geneva Convention. Sleep deprivation has been used to mentally break POWs.

If you have sleep apnea and treat it, there is a different future for you.

[Eblo]

Had my appointment with the pulmonologist today. Spirometry test was normal but he wants me to do additional tests just in case. I have a sleep apnea consult in two weeks.

[ChicagoGranny]

I have a sleep apnea consult in two weeks.

If you are anxious to get going and flexible in your schedule, ask them to put you on a cancellation list.

[PaulKTF]

I would wake up after an hour or two in a panic gasping and / or screaming because my air supply was being cut down severely or cut off. That stopped once my airway was kept open with the CPAP machine.

[Eblo]

I have a sleep apnea consult in two weeks.

If you are anxious to get going and flexible in your schedule, ask them to put you on a cancellation list.

Not too anxious about it. Unfortunately I'm not too flexible with my work schedule. I have lots of other Dr appointments coming up too so I have to try to get as many in one day as I can lol. I'm working on an online home sleep study too. Maybe I can get that sooner.

[werther]

Have you recorded yourself during sleep yet? Or, did a partner observe snoring?

[Eblo]

Have you recorded yourself during sleep yet? Or, did a partner observe snoring?

Yes. My wife has heard me snoring VERY loudly and sometimes a loud snort.

[ChicagoGranny]

My wife has heard me snoring VERY loudly and sometimes a loud snort.

The loud snort is typical of the end of an apnea. Your airway has been obstructed, and the snorting noise is from your body breaking open the obstruction.

I would put money that you have obstructive sleep apnea. A home test is good for getting a diagnosis of an obvious case.