Apnea Chat Rooms

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:13 pm

Hi all. I was curious if anyone out there is aware of any sleep apnea related chat rooms? Thanx!!!

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:15 pm

They host chats at talkaboutsleep.com

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:19 pm

I have tried to get on those but noone is ever there. I get daily reminders so maybe I am getting my times wrong. I am in the Central time zone.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:11 am

TAS chat room calendar

The chat times are Eastern Daylight time. When you first enter, you are in the "lobby" and there might not be anyone in the lobby. You have to look up at the top and click one of the "rooms" - usually the "General Sleep" or the "Apnea" room. Clicking the room will take you to where the chat-ers are gathered.

If you get disconnected or "booted" accidentally out of the chat room, you can sign in again to come right back in, but you'll have to give yourself a new sign-in name. There's a lag before the program realizes you've been disconnected -- it will tell you there's already a user by that name. To get back in, just add a number to your nickname, or make up a new name.

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:33 am

I have clicked on those rooms at the right corner and still nothing. I will keep trying. Thanx.

justonegoodnight · Post by **justonegoodnight** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:38 pm

I'm having the same problem finding a chat room going at the time I'm on.

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:06 pm

hey justone.... Where abouts r u from in Michagin? I live in Wisconsin. Are you upper or lower? Let me know if you get through the chat room.

justonegoodnight · Post by **justonegoodnight** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:19 pm

I am from the U.P. and I will definitely let you know if I find a room that works. I'm going to try again later today.

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:19 am

I got on the chat room lastnight!! was nice to talk face to someone!! thanx for helping!!!!

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:55 am

justonegoodnight, most of the time the chat rooms at TAS are empty.

There are scheduled times (evening, Eastern Daylight Time zone) every weekday when at least two TAS hosts are there for a two hour session of chat. That's when most people drop in to chat.

If you click this calendar link, you'll see the times when you're most likely to find someone to chat with and which room the chat will be in: TAS chat room calendar

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:03 am

jashmir3 wrote:I got on the chat room lastnight!! was nice to talk face to someone!! thanx for helping!!!!

Hi,

I was on that chatroom last night for awhile (different username) and I saw you come on and participate. I was pleased to see you found it.

The apnea room of that chatroom is not always "open" -- meaning you can't even get into it, even if you're alone. One of the moderators seemed surprised at that, saying it's open 24/7. Sometimes it is, most times it's not. I say this because I thought that might be a nice place for people to agree to go to for some sort of instant messenging back and forth even if no scheduled chat is being held. Perhaps I'll see you again at one of those scheduled chats. (I was Troublewoman)

Linda

jashmir3 · Post by **jashmir3** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:38 pm

I was just there again and the host chat was over but two others were still on. I liked it. Nice to ask questions and actually get to talk to someone right away. Hope to see you there too.

justonegoodnight · Post by **justonegoodnight** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:25 am

Thanks rested gal. I am going to go and try again cause I would like to get a chance to take with others immediately

Adelaide2008 · Post by **Adelaide2008** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:17 pm

I'm 23 years old married mother of two and for as long as I can remember I have had this
Issue I will spend hours trying to fall asleep and once I fall asleep I can sleep forever people
Refuse to try and wake me up because with out trying to I scream and yell or ignore them
I don't know what to do my kids are suffering from this because I always feel exhausted and
I always blame myself but no matter what I do I can't seem to change this my husband even gets
Angry with me because he only gets 4-6 hours of sleep at night and he is fully awake what should
I do I feel helpless

RogerSC · Post by **RogerSC** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:27 am

Adelaide2008 wrote:I'm 23 years old married mother of two and for as long as I can remember I have had this
Issue I will spend hours trying to fall asleep and once I fall asleep I can sleep forever people
Refuse to try and wake me up because with out trying to I scream and yell or ignore them
I don't know what to do my kids are suffering from this because I always feel exhausted and
I always blame myself but no matter what I do I can't seem to change this my husband even gets
Angry with me because he only gets 4-6 hours of sleep at night and he is fully awake what should
I do I feel helpless

Adelaide, I really feel for you. Have you tried to find a good sleep clinic? I was referred to mine by my GP, and it turned out to be a lucky thing for me, they are really good. And because it was a referral from my "primary physician", it was covered by my medical coverage. It can be very helpful to just talk to someone who can help you find out what your particular issues are, and help you make a plan to get to the bottom of this. Sleep apnea may or may not be involved for you, it might be diet, it might be other medications, it might be a lot of possible problems causing your sleep disturbance.

But I would really make an effort to find a sleep doctor that you can make an appointment with and talk to about what's going on with you. I'm really sorry that your husband isn't understanding and helpful, that makes it even more difficult to get perspective, when the people around you aren't even trying to understand or help.

Please do get a referral to a good sleep doctor, and talk with them about this. Sleep problems are very common, so there are doctors nearly everywhere that work with sleep problems.

Take care of yourself, please.

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