Formerly known as OSA_stinks: UPDATE

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So it seems even more likely i have Sleep Apnea, so i figured i would take on a more positive user name: yankee_hoser born in the north, so seems fitting

i figured i would recap so that there is no hunting around for my other posts on my other profile, then i will post about how the sleep study went:

POST #1
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Hello, My name is Joel.

I figured I would introduce myself and tell you about the journey that has led me here.

I am 29 years old, husband for almost 6 years, and father to a boy born in nov. 2012. All is well on most fronts, except when it comes to sleep. I have been struggling with sleep at least since the late 90's. I can remember being in high school and most of the time when asked how i was, the answer would be "tired". For a while I attributed it to simply being a hormonally imbalanced pubescent teen who just wants more sleep.

Skip forward to 2005. I went to the doc to figure out why i was still so tired and had such problems concentrating. He did a blood test and determined i had ADD. Now the meds i take for add make a SUBSTANTIAL difference in how i can function. without the meds i would compare myself to a zombie.

So with meds i do better, However I still have had problems with sleep. Again i wrongly attributed my sleep problems with stress, diet, exercise, and/or weight gain. I was in college, had to drop out so i could move back down to where my girlfriend lived to help her family with 3 special needs brothers and a brain injured father. helped them for 2 years, moved back up and graduated college. i took time off to help with special needs family some more. Since graduating college in 2010 i have had a sinking suspicion something was wrong and causing my sleep troubles.

I cannot remember if i saw a commercial for sleep apnea or if i simply ran across it online. anyway, i saw it while my wife was still pregnant. I though it could be a possibility. Not sure why, but it got pushed a side for a few months.

Before my son was born in nov '12, my easily controlled and strictly followed sleep pattern was able to help me "survive" my daily sleep troubles. But with a newborn around though, my ability to get regular sleep was tossed out the window and dealing with that has become almost unbearable. It led me to seek help.

I just got back from a sleep specialist who is %99.9 sure i have OSA. I have a sleep test set up for march 25.

That is a quick snap shot of how its gone for me. I will update once i get the results from the test.

Joel

POST #2
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So im a new site user, about to take my sleep test tomorrow to see if i have OSA. Basically had sleep issues for about 10+ years. I explain my past in my 1st post.

Like the post says i am so flippin tired of being tired ! If i indeed do have treatable sleep/oxygen issues than i hope, i hope, i hope, that i get some answers soon (ideally tomorrow).

With my list of symptoms in hand, im realizing just how much this(osa) possible iproblem has permeated every facet of my life, for more than a decade! Ive known for a long time i slept poorly, but to be reading what exactly are the effects that osa can do to a persons body is a much different prospect.

I don't think that i feel guilt for not getting tested sooner, bc i feel that i actively explored every other possibilty. But it is sad to think that i have been ignorantly trudgung the mucky water if life with osa, and all the struggles that myself and my wife have been through( that could have been potentially avoided with earlier treatment). But like i said, no guilt, just a bit sad to think about. And i am not one to dwell on the past.

I like this analogy i heard recently (paraphrased)

Negativity ( anger, hate, regret, etc) is like holding a stone in your hand. At first its manageable, but as time passes it becomes harder(more painful) to hold onto. The best thing possible is to let go.

I guess ill plug up my brain leak for now

Ill be in touch when i know whats what

Joel

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Except that you forgot to login with the new name LOL?

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