Friend in denial about OSA...

cybergoon · Post by **cybergoon** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:51 am

I have a friend that I am pretty sure has OSA. He thinks cause he is healthy and works out all the time that he doesn't have it. Is there an assessment tool that I can have him answer a few questions and have it tell him if he is at risk?

-Marc

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:23 am

cybergoon wrote:I have a friend that I am pretty sure has OSA. He thinks cause he is healthy and works out all the time that he doesn't have it. Is there an assessment tool that I can have him answer a few questions and have it tell him if he is at risk?

-Marc

Marc, here are a few:

http://www.sleephelpusa.com/quiz.phtml

http://www.healthyresources.com/sleep/a ... /quiz.html

http://www.sleepapneainfo.com/sleep-apnea_l2.php?id=91

http://sleepdisorders.about.com/od/slee ... epquiz.htm

http://www.newtechpub.com/phantom/question/quiz.htm

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:27 am

Marc,

In addition to the places Lori listed, I think there's even one of those forms on your Encore Pro CD in .pdf format. I can't remember exactly where it's at, but if you "Explore" your CD, it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Den

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:30 am

Wow, I took all those tests..anyone wanna buy a good used machine? I don't have sleep Apnea!!! And to think I've been using a machine for 5 years too.

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:31 am

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I took all those tests..anyone wanna buy a good used machine? I don't have sleep Apnea!!! And to think I've been using a machine for 5 years too.

Oh, no! And to think that I came up possibly needing it when I don't anymore.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:20 pm

The assessment quizzes steered me into getting checked out originally...along with some severe prodding by my wife about my snoring.

Trying to get people to followup seems to be really difficult though. I finally got my sister and her son(I suspect he has severe apnea) to go to a sleep doc and they got a sleep study done, but they refuse to go back and pick up the results.

I guess they figure the sleep study must have cured them? Or it scared them away and figure its not worth the price of admission to get treatment, IF they need it.

So in addition to the screening questions, you might send a link or two to sites that list some of the damage that can be done by untreated apnea, to get him inspired to go through the effort of actually dealing with it.

cybergoon · Post by **cybergoon** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:42 pm

Lori- Thanks for the list. I had been searching on google for an hour and had only came up with one that had 5 questions and just about no matter how you responded, it said you had it

I think that most people are reluctant to get diagnosed because they can't imagine living the rest of their lives with something on their face at night. Thing is, I can't imagine not having it on my face after only a month on it. I won't even take a nap without my mask. I don't even go to my car at lunch to take naps anymore, cause I can't sleep without my mask

-Marc

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:50 pm

cybergoon wrote:Lori- Thanks for the list. I had been searching on google for an hour and had only came up with one that had 5 questions and just about no matter how you responded, it said you had it

I think that most people are reluctant to get diagnosed because they can't imagine living the rest of their lives with something on their face at night. Thing is, I can't imagine not having it on my face after only a month on it. I won't even take a nap without my mask. I don't even go to my car at lunch to take naps anymore, cause I can't sleep without my mask

-Marc

That site must have been a site that sells cpap-related goods.

You're right about people's reluctance for the reason you stated. Which it's probably a very good suggestion made by "Guest" to get some links to things that can happen when OSA goes untreated. If that doesn't scare him, he's got one tough shell to crack. Good luck. You're a good friend to be trying to help like this. And you would hope he'll listen to you and how you feel about treatment after a month. You are a walking advertisement for therapy.

Geocom · Post by **Geocom** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:23 pm

Give your friend a voice activated mini tape recorder!

You can find it at Target, WalMart, Best Buy...anywhere...for less than $20.

It's what I did when I wondered whether or not I had OSA. Boy Howdy, I was shocked to hear how pitiful I sounded and how loudly I snored. It was those ominous 20 seconds of silence that prompted me to get to my doctor. I knew I was a snorer; but I had no idea how bad off I really was.

Give it a shot, it may work!

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