sleep aptnea

loosescrews · Post by **loosescrews** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:19 pm

Can anyone tell me if there is a non medical way of curing this problem? Im 36, 200 lbs 5"9 , I don't think my weight is an issue but im not sure Sick of waking up in the night gasping for air, and my wife is tired of it too. Sometimes i sleep all the way through but she says i snore to much sometimes I wake up and start frantically yelling help me.

rock and roll · Post by **rock and roll** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:24 pm

RUN, don't walk to your doctor and get tested for sleep apnea. Sounds like you are one of us. Don't fool yourself....weight is a factor. Please get help now or you might not come awake asjing for help. Take it as an omen.

JimH · Post by **JimH** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:24 pm

Me thinks you need to see a doctor or tell your wife to stop covering your mouth with the pillow to squelch the snores.

Seriously though, I would see a sleep specialist.

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:30 pm

AFAIK, any "cure" involves a doctor. What most of us have isn't a cure, it is a treatment. For some of us it will be all night, every night, for the rest of our lives.

To be honest, it beats the alternative. The alternative is a much shorter life (apnea kills! It isn't "if" but "when") and a significant degradation of the quality of what life you have left.

See a doctor. And read, lots, here and elsewhere. Ask questions.

Good luck.