National Geographic "Sleepless in America"

I use a Dish Network Satellite system and scoured the directory from now until Sunday night and couldn't find it. Sounds like I won't be missing anything.

I have not yet finished watching it. I had other things to do and had to stop when the truck driver's CPAP machine was being shown.

Don't watch that part while eating.

If you watch it, look at the condition of the humidifier tank. I hope that stuff was scale and not mold.

I have a (thin) truck driver friend who saw this program. Talked to him last night, he is all excited, said he has almost every sign of OSA. So we discussed a couple options. Looks like he wants to start by trying a used auto machine with full data to see if things improve. Damn...I wish the boyfriend was that easy to convince!

Wulfman... wrote: . . . I had mixed emotions watching it. Some things were kind of interesting and some things didn't receive enough attention. . . . .

+1

Here's an executive summary from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... atgeo-doc/

Drowsy Dancer wrote:Here's an executive summary from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... atgeo-doc/

Nice.

It's time to get Ms. Yahr moved off the entertainment desk, IMO.

I can see this as the next legal defense; "He didn't have enough sleep as a child . . ."

Drowsy Dancer wrote:Here's an executive summary from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... atgeo-doc/

If the program was as good as the executive summary in the post, then it was very good.

Here is a point from the summary that I like to harp on,

7) Almost all mental illnesses have associated sleep problems, experts say. In fact, sleep deprivation is nearly universal in every psychiatric condition, from bipolar disorder to anxiety disorders.

So get these people right into a sleep lab before any stupid medications or stupid talk therapy is started.

ChicagoGranny wrote:

Drowsy Dancer wrote:Here's an executive summary from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... atgeo-doc/

If the program was as good as the executive summary in the post, then it was very good.

Here is a point from the summary that I like to harp on,

7) Almost all mental illnesses have associated sleep problems, experts say. In fact, sleep deprivation is nearly universal in every psychiatric condition, from bipolar disorder to anxiety disorders.

So get these people right into a sleep lab before any stupid medications or stupid talk therapy is started.

I also remember mentally noting that, too. However, they never linked "sleep deprivation" and "sleep apnea". It's been often discussed (on the forum) that many people with those "psychiatric" conditions are too often medicated and not given sleep studies. They often didn't receive the proper diagnosis until they saw different doctors.


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ChicagoGranny wrote:

Drowsy Dancer wrote:Here's an executive summary from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... atgeo-doc/

If the program was as good as the executive summary in the post, then it was very good.

Here is a point from the summary that I like to harp on,

7) Almost all mental illnesses have associated sleep problems, experts say. In fact, sleep deprivation is nearly universal in every psychiatric condition, from bipolar disorder to anxiety disorders.

So get these people right into a sleep lab before any stupid medications or stupid talk therapy is started.

Totally agree CG. I know it isn't productive thinking but it is very hard not think how my life would have turned out differently if I had been put on pap therapy instead of wasting 15 years on worthless psych meds.

Now in all fairness, sleep apnea wasn't as well known. But if you want to know the honest truth, my guess if it had been, it wouldn't have mattered because once you receive an MI label, everything is usually seen through that lens. I know some people have disagreed with me about that on this board but I stand by that statement.

I am also concerned because I don't see most psychiatrists and mental health professionals changing their approach as they are still stuck on the ancient theory that if you take care of the mental illness, the sleep will resolve when actually many times, it is the reverse situation. It is very frustrating but all any of us can is keep speaking out about this.

By the way, I was fortunate not to have "stupid" therapist as they were actually quite good. I think one tried to hint to me that being on antidepressants was a losing battle but unfortunately, I was so spellbound by the meds, I didn't listen. She actually was very helpful and without her, it would have been tough sledding.

Just so folks know, this isn't about being anti meds vs. pro meds. It is about being given enough information to make a fully informed decision which I feel didn't happen in my case which is a whole other discussion.

So I sent the alert, and then, ironically, forgot to record it. D'oh!

But it sounds like I should apologize for alerting everyone to what appears to have been a waste of everyone's time. Can't say I'm surprised by it not living up to its potential, but maybe I will still watch it. Not intently, like some watched "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo", but as background for cleaning, ironing, surfing, etc.