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tiredandscared wrote:

chunkyfrog wrote:When I realized that there were people smarter than me, it was a shock.
Later, I learned that people with much less gray matter have accomplished far more than I.
When you have a smaller bucket of water to take to the fire, you just take more trips.
The job still gets done.

I wish that was easy. Im good at specific stuff. If i cant do those things, like i used to , i dont see a future. On whole I was already impaired by NVLD i cant afford getting more Impaired. Ive had to give up alot of things.

49er wrote:

tiredandscared wrote:Hi guys. I highly suspect that I have sleep apnea. since 24th of january ive had night time arousals and fatigue and concentration and short term memory issues. Began having them after screwing up with my sleep schedule. Which resulted inu weight gain (i was borderline obese with a BMI of 30 which increased to 32). I fit all the classic symptoms for it. I recorded my self sleeping a couple of times and I do snore especially on my back, i didnt notice many apneas but possible hyponoapneas(it could be UARS but im not sure before i get the results). Im going to get sleep study soon. and my question is will i have permanent cognitive dysfunction? I intend to go to university and become a journalist. so its a very worrisome conundrum that Im in. I already have some cognitive issues (depression and nvld). Will I be able to reverse the affects of it if i get it treated early? 2 months after onset. Im worried that it has damaged my brain so much that ill not be able to study. ( I apologize for the quality of the text I usually could write well with.

Tired and Scared,

As an aside, I also have NLD so if you want to PM me to talk more about it, feel free to.

Even though I am yet a cpap success story (which hopefully will change with deviated septum surgery), I am still able to offer encouragement believe it or not. During the rare times it worked, I noticed my cognitive abilities improved greatly.

Therefore, it seems since your chances of success are alot greater according to the odds and that you have an excellent chance of greatly improving your cognitive abilities and starting that career in journalism. I mean heck, if I can see improvement when I have had one great night, think of what you can expect with several nights in a row.

But you gotta take the first step and get treatment. And take things one step at a time and don't let yourself get overwhelmed at everything. Break the process down into small steps and you will be fine.

49er

Thanks alot my friend. Its good to hear that there are some of us who get out of this terrible situation. I know there is no cure for it , took alot to accept it. But the losing what brainpower i have feels like an existential threat( ours is limited to one area). I just wonder how you managed to cope with OSA and NLD. Daily functoning is very compromised. I just worry over the prospect of it staying that way or just making a half baked recovery. You know probably better than me how much were dependent on our brains just to do simple stuff even without OSA.

VVV wrote:He is beginning to sound like a troll dragging sympathetic people in deeper.

As far as I am concerned buddy, go to a doctor or ....

tiredandscared wrote:

VVV wrote:He is beginning to sound like a troll dragging sympathetic people in deeper.

As far as I am concerned buddy, go to a doctor or ....

Im not a troll, trolling is a waste of time. You have to make a huge leap in reasoning to assume that someone who trolls would come here out of all places to drag people behind the light. And you're being rude against someone in a hard jam with a massive problem. I'd like to see how you'd cope with learning disorder with a brainfog ontop. I doubt you'd call yourself a troll or go to a random forum and ask people about their experiences. Like I said its an existential threat. If i stay impaired from this im pretty screwed. Studies results are scary. Especially when they say that there is a potential irreversible cognitive dysfunction that comes with it. Lots of people here gave stated themselves that they have cognitive deficits or residual symptoms as a result of OSA. Even after being on CPAP therapy. The prospect for someone who has an LD is very anxious risden. Its like mutilating an already mutilated limb.

tiredandscared wrote: It helps to hear that most people seem to recover well enough to feel like they function adequately at work or school. I guess that increases my chances since i havent had this OSA like issue for a long time (2 months) and maybe that means I have more neglible damage then people with severe and long term affliction with Sleep apnea

ChicagoGranny wrote:Maybe WW's post did some good. Here came the first positive reply:

tiredandscared wrote: It helps to hear that most people seem to recover well enough to feel like they function adequately at work or school. I guess that increases my chances since i havent had this OSA like issue for a long time (2 months) and maybe that means I have more neglible damage then people with severe and long term affliction with Sleep apnea

I hope that you are now beginning to change your attitude.

Julie wrote:Take it easy on the supplements - some of them can have not so great effects on sleep - at least check carefully into individual ones... e.g. B1 may be good for alcoholics, but that doesn't necessary mean it's a good idea for you (tho' I have no idea that it isn't ).