Large tongue is causing a problem. I’m so sleep deprived.
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:51 am
Hi all - has anyone here have issues where even with pressure at 20, it still doesn’t overcome the tongue from blocking their airway? I have large tonsils as well. Would the ASV help overcome this?
I have tried sleeping on my side, prone position, and even sitting up. Every time I feel I’m about to fall asleep, I get jerked awake due to my airway being blocked. I don’t think it helps that I breathe with my mouth open while sleeping. I tried sticking my tongue out but my teeth made it hurt.
I just got the Dreamwear FFM (used with cervical collar in hopes of keeping my mouth closed and tongue on roof) and was able to get about 3 hours of sleep with it, but i think that was more from pure exhaustion. I woke up with a headache and heart racing, I probably snored too. I couldn’t get back to sleep due to the sleep onset issue and I spent the rest of the night increasing the minimum pressure to overcome it, but haven’t found anything that’ll work.
As soon as I’m able to, I’ll post the oscar report from last night.
I requested a sleep study and am waiting for insurance and all that jazz to get moving. In the mean time I don't know what I’m going to do. My sleeping schedule this past week has been sleep for a few hours, next night i’m up with hardly any sleep due to body jerking me awake, then the next night for only another few hours. This is so depressing and I’m so scared of the consequences from this. Waking up with my heart racing makes me afraid to fall asleep again. Any suggestions on how to deal? I suspect I may have had SA most of my life, but it wasn’t until recently did it really rear its ugly head.
Lab results from my appt on Thursday showed that I was dehydrated and low in vitamin D. I’m working on getting my fluids in and supplementing the vitamin D. I also have hypothyroid and it showed within range so that’s good. NP also checked heart and she said it was good (did EKG). I also requested a referral to an ENT to check out these large tonsils (i’m really hoping not to do any surgery).
Edit: After posting the above, I was able to get back to sleep and catch a couple of hours (without cervical collar). The aerophagia was real this morning
. I've tried EPR but didn't really like it.
This is last night's report using the Dreamwear FFM (I was previously using a Quattro FX). I think I slept on my right side most of the time. I started with min at 15. Then when I woke up from that first sleep session (with headache and heart racing), I raised the min due to not being able to fall asleep from being jerked awake. I got up a couple of times to get my mind off it, which was when I posted the above.
Looking at the graphs, maybe the mask is helping? It's certainly much better than the night before when I used the Quattro FX and didn't sleep at all.
I have tried sleeping on my side, prone position, and even sitting up. Every time I feel I’m about to fall asleep, I get jerked awake due to my airway being blocked. I don’t think it helps that I breathe with my mouth open while sleeping. I tried sticking my tongue out but my teeth made it hurt.
I just got the Dreamwear FFM (used with cervical collar in hopes of keeping my mouth closed and tongue on roof) and was able to get about 3 hours of sleep with it, but i think that was more from pure exhaustion. I woke up with a headache and heart racing, I probably snored too. I couldn’t get back to sleep due to the sleep onset issue and I spent the rest of the night increasing the minimum pressure to overcome it, but haven’t found anything that’ll work.
As soon as I’m able to, I’ll post the oscar report from last night.
I requested a sleep study and am waiting for insurance and all that jazz to get moving. In the mean time I don't know what I’m going to do. My sleeping schedule this past week has been sleep for a few hours, next night i’m up with hardly any sleep due to body jerking me awake, then the next night for only another few hours. This is so depressing and I’m so scared of the consequences from this. Waking up with my heart racing makes me afraid to fall asleep again. Any suggestions on how to deal? I suspect I may have had SA most of my life, but it wasn’t until recently did it really rear its ugly head.
Lab results from my appt on Thursday showed that I was dehydrated and low in vitamin D. I’m working on getting my fluids in and supplementing the vitamin D. I also have hypothyroid and it showed within range so that’s good. NP also checked heart and she said it was good (did EKG). I also requested a referral to an ENT to check out these large tonsils (i’m really hoping not to do any surgery).
Edit: After posting the above, I was able to get back to sleep and catch a couple of hours (without cervical collar). The aerophagia was real this morning
. I've tried EPR but didn't really like it. This is last night's report using the Dreamwear FFM (I was previously using a Quattro FX). I think I slept on my right side most of the time. I started with min at 15. Then when I woke up from that first sleep session (with headache and heart racing), I raised the min due to not being able to fall asleep from being jerked awake. I got up a couple of times to get my mind off it, which was when I posted the above.
Looking at the graphs, maybe the mask is helping? It's certainly much better than the night before when I used the Quattro FX and didn't sleep at all.
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