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Sleep aponea

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I have just looked this up (wiki so may be wrong lol) and first thought was that my wife says I hold my breath when I sleep. I may have it then who knows
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as well as diabetes.


I will continue to watch this thread with interest.
 
Hi Spirit i think i may be right in mentioning you use a cpap machine?
I hope everything is ok and your just asking out of curiosity xx
 
We do have members with this spiritfree. Do you have some questions about it?
 
Could be Mr ypauly. They do tend to go a bit hand-in-hand with the blessed D; like hypothyroid and frozen shoulders ......

What does Mrs ypauly say you do next after you 'hold your breath' ?
 
I don't have any questions and I am doing really well. I am now on a bi-pap machine, which is a better machine for me. If you find that you do stop breathing, and gasp for breath, when asleep it is best to get checked out for sleep aponea as it can have serious effects if not treated. It is usually your partner who knows you do it more than you do yourself. I feel so much better now I am having treatment. It does seem to have a link to diabetes.
 
trophywench said:
Could be Mr ypauly. They do tend to go a bit hand-in-hand with the blessed D; like hypothyroid and frozen shoulders ......

What does Mrs ypauly say you do next after you 'hold your breath' ?
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Lol the last time the subject came up she joked that by the time she had found the insurance policy I had started breathing again:D


She tells me I hold my breath for upto 30 seconds when it gets too long she nudges me. I have just asked her again how often and she tells me it's a rare occurance since I stopped smoking, yet was common before.
 
spiritfree said:
I don't have any questions and I am doing really well. I am now on a bi-pap machine, which is a better machine for me. If you find that you do stop breathing, and gasp for breath, when asleep it is best to get checked out for sleep aponea as it can have serious effects if not treated. It is usually your partner who knows you do it more than you do yourself. I feel so much better now I am having treatment. It does seem to have a link to diabetes.
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Spirit thats great to hear. x pleased things are going well
 
I don't have sleep apnoea, but I do have a sleep disorder called Catathrenia, which is a sleep disorder related to breathing. It's often mistakenly thought of as sleep apnoea, but breath isn't held, it is inhaled deeply, then exhaled for an unusually long period. Luckily Catathrenia is considered to be a social rather than a medical problem. I've had it since birth and when the doctors at the hospital first heard it, they thought I was dying, but no, I was just making groaning noises 😛

Good news that the bi-pap machine is working well for you.
 
redrevis said:
I don't have sleep apnoea, but I do have a sleep disorder called Catathrenia, which is a sleep disorder related to breathing. It's often mistakenly thought of as sleep apnoea, but breath isn't held, it is inhaled deeply, then exhaled for an unusually long period. Luckily Catathrenia is considered to be a social rather than a medical problem. I've had it since birth and when the doctors at the hospital first heard it, they thought I was dying, but no, I was just making groaning noises 😛

Good news that the bi-pap machine is working well for you.
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That's fascinating. Sounds terrible but presumably not dangerous at all then ?

SA can cause death but more likely to cause tiredness during the day, sometimes with sufferers falling asleep during meetings, etc so could cause a hazard with driving or certain jobs.

There are specialist centres around the UK that can do the tests with a heart rate and breathing monitor for a couple of nights and then analyse the data.

Rob
 
I've been waking in the nights and feeling exhausted for a few months. I suspect it's sleep apnoea and am due to be monitored next weekend to confirm.
 
GlucoseGary. Don't worry to much if you do have sleep aponea. As long as you are being treated you will not loose driving license and you really will feel much better. It does take time to get used to but it just becomes a way of everyday life. pm me if you want any help.
 
I've suffered from OSA since autumn 2007. What annoys me was that I went to see a GP (not my usual one, thank goodness) about the tiredness I was suffering, and described to her what I now know to be the symptoms of OSA (including waking several times during the night, with the knowledge that what had woken me was that I'd stopped breathing for several seconds😱) -- and she reckoned that I was just malingering! 🙄 Fortunately, a few weeks later I was admitted to St. Thomas' for tachycardia, and whilst on the admission ward the nurses there noticed my OSA, so I was transferred to the Lane-Fox Ward for assessment, and given a CPAP ventilator which I've used ever since...
 
Thanks for the support, spiritfree - am not thinking about it too much until I get the results.

Like robert@fm, my GP listened to my symptoms, knowing I had diabetes (4x risk of sleep apnoea) and depression (6x risk of sleep apnoea), and a neck measurement of over 20" and still didn't put 2+2 together. I had to read around and go back to her the following week with the suggestion!
 
GlucoseGary said:
Thanks for the support, spiritfree - am not thinking about it too much until I get the results.

Like robert@fm, my GP listened to my symptoms, knowing I had diabetes (4x risk of sleep apnoea) and depression (6x risk of sleep apnoea), and a neck measurement of over 20" and still didn't put 2+2 together. I had to read around and go back to her the following week with the suggestion!
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You sometimes wonder why we go to the doctors in the first place! 😱 Fair enough if the symptoms are vague but when they are clear, and represent common conditions, then there really is no excuse for not putting two and two together :(
 
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