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Does anyone have experience with REM specific sleep apnea turning into complex sleep apnea? If so, what treatment worked?
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New here to this Commnity, but not WEBMD. I have Central Sleep Apnea as well as Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I use a CPAP unit with a little success. I am only able to obtain from 5-5 1/2 hours of sleep waking usually with chest and gasping for air. My Liters...
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I've been told that a diagnosis of sleep apnea is a guaranteed 50% disability rating. Anyone know if this is true or not?
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Just because you snore doesn't mean you have sleep apnea - there's a lot more to the diagnosis....
No disrespect, sleep apnea is sort of the "disease du jour," and requires solid documentation (sleep studies, etc.) to qualify for disability.
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Better solution for sleep apnea other than CPAP machine?
I have tried several times to use the machine and the hose and the noise and everything about it seems to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products that actually worked...
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And everything about it seems to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products that actually worked? Would apnea! Has anyone tried other....
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Hi all,
Been away from here for a long time! Haven't been using my machine at all for a long time. Big sinus issues, and other troubles (it's complicated....really complicated!)
Anyway...Because of side affects from Paxil that just were a "no-no" (to ...
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Drugs cause such sedation apnea and restless legs, apparently....
On the dangers of general anaesthetic during surgery and how if you have sleep apnea you must tell if you have sleep apnea you must tell the anaesthetist because the anaest.
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Today on John Heald's blog, someone asked a question about bringing her Maltese on board. She said he is a service dog for her sleep apnea.
I'm not trying to start a fire here, but I'm genuinely curious. I have been a respiratory therapist for 30 years...
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I've never heard of a service dog for this and wonder how one could possibly be useful for this condition .
I'm not trying to start a fire here, but I'm of people who have sleep apnea.
She said he is a service dog for her sleep apnea.
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Sleep Apnea - Anyone Been Tested For This? The more you know about this process, the more crude and crass jokes you can come up with. Just wondering if anyone wears "the mask?"
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I was in terrible) Al Gore's Internet invention can barely... .
Albert Einstein Re: Sleep Apnea - Anyone Been Tested For This? I do.
Was terribly it is stupid.
Wore the mask.
Mostly needed to lose weight.
Was diagnosed with sleep apnea.
I have.
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Anybody else here ever tried to explain what having an apnea in the middle of the night is actually like to someone who has no clue what youre talking about?
Maybe to a spouse or friend? Or in my case, even a Physician who looked at me like I was crazy...
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Machine: IntelliPAP of headgear = hair less messed up.
How does apnea cause an immune disorder - I think we'd all like to know that.
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The New York Times
Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR | May 20, 2012, 5:01 PM
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/2 ... ncer-risk/
People with moderate apnea were found to die of cancer at a rate double that of people without...
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Machine: S9 AutoSet™ CPAP Machine Mask: ComfortGel.
Is similar to the effect of untreated apnea.
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Who was it that had a problem with the doctors tv show before?
On a recent episode, I guess they were telling people that they should have sex before sleeping if they have sleep apnea
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You reduce partial seizures in patients who also....
I was diagnosed as having Sleep Apnea about a year ago and the doctors tried to force all of the apnea, which sounds good if getting to sleep, in the first place, was not a big part of it.
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