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Re: Long-term health Qs

Posted by SleepyTimeGal on January 06, 2005 at 07:31:59:

In Reply to: Long-term health Qs posted by Djabiuk on January 06, 2005 at 06:48:16:

The negative impact of sleep apnea is cumulative. In the early years, it doesn't appear to make much difference in quality of life. As time goes on, the downhill slide is more rapid and more noticeable. With an RDI of 80 and oxygen desat of 80% (normal sleeping oxygen should remain between 90%-95%), problem-solving, memory and cognitive abilities will in all likelihood eventually deteriorate substantially along with growing fatigue. You might do a search of these forums on the word "zombie" and see what you come up with.

Your perception of "good sleep" is deceptive. You fall asleep easily because you are fatigued. From your wife's observation, you stop breathing during the night. Imagine someone coming into your bedroom and poking you, hard, once every minute. It might not wake you up fully to where you remember being constantly disturbed during the night, but neither are you rested in the morning and your sleep certainly was not restorative.

From my experience with sleep apnea, I would suggest you leave off the word games and hypotheticals (which no one can accurately answer anyway) and identify, if you can, what it is that prevents you from falling asleep with CPAP (mask leaks? breathing difficulty? unfamiliar sleeping position?) and fix those problems to the best of your ability.

Twelve nights -- less than two weeks -- is not enough of a trial to justify giving up.

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