Posted by sleepyhead on July 05, 2011 at 10:58:23:In Reply to: One person’s journey - cpap FAIL (s posted by sun dog on June 27, 2011 at 10:25:25:
Sun Dog:
You may not want to hear this.....but carrying 40 extra pounds may not be helping you with finding an optimal treatment for your OSA. Your response to
BC and DH concerns me somewhat. From reading your note, I am somewhat pessimistic about your finding the optimal solutions you are looking for by consulting an orthodontist and other sleep disorder specialists. Your
particular circumstances sound somewhat complex, and you may need multiple
treatments (and from several areas of health care) to satisfactorily manage/resolve your OSA symptoms. Lastly, anxiety (you mentioned you have some struggles with anxiety in the beginning of your note)could leave you vulnerable to making the sort of job-related errors you mentioned. The best sleep treatment in the world may not ultimately resolve anxiety, or the body aches you mentioned (body aches are not uncommon for women in perimenopause--since you are in your 40s--you might consider getting your hormone levels checked).Good luck.