Sleep Apnea
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- bedenken
Anyone got it? Found out today that I do.
- del_razor0
yeah
i think i've got it as well.. can't go to the doc cause i got no insurance...that's when you just stop breathing while sleeping right?
i'll do that several times a night.. and wake up like.. WTF i can't breathe and then finally catch myself.. but it's weird.. almost like your lungs and the muscles that control your inhalation decide to sleep too..
- warheros0
doesnt that make you have a 4x greater risk of heart attack or something?
- Soler0
sucks dude. can they treat that?
- bedenken0
It occurs when your breathing is irregular (or stops!) while you are sleeping and your blood oxygen level drops dramatically. You body then freaks out to wake you up... breath dammit!
There are a number of treatments... I am currently being monitored at night with various gadgets. The best solution I have heard is sleeping with an air mask of some sort.
It can be hard on your heart in the long run. Very hard.
- lawnturn0
yeah, my dad has the air mask thing. looks like a fighter pilot mask. it dramatically improved his sleeping. he wakes up refreshed, zero headaches, etc. the frickers cost a lot i guess. **insurance recommended**
- waynepixel0
I think I have had some-think like that.
I remember half asleep half awake fighting for my breath for no apparent reason. I just put is down too my mouth being covered-up with the pillow or something.
- tara|gee0
yeah i had a dream once i ate a giant marshmellow then i woke up & my pillow was GONE!
- waynepixel0
Ya very funny tara|gee.
I a true sorry. It scared the shit out of me.
- tara|gee0
you calling me a lair???? i pooped throw pillows for aweek!
- lawnturn0
just to get this thread even more off-subject...
hey tara
i snowboard at a place called targhee... coincedence; i think not
- tara|gee0
get out! i need to steal teh signs.. muahahahhaaaaaa ill say i was sleepwalking if i get caught
seriously tho my old bf had sleep anpnea and it scared me 1/2 to death when he woke up from it!!! i thought he was havinga heart attack or something - then doc said no eating b4 bedtime and now hes ok
- bedenken0
Apparently is quite common. Sleep Apnea. Not pooping throw cusions.
- waynepixel0
Nice work you got there tara|gee.
And you name would be great in a porn movie.
Staring: tara|gee as. Ok i now i have gone to far now.
- ericPowell0
my mom has sleep apnea - she wears the fighter pilot mask too.
she used to have major nightmares too, since wearing the mask they have almost completely disappeared. life is weird.
- shellie0
my mom has it. she wears this breathing machine at night so she can sleep through the night. it looks bad.. but its not so terrible. finally.. she can get some shut eye.
- lawnturn0
ah ha! that pic is dope
my dad's is black and has a bit more style tho... well, as much style as a sleep-apnia-machine-helper-thing... can have
- Mimio0
My uncle-in-law had some radical jaw & throat surgery for sleep apnea. It's serious business..strokes, cardiac arrest etc.
- JazX0
I got some Sleepin' Hoes 'fer ya' if that helps.
- Mick0
My Mum has it - she had tests done and then an operation to make her nasal passage wider - it seems to have helped because she didn't end up needing the mask. For such a dangerous condition, it is surprisingly more common that you would think.