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[Mr. Scot]

Learned something new today on my visit to the sleep doctor.

Apnea can be obstructive (physical) or central (neurological). That part I knew, but what was unknown to me was that when I did my original sleep study, they detected both. However, the machine that I use is only designed to help with the physical kind.

So tomorrow, I'm going for another sleep study. This time they'll be testing me on a machine designed to treat both types of apnea.

One of the possible explanations for the thirty plus "white spots" they found in my head are that those areas were not getting enough oxygen. If so, then the possibility exists that an untreated neurological aspect of my apnea is at the root of the medical problems I've been having for the past several weeks.

Still a scary prospect, mind you, but nowhere near as scary as multiple sclerosis.

More news as events warrant...

[Panthro]

I never knew there were two types. Good luck. Those sleep studies and whackadoo. Dieting and working out has helped quite a bit on night i dont wear my mask.

<<<<CPAPer

[sunbunny]

I never knew there were two types. I've had a sleep study done, but they didn't find anything. Probably because it was my heart that the quack misdiagnosed.

[Mr. Scot]

I remember the doc telling me about the two types because I found the neurological side of it a lot scarier at the time.

If he ever told me before that I had both, I don't remember it at all.

[Jangler]

Are they going to put your hand in warm water?

[Mr. Scot]

Are they going to put your hand in warm water?

Probably at some point.

The study essentially consists of attaching about fifty sensors to your head, chest, waist, etc. Essentially attaching so many wires to you that you feel like a sound board.

And then they say, "okay, now sleep" :sosp:

[bleys]

I have heard of different types.. I was told there is one type that can be corrected surgically.

[Matt Foley]

Probably at some point.

The study essentially consists of attaching about fifty sensors to your head, chest, waist, etc. Essentially attaching so many wires to you that you feel like a sound board.

And then they say, "okay, now sleep" :sosp:

Are you going to go into King Taharqa's dreams and kill him?

[Mr. Scot]

I actually dreamed of Freddy Kreuger once a few years back.

In the dream, I saw him motioning to me with his glove, so I popped Wolverine's claws out of my fists and beat the living crap out of him.

(true story; well, true dream)

[sunbunny]

I didn't sleep well even after they gave me an ambian.

[Mr. Scot]

I was prescribed Ambien for trouble sleeping prior to my being diagnosed with apnea.

After my study, sleep doctor told me if I had taken it without having a machine, it might have killed me.

[Chaos]

Dreamscape FTW - Go get the snakeman, Tommy Ray!

[teeray]

Good luck Scot. Adjustable beds can help a ton with the physical form of sleep apnea. I worked in a bedding store for 4 years. :)

[Mr. Scot]

Sleep study was horrendous :(

Had a horrible time getting to sleep and spent half the night feeling tangles or dtrangled by the wires to the electrodes.

Hope they learned what they needed to know, cause I don't wanna go through that again anytime soon.