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Got my sleep study results (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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6 hours monitored, 3.5 hours slept, 25 lapses into apnea. In deep sleep the rate practically doubles for me.

Diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea, as they said the line for severe with that duration was 30. I’m genuinely relieved that I know it’s not a habit-centric issue causing this. Also may play a part in the amount of stress I’ve had trying to stay on top of my junior year semesters, along with my ADHD. I AM NOT CRAZY chicanery lea-bounce

Getting a CPAP ordered and delivered. If you feel consistently tired throughout the day, look into a sleep study. Anyone can have sleep apnea, it’s not just an aging thing, I’m 20 and I just got diagnosed with it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Well done taking care of it now. Sleep apnea can and will take years off your life if left untreated.

I have been meaning to get a sleep study done for years now haha...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Good job gamer! Curious if you still have your tonsils? If it's obstructive apnea it could make a big difference getting them removed, and it did for me.

Also please make sure you get a hard copy of those results and a copy of the prescription itself. Mine from six years ago vanished into the medical document ether and it's so frustrating trying to get things replaced now that my cpap motor is going bad

last thing I swear, if you're interested check out OSCAR, it's foss software that can read the data from compatible cpaps so you can fine tune your machine if your doctor isn't helpful

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You're 20? Jesus. What you do here alone eclipses, so to speak, anything I was doing at 20, and you could still have a life outside of this place.

And it's awesome that you caught that, of course. Stay healthy, comrade.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

My apnea is so severe my blood oxygen dropped to the mid 80s at some points

Can't even fucking sleep right smh

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Glad you're getting that sorted out comrade

Hope the machine helps! My grandmother hates hers and tends to wake up in the middle of the night and take it off

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Sometimes a more comfortable mask can help with that, unless she's stuck with the full-face mask. I've had OK luck with nasal pillows, but they leak pretty badly at higher pressure settings or if you lay on your side or stomach and rest your face just wrong.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I'm also getting a CPAP machine.... I think.

I still have to do my sleep study, which is coming up. @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

CPAP gang!

It's also not strictly a weight or obesity thing; I was diagnosed while I was still in pretty decent shape. Weight gain exacerbates it, but you can still be in the "severe" category while twink-adjacent and in your early twenties. I don't recommend it. I was getting maybe 2-3 hours of sleep at a stretch, and kept having weirdly violent dreams just before I'd wake up half-suffocated. At the time, the only reason I found out was because while I was recovering from a surgery, every time they took me off oxygen and I fell asleep, my blood oxygen levels would dip into the low 80s and the monitor alarms would go off because I was "dying." When the docs got me dialed in on a CPAP at my sleep study, I didn't want to wake up. I was pissed that they only let me sleep with that on for maybe an hour. lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

oh yeah I'm also built like a twig, it's definitely not just a weight thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I have it too and the CPAP does wonders. You will be so so so much happier with a good night's sleep.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I got a CPAP and the difference it made was huge. It was super annoying at first and I'd put off going to sleep to spend more time with it off. Once I got used to it I hardly even notice it anymore and I get much better sleep.