Cures for Snoring?

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[quote]bond james bond wrote:
dirtbag wrote:
bond james bond wrote:
dirtbag wrote:
DJHT wrote:
Sleep study and CPAP

They need a sleep study on me and revealed nothing. Although I could not sleep with all those wires and shit coming out everywhere. And then when you knock a lead off they come in and wake you up and put it back and forget about rolling over with the 30 odd wires attached. There is no way that study gets accurate feed back.

Was this covered by OHIP or did your company benifits cover it. Sorry if I’m being nosey. Ohhh, a pun.

OHIP covered it. Thank gawd cause I would have flipped if I had to pay for it.

My older sister just recently found out she has apnea and I think it’s going to cost her fourteen grand for the machine…not covered under OHIP.
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Holly shit! $14,000.00???

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[quote]DJHT wrote:
Sleep study and CPAP[/quote]

That’s when them aliens get ya!

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[quote]dirtbag wrote:
honest_lifter wrote:
What if you got your tonsils and adenoids removed does that help?

Apparently I snore like a SOB and I have apnea too. So I might be a good candidate for surgery?? I dunno I am no DR. [/quote]

I had really bad sleep apnea until I had my tonsils adenoids and uvula removed. Along with a soft palate trim and deviated septum corrected.

Honestly best thing that happened to me.

The first couple months after the surgery I was tired, I think it was due to the surgery and my body trying to catch up on sleep. After that it has been a lot different, I don’t need to sleep as long anymore and I feel extremely rested and no longer need a mid-day nap, although those can be great. I freaked my dentist out when I opened up and there was nothing there but a tongue.

I have yet to go in for a sleep study because of school but my family says they can’t hear me at all anymore when sleeping and I used to cut some wood. I would say that it probably either all gone or very mild. I’d check into it, it can be a real life changer, way better than the CPAP.

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[quote]bond james bond wrote:
dirtbag wrote:
bond james bond wrote:
dirtbag wrote:
DJHT wrote:
Sleep study and CPAP

They need a sleep study on me and revealed nothing. Although I could not sleep with all those wires and shit coming out everywhere. And then when you knock a lead off they come in and wake you up and put it back and forget about rolling over with the 30 odd wires attached. There is no way that study gets accurate feed back.

Was this covered by OHIP or did your company benifits cover it. Sorry if I’m being nosey. Ohhh, a pun.

OHIP covered it. Thank gawd cause I would have flipped if I had to pay for it.

My older sister just recently found out she has apnea and I think it’s going to cost her fourteen grand for the machine…not covered under OHIP.
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Nonsense, it is a few hundred dollars tops in the US.

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It’s the exchange rate in Canada. It’s like 30 bucks here but like 3000000 toonies up there.

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[quote]dirtbag wrote:
honest_lifter wrote:
breath right strips are awesome

also check to see if you have a deviate septum that may need straightening (surgery) - best decision ever for me.

What if you got your tonsils and adenoids removed does that help?

Apparently I snore like a SOB and I have apnea too. So I might be a good candidate for surgery?? I dunno I am no DR. [/quote]

They would probably remove your adenoids and straighten your septum.

If that does not help and your lower jaw is in a class two position then they might bring it forward through an operation so that your tongue no longer obstructs your airways.

Anyhow, you need to get this fixed because sleep apnoea can and will kill you if it is untreated.

It will also give you diabetes, strokes and a constant symphatic arousal, leading to wild mood swings, depressions, impotence, diapers and death.

And if you think I am exaggerating, just wait till it gets worse, because sleep apnoea leads to weight gain, mainly visceral fat. That in turn will make your apneoa worse, which will lead to more weight gain, and so further and so on, until you get treated or die.

Trust me, you want none of this and I have a very good idea what I am talking about.

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[quote]riverhawk23 wrote:
dirtbag wrote:
honest_lifter wrote:
What if you got your tonsils and adenoids removed does that help?

Apparently I snore like a SOB and I have apnea too. So I might be a good candidate for surgery?? I dunno I am no DR.

I had really bad sleep apnea until I had my tonsils adenoids and uvula removed. Along with a soft palate trim and deviated septum corrected.

Honestly best thing that happened to me.

The first couple months after the surgery I was tired, I think it was due to the surgery and my body trying to catch up on sleep. After that it has been a lot different, I don’t need to sleep as long anymore and I feel extremely rested and no longer need a mid-day nap, although those can be great. I freaked my dentist out when I opened up and there was nothing there but a tongue.

I have yet to go in for a sleep study because of school but my family says they can’t hear me at all anymore when sleeping and I used to cut some wood. I would say that it probably either all gone or very mild. I’d check into it, it can be a real life changer, way better than the CPAP.[/quote]

That depends whether you breathe to your mouth or nose now.

If you breathe through your nose you have some resistance when exhaling, which leads to a slow drop of CO2 in your lungs.

When you breathe through your mouth, and you might given your history, the CO2 levels in your lung drop too fats and your body has a fight or flight reaction.

A CPAP however offers resistance when you breathe out, which mimics to a degree the effect of the noses resistance. Also it can be used to humidify the air that gets in your lungs which would usually happen in your nose.

SO, if you get enough air trough your nose and are a chronic mouth breather you should retrain yourself to breathe through the nose. There are straps you could use and if these fail, tape your mouth shut.

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What I found out helps me is sleeping more, if I am just fucking exhausted I’m like a fucking locomotive. Which the girlfriend usually does not appreciate.

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I read somewhere to put a brick under the head board of a bed, it will create a different angle in the throat /neck. Experiment with different heights.