Please share… i am considering this surgery for my sleep apnea, and would like to know any experiences u can share. i am currently using a mouth piece especially made by a dentist for my sleep apnea, but it is not effective. BTW, I have had a sleep study done by a neurologist, who determined I have sleep apnea.

I was told I have on average 32 incidents an hour from the VA.

I read on the internet on some sites saying 20 to 40 is considered moderate sleep apnea, while other sites are saying over 30 is considered severe. It’s hard to tell what is moderate or severe because of the contradictory sites.

Does anyone have a concrete sight with information on this??
sorry *site* it’s late, I’m tired, lol.
I’m getting a CPAP machine through the VA, thanks though.

I’m asking if it is considered severe or moderate.

I had a wisdom tooth pulled Friday, and it is now Sunday night. Is it safe to use my CPAP machine yet for my sleep apnea? I don’t want to cause a dry socket or anything.

I intend to to talk about the main kinds of sleep apnea as in a overview, then about diseases that have some kind of relation to them.

Symptoms include: depression, mood swings ranging from mild to severe (markedly irritability, sadness, and aggression), some anti-social behavior, acne, racing thoughts (especially late at night), insomnia and hypersomnia, tiredness ranging from mild to severe (I very RARELY have any energy at all, and I experience no sudden bursts of energy either), and a generally pessimistic attitude. I’m 23 years old, and I have been experiencing these symptoms in some form or other for at least a decade, but these symptoms improved a great deal over the years until now. Though I attempted suicide in the past, I now have a son and would never try such a stupid thing again. However, I do want a normal outlook on life. I have been on several types of medications and have experienced no effect at all or the need for constant sleep (i.e., "feeling like a zombie"). Basically, it feels like I’m PMSing most of the time here lately. Is there a direct cause of my problems?? P.S.: Reference sites and books are greatly appreciated. =)

I fell ill in November 1997. Sore throat, fever, swollen glands, and a terrible rash. It started as small bumps on my stomach, inner legs, armpits and face, which multiplied, connected and became an uninterupted mass. My eyes used to swell almost shut, my lips and ears became huge. Most unsightly.

Each episode lasted about a week and returned every few weeks. It usually ended during the night when the fever would break, I’d wake up drenched in cold sweat, but knowing that when I woke up again in the morning the rash and all the other symptoms would be gone.

This went on until July 1999. By that time blood tests had revealed that I have the EBV. Since July 1999 the episodes have not returned, but I did become oh so very tired. I would eat to gain energy, but what I gained, of course, was weight. So I became depressed and obese. I’m taking Zooloft for the depression and that keeps it under control, but the obesity is another matter.

I dont get the sore throat, fever, swollen glands and rash anymore, but I can tick off a fair number on the remaining list of usual suspects:

“Brain Fog”
Brain “Surges”
Confusion - my short term memory is in shambles
Depression
Difficulty Reasoning
Fatigue
Hypersomnia
Increased Nasal Discharge
Loss of Interest in Activities
Malaise
Mental Symptoms alleviated by eating or drinking
Mood Swings (Mild)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Thinking
Sinus Problems

So, given that I’m not ill as such anymore, do I have CEBV?
Thank you, everyone who has answered. I think I’ll look up the ol’ doc.

I got sick about a week or two ago, just a cold, but since then I’ve felt so weak, and sleepy all the time. I can’t wake up in the morning, and at night, it takes a long time to fall asleep, even though all day, I feel like going back to bed. I do feel depressed a lot, but this is the first time that I’ve gotten hypersomnia because of it. I can’t go to the doctor or anything like that. Anyone else have this problem? What’s wrong with me, and what can I do to get more energy?

Basically my bf has given me ample opportunities to tell him the truth about my past with my previous bf. All he wants is the complete truth about everything down the the very last detail. Every single detail must be mentioned or it’s considered an omission or lie. First of all before we were together he was a virgin. He asked about my past but since it was my past I didn’t want to go into details I felt like it was ok to hide it from him. My ex and I had a very sexual relationship and i lied off the bat saying that we had only had sex once. I never changed any of that and later he finds out it was much more than once and is crushed by it because he feels that I used him. Did I use him? I don’t feel that I did I feel like these things happened and were part of a 3 year relationship. But I feel horrible about this. First off I started dating him the day after I broke up with my ex. He was pretty much the push of my breaking up with my ex. Even though I intended to do so I sorta rushed it and broke up with my ex and got with him the next day. I cheated on my bf [no sex] by going to my ex bf’s apartment and made out with him and slept on his bed next to him. There was no sex but nonetheless I was still able to keep that secret from him until now 9 months into the relationship. I’ve changed the story about what happened several times. First I said that it was a light kiss and a slap. Then I said ok no slap but a kiss, then i said ok it was a make out, then later I went on to say ok it was a makeout and i slept next to him.That’s the truth. He wants ALL the details and I understand but it’s shameful to confess and hurtful to continue to slowly pour out these truths. I went to my ex’s apartment 4 times total in our relationship, two with his permission and two without. We talked on the phone behind his back and eventually it ended. We closed it off and agreed to both just drop it. My bf knows this and he forgave me for it pretty much but he’s all emotionally wrecked because of my lies.

Also my sexual past with my ex bf is a huge factor in his thoughts. I lied about being in an abusive relationship, about making love, and about certain sexual things we did. He asked if we did in unprotected which we did but it wasn’t completely sex it was in and out and that was it. I try to explain to him that love making with HIM is what I believe to be true love making but he insists that no matter how I paint it I did indeed make love to my ex. I told him that after we would be done it’d feel void, wrong, used, unhappy and that even though there were times when my intention was to make love it usually left me unhappy in the end. He wants every detail like I said. To me they are shameful to tell and even when he’s caught me in a lie I’ve only given him partial truths or I add more lies to make it seem like it makes sense. I’ve had to withdraw lies I’ve made which at this point I’m not even sure which is worse, the hidden lies or the lies on top of lies or the truth about my sexual past with my ex.

I am willing to get treatment for my compulsive lying disorder…this I know is true because even to my parents I lie, it’s not just to him.

We are also considering doing couples counseling. Am I completely wrong about everything? I know the lies are bad but looking at the whole situation where do we go from here? Is our relationship salvageable?

I love him incredibly and even though I’ve lied to him repeatedly and hid things from him I STILL love him no matter what it looks like and I don’t want to lose him.

I have been taking sleeping pills for about 3 years almost daily.
The ingredients are Diphenhydramine. Hydrochloride. I take 50mg a day occasionally twice that much. Up to now no side effects but now I am having shouting and screaming fits almost daily. My partner insists this is stress but could the pills have anything to do with it?

If you don’t know what it is click here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis