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anyone have it or ever stay overnight for a sleep study? If you have it, what did the dr prescribe (what equipment that is) to aid at night. How did it go?

Any insights would be helpful.
 
I stayed overnight for the study. I have sleep apnea but it isn't very bad.
I wear a CPAP mask each night. It cures it 100%

If I'm being honest I use the CPAP more to stop my snoring (for the wife) than for sleep apnea

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I did an at home test. I have it pretty bad, but I don’t think I could hack a CPAP machine. I’m going to try an oral device to help.


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I did an at home test. I have it pretty bad, but I don’t think I could hack a CPAP machine. I’m going to try an oral device to help.


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Dude I have an oral device. It's kinda like a mouthguard you would use in football or boxing.
It sucks. Bad. I sometimes use it while camping but I hate it.

My CPAP is very unobtrusive. It's called "nose pillow". Very small. Just sits at the opening of your nose. Give it a look

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I've had a tonsillectomy and sinus surgery for obstructive sleep apnea. It worked and I do not use a CPAP machine thank God. I snore like a fiend until the found out my tonsils were 3x normal size. They removed nearly 3 pounds of tissue from my throat and the snoring basically went away. Sinus surgery about 5 years later took care it any residual issues. I did several sleep studies in the course of it all. 2 in a clinic, 2 at home. I have other issues that cause me to have sleep disturbances, including bouts of full-on insomnia and for that I have been prescribed a wide range of crap. Ambien used to work best for me into I got used to it. Now not much helps if I'm in a bad sleep cycle. It can really suck.
 
Have used a CPAP machine for years. The new machines record the results of your most recent 30 nights, and your doctor can upload those results in his office. Basically, the machine records a sleep study every night you use it. A regular sleep study overnight in a lab is tough, because you are in a strange place and wired up to the hilt. But, such an overnight sleep study is needed to determine what air pressure to set on the CPAP machine. So one needs to have an overnight sleep study, no way around it. It's also needed just to determine what degree, or severity, of sleep apnea is involved.

Pillows, as @fishonjazz described, are the least obtrusive mask, but, if you open your mouth at night, it "breaks the circuit" figuratively speaking, interrupts the air flow in other words, and the sleep apnea is not controlled. You can try to control opening your mouth using a chin strap with the pillows system, but I still opened my mouth even with a chin strap.

Solution for me finally came by using a full face mask, covering both nose and mouth, with a memory foam insert. Memory foam prevents leakage, which previous full face masks always produced. Leaks mean apnea not controlled.

Full face mask is not comfortable, but none of the mask types I used ever prevented me from falling asleep. But some might not tolerate a full face mask. I tolerate it, I simply have no choice. Uncontrolled sleep apnea will lay waste to a person.

The surgery @LogGrad98 described is not appropriate for everyone. Your sleep doctor can make that determination.
 
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For those of you who have commented and wear the mask or Pillow or other, how much has it helped you? Do you feel less fatigued with the same amount of sleep time? Do you seem to have more energy? Can you get a little less sleep than usual and feel just as you always had?
 
What’s the relationship between sleep apnea and needing to take a loose crap 4-6 times a day?
 
When I was diagnosed, doc told me that she'd have me over for study if I failed to lose weight and quit smoking coz these might be the things causing it.

Never went back. I did not lose weight or quit smoking neither. I think it was psychological, plus I used to wake up to puke a little. I quit eating at nights and it was gone.

Don't take my word for it tho. Here I am posting this **** as I wash 3 pieces of cake with a cup of coffee 2:40 AM.
 
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addictionary said:
When I was diagnosed, doc told me that she'd have me over for study if I failed to lose weight and quit smoking coz these might be the things causing it.

Never went back. I did not lose weight or quit smoking neither. I think it was psychological, plus I used to wake up to puke a little. I quit eating at nights and it was gone.

Don't take my word for it tho. Here I am posting this **** as I wash 3 pieces of cake with a cup of coffee 2:40 AM.
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You think what was psychological?
 
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