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LogGrad98 said:
Getting your tonsils out as an adult sucks, almost as bad as anything I underwent in a year of cancer treatments, but it was my only option, and it changed my life for sure.
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That's about as bad a case of sleep apnea that I've ever heard of. Surgery was clearly the best thing you could have done. My brother-in-law went the surgical route as well. I remember him saying he had a sore throat for at least a month after the procedure, but it beats the hey out of that degree of sleep apnea!
 
NAOS said:
There’s a strong connection between exposure to blue light, melatonin, and natural sleep.



My sleep has been 1000% better since I started intermittent fasting (I finish with all eating by 7:00pm), and started wearing blue-blocking glasses at sundown. The final pieces of the puzzle were getting enough exercise earlier in the day, and giving myself an hour to appropriately wind down before I went to bed.
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Yep, all true to the best of my understanding. The last thing I should be doing just before bed is staring at my iPad, yet, it's almost always the last thing I'm doing before bed....
 
Red said:
Yep, all true to the best of my understanding. The last thing I should be doing just before bed is staring at my iPad, yet, it's almost always the last thing I'm doing before bed....
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It’s a hard habit to break. The least you can do is have a blue-blocking layer on the screen, and/or wear blue-blocking glasses.
 
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Because I'm overweight and have had health issues for awhile, doctors have tested me a few times over the years. Apparently 5-15 events per hour is mild, 15-30 is moderate, and 30+ is severe. I tested the last time at 7 (5 or less in previous times). Because I have lung and heart problems already, they put me on a CPAP for a few months, but it made me feel much worse, extremely exhausted, and people said I "looked gray." It didn't work for me partly because I'm allergic to the tubing/pillows/mask, and partly because air blowing into my head gives me terrible headaches, either from a fan, a CPAP or oxygen. Since my apnea is so mild, I'm no longer treating it. I've got much worse problems. But those with severe apnea shouldn't mess around with it. Family members who use CPAPs have said it dramatically improves their lives.
 
So many of you have said that your sleep apnea has improved dramatically and so forth but I haven’t seen anyone say how it’s changed their life. How it’s changed how they feel. Their energy levels. No more fatigue. Etc. Because they’re getting better sleep.

No one?
 
My aunt and uncle said that it makes them feel so much better in general, much less tired. When they are traveling and don't have their CPAP machines, they said there is a noticeable difference in how they feel. So now they make sure to take them everywhere.

My brother said he feels better when he uses it, but he has terrible sleeping habits and insomnia besides, so it isn't quite as helpful for him. But he admits that is mostly his own fault (Minecraft addiction and young children don't help) and he highly recommends using a CPAP.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
So many of you have said that your sleep apnea has improved dramatically and so forth but I haven’t seen anyone say how it’s changed their life. How it’s changed how they feel. Their energy levels. No more fatigue. Etc. Because they’re getting better sleep.

No one?
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Read reds post.

I think it gives me hella gas.

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JazzGal said:
I hadn't heard of this as a treatment option before, but apparently it does help some people with mild to moderate sleep apnea. Interesting.
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It definitely helps with insomnia. Though I'm just as surprised as you to learn that it helps with sleep apnea

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