Ask HN: I lost my ability to focus for hours on coding. How to regain?

Re:Ask HN: I lost my ability to focus for hours on coding. H... by metaloha on Thursday April 18, 2019 @05:51PM (#19695113)

Holy shit, same boat, same age, on CPAP for about a year now, can't remember what was said in the meeting I was just in this morning. And browsing HN while I should be writing tests ;)

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Re:Ask HN: I lost my ability to focus for hours on coding. H... by internet_user on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:06PM (#19696797)

Your apnea could be undertreated, or it could be a symptom of a bigger problem. Epiglottic collapse is not uncommon in apnea patinets (10-15% of cases), and is not treatable by positive pressure, as it is an inspiratory valve.

CPAP only works on the expiratory valve - which is your soft palate.

If you are having a large number of arousals, despite optimal CPAP pressure, and your respiratory waveform is jagged in certain ways (hard to describe in text) - you are very likely having epiglottic collapses.

However, epiglottic collapse can only be definitively diagnosed by sleep endoscopy.

Epiglottic collapse can only be treated surgicially.

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