Re:Ask HN: Have you checked if you have sleep apnea?
by jfengel on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:01AM
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Yeah. I actually feel fine and don't have many sleep disorder symptoms, but I occasionally wake up gasping, and people who share a room with me have noticed more of them that I was unaware of.
I had a sleep study done. They noticed a few apnea incidents, but not enough to warrant a diagnosis of sleep apnea.
Don't get a CPAP without a diagnosis. Anything you can buy without a doctor's approval is going to be potentially dangerous. And the symptoms of apnea can also indicate a lot of other things; don't cover them up by trying to treat them yourself.
The diagnosis will require a sleep study. It wasn't a ton of fun (wired up to an EKG and had to get help disconnecting it in order to pee), but I now have tons of data about what my sleep actually does. Not that it means much to me directly, but the professionals did a good job interpreting it.
I had a sleep study done. They noticed a few apnea incidents, but not enough to warrant a diagnosis of sleep apnea.
Don't get a CPAP without a diagnosis. Anything you can buy without a doctor's approval is going to be potentially dangerous. And the symptoms of apnea can also indicate a lot of other things; don't cover them up by trying to treat them yourself.
The diagnosis will require a sleep study. It wasn't a ton of fun (wired up to an EKG and had to get help disconnecting it in order to pee), but I now have tons of data about what my sleep actually does. Not that it means much to me directly, but the professionals did a good job interpreting it.