Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery

Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by boppo1 on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:08AM (#34953211)

But I don't wanna wear a machine! What will I tell lady friends from the bar?

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Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by satvikpendem on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:16AM (#34953272)

There are also silicone devices which keep your tongue out of your airway by keeping it pulled outside. Studies show they work almost as well as a machine yet are much less likely to be rejected by users as opposed to a CPAP.

Tongue stabilizing devices: https://www.verywellhealth.com/tongue-stabilizing-device-for...

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Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by porphyra on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:48AM (#34953461)

These work decently but can really mess up your teeth by causing you to develop an open bite.

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Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by disillusioned1 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:09AM (#34965867)

I'm seeing a jaw specialist right now to see if we can reduce the overbite I've developed from sleeping with a mandibular advancement device nightly for six years.

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Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by icelancer on Monday February 27, 2023 @01:06AM (#34953551)

I tried this as well as a jaw-advancing device and I still snored like hell. The only thing that worked was the Zyppah (jaw-advancer + tongue stabilizer at the same time) but that made my jaw so sore and also triggered my gag reflex most of the time.

Eventually the snoring simply stopped. Not sure what caused it, but I'm happy.

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Re:Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane, and My Long Path to Recovery by euroderf on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:10AM (#34954175)

The jaw thing worked fine for me. Minimally intrusive. OTOH the CPAP was intolerable.

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