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CPAP for adults... anyone got any experience?

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Yorkiegirl · 28/02/2006 21:11

I saw my ENT consultant today. I am going to have my tonsils removed as they are constantly infected, but he was also concerned about my snoring and sleep apnoea. Spent a night in sleep clinic a few years ago and they found that in 7 hours I stopped breathing 11 times. Today my consultant seemed to think that my general ill health could be a combination of my tonsils being so horrid and my bad sleeping. So I may have to have a CPAP machine at home.
Anyone got any experience of this?

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northender · 28/02/2006 21:26

I've seen quite a few patients who use CPAP. What do you already know about it? Will it depend on whether you get any improvement with having your tonsils out? DH (34) had his tonsils out last year and feels sooooooo much better generally.

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Yorkiegirl · 01/03/2006 19:40

I have to go to sleep clinic first and then see how many times my breathing stops in the night. If it is higher than before then I think my consultant wants me to go on CPAP

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WideWebWitch · 01/03/2006 19:51

My dad had one yorkie, he had sleep apnoea too. It was noisy and made him feel weak and feeble so he hated it and refused to use it. Sorry, not what you wanted to hear I know. BUT, but, but, my dad had a lot of foibles and he hated a lot of things that were perfectly acceptable to normal people so I wouldn't say it's anything to go by. Can I ask how you were diagnosed with sleep apnoea? And another rude q, are you overweight? And if so, do they think it will improve if you lose weight? I'm being nosy, don't answer if you don't want to, obv. I do know that when my dad was diagnosed it was a relief in a way as it explained why he was so knackered all the time.

WideWebWitch · 01/03/2006 19:52

My dad had one yorkie, he had sleep apnoea too. It was noisy and made him feel weak and feeble so he hated it and refused to use it. Sorry, not what you wanted to hear I know. BUT, but, but, my dad had a lot of foibles and he hated a lot of things that were perfectly acceptable to normal people so I wouldn't say it's anything to go by. Can I ask how you were diagnosed with sleep apnoea? And another rude q, are you overweight? And if so, do they think it will improve if you lose weight? I'm being nosy, don't answer if you don't want to, obv. I do know that when my dad was diagnosed it was a relief in a way as it explained why he was so knackered all the time.

WideWebWitch · 01/03/2006 19:52

My dad had one yorkie, he had sleep apnoea too. It was noisy and made him feel weak and feeble so he hated it and refused to use it. Sorry, not what you wanted to hear I know. BUT, but, but, my dad had a lot of foibles and he hated a lot of things that were perfectly acceptable to normal people so I wouldn't say it's anything to go by. Can I ask how you were diagnosed with sleep apnoea? And another rude q, are you overweight? And if so, do they think it will improve if you lose weight? I'm being nosy, don't answer if you don't want to, obv. I do know that when my dad was diagnosed it was a relief in a way as it explained why he was so knackered all the time.

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Yorkiegirl · 01/03/2006 19:57

ok I will only answer your questions once! Wink

Yes I am overweight
But when I lost 4 stone last year (and I am currently working to lose it again, have put some back on but by no means all of it) it made no difference to my snoring. I spent a night in a sleep clinic a few years ago as I was hardly sleeping at all at that stage.
I do feel knackered all the time. Partly due to having 2 kids under 5 I know, but I think this is contributory.

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WideWebWitch · 01/03/2006 20:15

Sorry, machine crashed!

WideWebWitch · 01/03/2006 20:20

It must be contributing to being knackered yg, absolutely. Sympathies, I hope the cpap helps.

beartime · 01/03/2006 20:26

My DH has CPAP - hates it though because it wakes him up by beeping in the night. However he just took it in and they took the beeping off so that should be improved! He just had a nose operation on his deviated septum so hasn't really used it till that heals, then he will try again. But he did find it v. hard to get used to - in fact he never got used to it because its so claustrophoic and hard to sleep with a mask on your face. However I also know a guy who has it and wears it every night, and without it feels terrible during the day.
It is a good idea to try and get used to it though, because sleep apnoea can lead to heart failure.

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