I will always advocate for testing for and treating sleep apnea. Awareness has improved a lot but it was wildly undiagnosed 10ish years ago[1]
I use a different treatment, a medical grade mouthpiece basically. I needed to get wisdom teeth removed for it to align properly. Part of my daily hygiene routine now is keeping this thing clean
If I could go back in time, I would still get it as soon as possible because it gives me life and I would honestly ____ myself if I had to go back to living with untreated sleep apnea.
It's not even a 100% fix for me. I may try cpap again.
And my case was technically mild, waking up 6 times per hour during the night via choking on sleep.
It's non-negotiable to treat it imo. Having any treatment available at all is a miracle.
There's lots of causes for tiredness, so it may not be apnea, but if it is you should treat it.
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I will always advocate for testing for and treating sleep apnea. Awareness has improved a lot but it was wildly undiagnosed 10ish years ago[1]
I use a different treatment, a medical grade mouthpiece basically. I needed to get wisdom teeth removed for it to align properly. Part of my daily hygiene routine now is keeping this thing clean
If I could go back in time, I would still get it as soon as possible because it gives me life and I would honestly ____ myself if I had to go back to living with untreated sleep apnea.
It's not even a 100% fix for me. I may try cpap again.
And my case was technically mild, waking up 6 times per hour during the night via choking on sleep.
It's non-negotiable to treat it imo. Having any treatment available at all is a miracle.
There's lots of causes for tiredness, so it may not be apnea, but if it is you should treat it.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19186102/