• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      CPAP first - having sleep apnea usually destroys your energy levels and makes it extremely difficult to lose weight.

    • 🇨🇦 tunetardis@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      When I first got a cpap, I asked my wife if I’m still snoring? She looked pensive and said no, it’s more like a heavy breathing. I asked her what she meant by that and she said you know, like Darth Vader.

      That was an early model though. They’re much quieter now!

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          Same. Yeah these days, if you hear a lot of noise, that’s a good indication something is wrong like a bad mask or hose seal or the humidity chamber is not in all the way.

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    2 years ago

    To expand on everyone’s suggestion of testing for Sleep Apnea. In home overnight testing is now way more common, comfortable, and less expensive. It’s basically a watch, a finger O2 reader, and a single quarter sized sticker on your chest; fairly unobtrusive overnight test at home.

    There are also other options then CPAPs, one in particular is an Oral Appliance, basically a custom fit mouth guard that slightly brings your lower jaw forward to open up your airways. You wear this overnight and it can solve both snoring and sleep apnea.