i have a buddy who doesn't know he needs one, but does and i fear he's going to die of sleep apnea in < 10 years if he doesn't get one.
And he is a lardass
But he won't goto the doctor... can i just acquire one of these on the black market and get it set up properly for him?
I know he'd feel better... he snores like Chewbacca and is always abusing caffeine due to chronic tiredness
That is why I went for sleep study. Chronic tiredness is the absolute worst. Dizzying. Yeah - your buddy is literally killing himself if he doesn't get treated. You can buy machines pretty easily now. They run about 500-800 bucks I believe.
Exactly. I drive 40 mins to wrk one way, and I could never make it home without pulling off the road at a park n ride to walk around a bit and drink a soda.My study showed that I stop breathing 120+ times an hour. I guess I'm a severe case.
Twice I woke up, prior to the CPAP, where I was choking and had to crawl to the bathroom gasping for air. Pretty scary stuff.
I've had this thread on my mind all week, mostly because of the above.My husband went to an ENT about a year ago because he was snoring and also suspected that he had some kind of infection way back in his sinuses. The ENT did a scan and didn't see anything that dictated surgery, so my husband got a mouth guard from his dentist for the snoring and that was that.
However, about once every two weeks or so, he will wake up choking/gasping for air. After reading this thread, it seems that he probably does suffer from some form of apnea.
Do I just Google "sleep study" in my area or is there a certain type of doctor he needs to go see?