Sleep Apnea

[ViCiouS]

The main types of sleep apnea are:

• Obstructive sleep apnea, the more common form that occurs when throat muscles relax.
• Central sleep apnea, which occurs when your brain doesn't send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing.

I have the Resmed Quattro Mirage full face. It's comfortable and has the gel like above but after about 3 hours I feel like I'm being suffocated in it and pull it off

maybe try a nose and mouth - open the rubber cap to allow more air to escape the mask or if it feels like you can't exhale maybe talk to dr about a lower pressure

 

[The Plutonian]

maybe try a nose and mouth - open the rubber cap to allow more air to escape the mask or if it feels like you can't exhale maybe talk to dr about a lower pressure

Cool, this resmed is multipressure so I'll get some input when I take my sd card in. We can change out the masks three times but if I have to I'll just buy my own mask

 

[Adam Knows]

Saw this topic brought up in the Lebron thread, wanted to get more info on it from those with experience. My girlfriend, I believe, has sleep apnea as she seems to stop breathing/gasp for air throughout the night.

What are the steps I need to take to get her checked out?

I saw the site CPAP.com mentioned, Is there any info you can provide on certain masks/machines as opposed to others?

Thanks in advance.

lose weight. i had it for a long time. lost weight now it's gone.

 

[God's Gift]

I've got it and resisted using it for years. 5'11 275lbs, 19 inch neck. . My crew at work and my wife always complained about my snoring. You know it's bad when your next door neighbor jokes about the machine running all night in your house.

Got divorced, new chick new attitude and she couldn't sleep next to me out of fear. My Dr prescribed the S9 and had me see an ENT Dr. I then had the turbinate reduction surgery but my tongue(size), uvula , and tonsils remain intact.

Long of the short, since the surgery I no longer sound like baby D from Friday at rest. My energy level by 5pm is up and no narcolepsy type episodes. I will still fall off to a zombie like sleep after 11pm if not engaged but I feel more rested with my Cpap. Don't know if it was the surgery or the Cpap but shorty is in the bed with me on the wakeup and that is everything.

Lose weight by any means necessary brothers. Life is too short. I'm sure I could do my job at 230 and not 270. Don't let ego and id keep you from losing that weight.

Extreme measure to lose weight go into affect Monday and I'm not considered fat.

 

[jasonblacc]

A natural cure i'd highly recommend for those iffy about surgery and machines is cannabis.

High doses of the proper marijuana strain right before bed has the ability to keep open nasal passages and relax muscle tissue during REM sleep. This leads to a greater and fuller sleep.

(High doseage is relevant btw. If you're a novice, a couple of tokes from a joint could easily do the trick)

I had sleep apnea at one point and the introduction of cannabis changed my life around completely. I wake up refreshed every morning now and can cruise straight tho the day with more energy than before.

All natural and no need for an obstructing mask for 8-10 hours.

It's worth a try.

Any truth to this?

 

[DJCandle]

Any truth to this?

Evidence that Marijuana Helps
While there still needs to be much more research on types of weed, sleep apnea on a mild level can be treated by THC, which is more prevalent in the sativa strains of marijuana. Keep in mind, though, that indicas are more like sedatives while sativas produce effects that are more energetic. These facts suggest that hybrids are most effective for treating sleep apnea, although indicas have been known to work as well. A study at the University of Illinois in 2002 by Dr. David Carley found that THC helped reduce sleep apnea in subjects by 32 percent. In 2013, researchers reported in Frontiers in Psychiatry that THC significantly helped patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea over a three-week period.

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects millions of Americans, disrupting sleep patterns and causing a host of health issues. Almost 15% of the American population suffers from OSA or similar sleeping disorders. Fortunately, a cannabis-based drug is undergoing clinical trials with the intent to alleviate those suffering from OSA.

Sleep apnea is caused by shallow breathing or pauses in breath while sleeping. It can cause snoring and uncomfortable, interrupted sleep, and prevents sufferers from gaining the necessary sleep to function properly in their daily lives. When a person suffering from OSA tries to breathe in their sleep, each breath becomes more shallow and uses more energy until the person wakes and the process starts over. Sleep apnea can lead to increased risk of heart disease from the constant disruption in oxygen flow.

The only known cure for sleep apnea is mouth surgery, which can be prohibitively expensive. More frequently, patients undergo treatment managed with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine; a facemask worn while sleeping that exerts oxygen pressure to the sinus cavity. This solution is uncomfortable and must be worn nightly to the chagrin of many patients.

Soon, however, an alternative treatment option may become available.

The cannabis-based drug Dronabinol seeks to offer a less cumbersome treatment compared to CPAP machines obsolete, making sleep for OSA sufferers much more flexible. Dronabinol is currently being tested by cancer patients to treat nausea and vomiting and to help with weight management. It has been discovered in trials that a positive side effect of the drug is keeping airways open during sleep.

A clinical trial, involving seventeen adults who suffer from OSA revealed a short-term positive and consistent increase in the flow of air to the lungs when Dronabinol is taken in small doses. The study showed, “no degradation of sleep architecture or serious adverse events,” which means it only displayed a positive affect.

The clinical trial’s conclusion was that, “Dronabinol treatment is safe and well-tolerated in OSA patients…and significantly reduces AHI in the short-term.” AHI, the Apnea Hypopnea Index, is used to measure the severity of OSA, and a low AHI is best.

Dronabinol would be the first drug treatment for sleep apnea and could help millions of people easily get the deep sleep they need to function properly while also reducing their risk of heart disease.

The company RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., formerly known as Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc., is currently undergoing a Phase 2B Clinical Trial of Dronabinol. The study consists of “120 patients, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial...for use in the treatment of OSA during the third quarter of 2016.”

After the trial is completed, if the results are concurrent with the first trial, RespireRX will need to gain the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) approval before Dronabinol will be able to find its way into the medicine cabinets of OSA patients.

Although the trials will not be completed until the end of 2016, this medicine could be readily available by 2017. Considering the positive outcome of the first trial, the prospect of success is high.

 

[hottmixx]

My fiance was diagnosed with sleep apnea after a sleep study. He would scare the shit out of me when he would stop breathing at night. He has to sleep with a mask on now hooked up to a pump that gives a continuous flow of air and oxygen. It actually helps with his snoring too because the mask covers his mouth. Serious and scary disease.