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CPAP costs with vary based on the quality of the machine and everything that might come with it...i.e. humidifier, settings etc. My insurance covered most of the cost...and I had 50.00 out of pocket per month for 13 months. Well worth the cost to get sleep.
Symptoms? Snoring is a key, being tired throughout the day is another, amongst many others. Apnea affects so many bodily functions, creates high blood pressure, heart issues, and for bodybuilders, recovery is goes to a slow crawl as your body isn't getting the sleep it needs for recovery. As you might be aware, death could occur if your not able to waken to get your breath going.
You don't come out of complete sleep, but your never able to get into deep sleep because that is when your body is totally relaxed, is when you choke...which brings you out of entering into deep sleep, into level 1 sleep, where your close to waking, but not awake, and you begin breathing again. You really never get to REM, and then into deep sleep. One of the questions they'll ask you is, do you have dreams? If have apena, you don't because you're never able to get into REM or past REM.
For me, it came down to falling asleep while writing emails, fighting tooth and nail to stay awake during business meetings, falling asleep while driving etc. You need to go to an ENT and have him order a sleep study, where they set all these probs on you, and they can monitor all the functions while you sleep.
My blood oxygen was terrible at 79% and i was waking 48 per hour. Since the CPAP, sleep is deep, dreams are great, I wake up feeling well rested and I only need to take naps because I feel like it...not because I have too.
Get tested...find if your insurance covers everything...if not...you can find CPAP machines online, but I don't know the cost or quality.
Symptoms? Snoring is a key, being tired throughout the day is another, amongst many others. Apnea affects so many bodily functions, creates high blood pressure, heart issues, and for bodybuilders, recovery is goes to a slow crawl as your body isn't getting the sleep it needs for recovery. As you might be aware, death could occur if your not able to waken to get your breath going.
You don't come out of complete sleep, but your never able to get into deep sleep because that is when your body is totally relaxed, is when you choke...which brings you out of entering into deep sleep, into level 1 sleep, where your close to waking, but not awake, and you begin breathing again. You really never get to REM, and then into deep sleep. One of the questions they'll ask you is, do you have dreams? If have apena, you don't because you're never able to get into REM or past REM.
For me, it came down to falling asleep while writing emails, fighting tooth and nail to stay awake during business meetings, falling asleep while driving etc. You need to go to an ENT and have him order a sleep study, where they set all these probs on you, and they can monitor all the functions while you sleep.
My blood oxygen was terrible at 79% and i was waking 48 per hour. Since the CPAP, sleep is deep, dreams are great, I wake up feeling well rested and I only need to take naps because I feel like it...not because I have too.
Get tested...find if your insurance covers everything...if not...you can find CPAP machines online, but I don't know the cost or quality.
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