I'm always tired, and a couple of friends have just done sleep studies and have sleep apnea, which made me wonder if that was the cause of my problems.
I went along to see the doctor this morning for a consultation, and he said I have a small lower jaw - side on, my lower jaw sits back than my upper jaw, which is often a cause of sleep apnea.
They ask a couple of questions about whether you're likely to sleep under different circumstances, and he said given how high my number was and that I had a small jaw, that I most probably did have sleep apnea. So I'm going tonight to do a sleep study, where I sleep at the clinic, and they hook me up to machines to see what's going on. It should be interesting!
I'm so excited though - I always thought I was just a sleepy person, I didn't realise this wasn't "normal", and there may be a fix for it! I get a full 8 hours of sleep, yet every afternoon I struggle to stay awake - and I don't work or do anything to wear me out. I'll be studying, and I have my head on my desk, and I have to make myself go for a walk, otherwise I'll fall asleep for a couple of hours.
Anyone else got sleep apnea? Have you had treatment? If so, which one? I really don't want more surgery, so if it's mild I'll try and get the thing that holds your jaw forward, otherwise I'll get a CPAP machine.
I went along to see the doctor this morning for a consultation, and he said I have a small lower jaw - side on, my lower jaw sits back than my upper jaw, which is often a cause of sleep apnea.
They ask a couple of questions about whether you're likely to sleep under different circumstances, and he said given how high my number was and that I had a small jaw, that I most probably did have sleep apnea. So I'm going tonight to do a sleep study, where I sleep at the clinic, and they hook me up to machines to see what's going on. It should be interesting!
I'm so excited though - I always thought I was just a sleepy person, I didn't realise this wasn't "normal", and there may be a fix for it! I get a full 8 hours of sleep, yet every afternoon I struggle to stay awake - and I don't work or do anything to wear me out. I'll be studying, and I have my head on my desk, and I have to make myself go for a walk, otherwise I'll fall asleep for a couple of hours.
Anyone else got sleep apnea? Have you had treatment? If so, which one? I really don't want more surgery, so if it's mild I'll try and get the thing that holds your jaw forward, otherwise I'll get a CPAP machine.