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Up at 3 a.m. AGAIN! FUCK

can i make my wife get sleep apnea? i have it and she says no way she could sleep next to me with the machine hooked up.

I wish I could help ya there. Is it the look of the mask? The noise that bothers her? I MADE him get a sleep study done. He'd wake me up snoring which obviously sucked(!!) but more importantly he'd stop breathing in the middle of the night...so scary! Coincidentally that's when I started to put on muscle and before I knew it I began to wake up with a sore throat from snoring. I'd have dreams that I was under water because I'd stop breathing in my sleep. I think if your wife REALLY understood the dangers of sleep apnea then she would probably encourage you getting a sleep study done. It changes your quality of life in general. Mood, training (we all know how important sleep is when building muscle), every aspect of your life improves. My mask doesn't bother me at all I'm so used to it. I really really encourage people to have a sleep study done.
 
i think much of my issues with not sleeping long is my mattress as well, i know i need a new one for sure

You're a big guy to begin with Presser so if you're waking up with a sore throat on top of that thn I'd bet you a bottle of igf that you have sleep apnea :-)
 
I'll post a pic of me wearing my sleep mask :-)
Ha!!! No way! That's blackmail material... Haha!

Deal! But just the mask! nothing else! I'll bet i could sell that weird nude mask photo to some weird fetich site for a few good dollars , lmao Throw in a Nude Dude in just the mask as well , make it video and you have yourself a deal, and we'll make millions selling it online to fucking weirdos lol
 
Omg...sad thing is I know you're right. I have to replace the mask padding every few months...I bet I could sell the used mask to some weirdo and make $$$. Gross!
 
Omg...sad thing is I know you're right. I have to replace the mask padding every few months...I bet I could sell the used mask to some weirdo and make $$$. Gross!

you might be on to something-enough credits Presser will give up a pair of speedos

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know several people that have the modern masks and they are just tubes that go under the nose the machine is about as quite as a small fan
 
Lower your caffeine intake from a gram a day ya crazy stimulant taking machine. I never have much of a problem sleeping through the night, mine is normally getting to sleep, part of my mind doesn't want to shut off because I rarely have time to relax, so once I lay down its like oh this is nice take a little bit to just rest. 2 hours later im finishing a movie and frustrated as hell. Once i fall asleep im good for 6 hours though normally even if theres a pee break.
 
you might be on to something-enough credits Presser will give up a pair of speedos

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know several people that have the modern masks and they are just tubes that go under the nose the machine is about as quite as a small fan

Haha... No thanks. I'll keep my credits and Presser can keep his speedos :-)
When you have your sleep study they let you sample a few and I liked the one that covered the nose. Felt more secure. Mine is super quiet. The Dudes isn't so quiet. It's like the white noise, but I like it.
 
Haha... No thanks. I'll keep my credits and Presser can keep his speedos :-)
When you have your sleep study they let you sample a few and I liked the one that covered the nose. Felt more secure. Mine is super quiet. The Dudes isn't so quiet. It's like the white noise, but I like it.

interesting wonder what mask I would choose, probably the oxygen tube-my nose is pretty big
 
I had a sleep study and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. Was given a cpap machine -Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - for the followup sleep study. So I had one to see if I had apnea, and another to see if the machine solved it. I didn't make it through the night with the cpap, I slept horribly. Yet, they said it worked, so I was "prescribed" one. I tried it, and for me, the "cure" was worse than the ailment. I felt like I'd been run over by a truck every morning that I tried to sleep with it. For me, it was not a viable solution. As an added side effect, it was so noisey it kept my wife awake all night and the little blue LED "power on" indicator is so bright, it made the whole bedroom glow blue. I sent it back after 2 weeks.

After lots of internet reading, I found out about an "experimental" treatment called the "Pillar Procedure" and had that done, as well as having my deviated septum surgically corrected. Voila, I can sleep! I still stop breathing if I try to sleep on my back, or in a chair with my head tilted back just so, but in a comfortable bed, sleeping on my side, most of the time, I sleep like the dead.
 
it was so noisey it kept my wife awake all night and the little blue LED "power on" indicator is so bright, it made the whole bedroom glow blue.

OMG Yes, I hate that stupid light! The Dudes got an older machine and I had to put black tape over the light. It's not do pretty but it worked, lol... I have a newer machine no lights and very quiet. Anyway, glad you found something that works for ya!
 
I sleep like a rock but I hear that I stop breathing too sometimes. I woke up this morning to Timber (my wolf) licking my face wanting to play. I woke up at 4am, its longer than I usually sleep. Where would you go to get a sleep study test done?
Im curious now and since I stop breathing while im sleeping I wonder if its something I have, but I sleep good most nights.
 
There are "Sleep Centers"; I think most hospitals have them, though not always on the same grounds as the main hospital campus. At least some hospitals have them. As far as I know you need a prescription to have a sleep study done; at least, I had a script for one, and my insurance paid for it. To get a script for a sleep study, obviously you need to see a doctor. What kind of doctor? Well the first jerkoff I went to see was a pulmonologist, referred by my "primary", who is a good guy. Why he recommended that asshole, I'll never know, but in any case Doctor Asshole gave me a script for a sleep study. The guy who did the Pillar Procedure on me and surgically repaired my deviated septum was an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, and he gave me a script for a sleep study as a follow up after the surgery, so those guys can do it as well. I know a dentist who makes mouth pieces for sleep apnea, so I suspect he could also order a sleep study. Personally, i would recommend seeing an ear, nose and throat specialist about it and see what he says.

Just so you know (if you don't already), sleep apnea is not the same thing as insomnia at all. With sleep apnea, you stop breathing, long enough for your brain to say, "Hey, dumbass, you stopped breathing! don't do that!" And you "wake up" just enough to start breathing again - not always full awake, and not always so you'd notice yourself. Usually, your wife, GF, BF, husband, whatever, notices that you stop breathing and maybe snore. It happens when you fall into a deep sleep and your body relaxes totally. The muscles in your airway relax enough that they don't hold the airway open. So you may only "wake" enough to get out of the restful sleep zone, but not enough to fully wake up. This is why it seems like you sleep all night and still wake up exhausted, like you got no rest. That's because you didn't get any rest. You slept, but not deep enough for your body to actually get rested.

The CPAP machines work by pressurizing the airway so it can't collapse, and you keep breathing. For some, this works great, like Silk and Dude, apparently. I know others who have had great luck with it. Sometimes, if you're overweight, the extra fat in the neck and throat is enough to cause the problem, and losing this extra fat is enough to solve the problem. This is why I called the pulmonologist a jerkoff: I was 175 lbs and about 8% body fat at the time, and he called and told my wife to have me lose weight! Supposedly, booze causes it - or probably more correctly, exacerbates it, because it's a depressant and "artificially" relaxes your body enough that it can't keep the airway open. I don't know about this from first hand experience because I quit drinking years before I developed sleep apnea. Sometimes, an extra large uvula (spelling? The thing that hangs in the back of your throat like a punching bag) can block the airway - I know a guy who had his removed and his sleep problems disappeared completely. There are probably other contributing factors as well, but that's about all I have on it. For me, the Pillar Procedure, the deviated septum repair and sleeping on my side, and NOT on my back have solved the problem, at least well enough that I feel pretty rested a lot of the time. Your mileage may vary.........
 
Powderguy, EMW14 was absolutely right with his description. I thought I was sleeping all night long, but in reality I stopped breathing MULTIPLE times. I wish I kept my paperwork. It told you everything. How many times I stopped breathing, how long I would stop, how many times I snore, how many times I unknowingly woke up... God, I wish I could remember. You would think I was making it up. To answer your original question, I went to my primary Dr and she referred me to a place they dealt with. I don't remember what type of place though. If you have a primary then I'd start with them. On a plus side for me.. My Dr would harass me about my red blood cell count being high after a few rest... She flat out asked me one time if I was on AAS "of course not Dr! Steroids are bad!" Lol... But once I was diagnosed with sleep apnea she got off my back about my high blood cell count saying that was the reason for it. Yay!! You guys think it's bad having a Dr harass you about being on stuff, try being a girl... Ugh! Sorry, for such a long winded reply, lol
 
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