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From: Uriah on 6 Apr 2008 15:37
I don't have insurance so I can't afford a sleep study. I am hoping
for some clues on what might be going on from others.

I seem to need allot of sleep. 12-14 hours. If you have sleep apnea
do you feel tired no matter how much sleep you get? Or, if you can
sleep until what ever time you want you feel somewhat ok and won't
need to take any other naps during the day?

I feel better in some ways when I force myself to get up after 8-9
hours but it is a constant battle to stay awake the whole day. After
awhile I just can't do it any longer. I have to sleep.

If I do sleep as much as my body wants then the rest of the day I feel
groggy. With a dense haze surrounding me. What is going on there? My
body seems to need sleep but then feels somewhat awful when it gets
it.

I don't ever seem to remember waking up gasping for breath to any
degree. Can I still have sleep apnea?

If I were to put a camera or recording device watching me sleep at
night would I be able to see sleep apnea in action?
I am thinking of trying this to see if I can learn anything.

Can anyone provide me with some insights to the above?
Thanks
Russ
From: Kathy on 6 Apr 2008 21:03

"Uriah" <uriahsky(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I don't have insurance so I can't afford a sleep study. I am hoping
> for some clues on what might be going on from others.
>
> I seem to need allot of sleep. 12-14 hours. If you have sleep apnea
> do you feel tired no matter how much sleep you get? Or, if you can
> sleep until what ever time you want you feel somewhat ok and won't
> need to take any other naps during the day?
>
> I feel better in some ways when I force myself to get up after 8-9
> hours but it is a constant battle to stay awake the whole day. After
> awhile I just can't do it any longer. I have to sleep.
>
> If I do sleep as much as my body wants then the rest of the day I feel
> groggy. With a dense haze surrounding me. What is going on there? My
> body seems to need sleep but then feels somewhat awful when it gets
> it.
>
> I don't ever seem to remember waking up gasping for breath to any
> degree. Can I still have sleep apnea?
>
> If I were to put a camera or recording device watching me sleep at
> night would I be able to see sleep apnea in action?
> I am thinking of trying this to see if I can learn anything.
>
> Can anyone provide me with some insights to the above?
> Thanks
> Russ
Russ, this sounds sort of like me. I never woke up gasping. I just woke up a
lot, but not awake enough to be aware of it. I feel groggy when I get up,
but tired if I get up earlier... I hope you get answers that help! Good
luck!
Kathy

From: doofy on 7 Apr 2008 16:40

>> If I were to put a camera or recording device watching me sleep at
>> night would I be able to see sleep apnea in action?
>> I am thinking of trying this to see if I can learn anything.

I had thought my video cam would take one frame per second shots, but I
was mistaken.

I'm wondering if a video cam mounted on my laptop would take the type of
video I'm talking about, and control the frame frequency via software?
From: spindlywill on 11 Apr 2008 07:31
My terrible snoring was a big clue that I had sleep apnea.
You might want to try recording your snoring (or get a friend/partner
to listen to it).
If its irregular with gaps where you appear stop breathing then that
would be a pretty good indication that you have sleep apnea
-Will
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